Northern Marianas

The largest business group in the Northern Marianas wants the government to privatise the troubled Commonwealth Utilities Corporation.

A shutdown of non-essential government services in the Northern Marianas is looming after the legislature failed to agree on the 2017 Budget.

The minimum wage in the Northern Marianas will increase by 50 cents at the end of the month.

Tourist arrivals in the Northen Marianas increased by 63 percent last month, signalling a good recovery for the territory after Typhoon Soudelor in 2015.

A bill decriminalising the use of marijuana in the Northern Marianas has been pre-filed in the Senate by Senator Sixto Igisomar.

A tropical depression that passed by the region is now moving away from the Northern Marianas island group.

A tropical depression that may become a tropical storm today is moving toward the northern islands of the Northern Marianas.

A group of 20 people who were stranded on the Northern Marianas island of Pagan for nearly a week are back on Saipan.

A group of 20 people who were stranded on the Northern Marianas island of Pagan for nearly a week are back on Saipan.

As the US re-positions its military forces in the Asia-Pacific region, plans for live-fire testing on two North Marianas islands have met with local opposition.

A resolution to the ongoing contract worker crisis in the Northern Marianas appears close.

A Tropical Storm warning for Saipan and Tinian in the Northern Marianas has been cancelled.

The Northern Marianas National Weather Service has issued a warning about an approaching tropical storm bearing down on Saipan and Tinian.

The sale of betel nut to minors is now illegal in the Northern Marians.

Tourist arrivals in the Northern Marianas in July were up 17 percent over the same month last year.

A widely-supported bill in the Northern Marianas aimed at putting the issue of legalising marijuana before the people in a referendum has failed to make the ballot.

The Governor of the Northern Marianas, Ralph Torres, and leaders from the island of Tinian will tour military facilities in Hawaii this week.

Tropical storm Conson is expected to slowly strengthen over the weekend.

Hundreds of traditional boats could be sailing again in Northern Marianas waters.