Northern Marianas

Public schools and the only college in the Northern Marianas are considering the idea of moving classes online in the event of a Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak in the islands.

Two people are dead in the Northern Marianas after a three day hostage crisis ended in tragedy overnight.

The federal trial of a mayor in the Northern Marianas has been postponed a week because his lawyer was arrested.

A hostage situation on the Northern Marianas island of Saipan has lasted through the night and shows no signs of resolution.

A bill appropriating $US100 million for government operations in the Northern Marianas has been introduced in the US House of Representatives.

On Saipan, the tourist area resembles a ghost town. Restaurants are being shuttered, shops reducing hours, resorts and water parks sit empty. Audio

The economic downturn in the Northern Marianas amid the global coronavirus outbreak has led to the public school system cutting its school week to four days from April.

The Northern Marianas government has asked the US president for help with an economy reeling from the impacts of the Covid-19 coronavirus.

Health authorities in the Northern Marianas say the islands remain coronavirus free after a sample from a suspected case came back negative.

The Northern Marianas Historic Preservation Office will finally rebury more than 700 ancestral remains under its care this year.

Northern Marianas Customs is reporting an increase in drug smuggling, prompting them to heighten security efforts in the islands' ports of entry.

The Northern Marianas economy declined by 20 percent in 2018 due to the destruction from Super Typhoon Yutu that year, a new US Government Accountability Office report shows.

The Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas has asked the Pacific Games Council to add tennis and weightlifting to the sports program for next year's Pacific Mini Games.

The Northern Marianas is beginning to feel the pinch with a lack of visitor arrivals and the tourist district a virtual ghost town.

The Northern Marianas is expected to lose about 50,000 tourists over the rest of the fiscal year after China outlawed outbound tour travel by its citizens.

The Northern Marianas governor has broken his silence on an FBI probe that has included searches of his home and office.

The Northern Marianas governor has hired a former Federal Bureau of Investigation agent as an FBI probe continues against him and several other high-profile people.

Law enforcement officials in the Northern Marianas have intercepted crystal methamphetamine or 'ice' hidden in silicon tubes inside a shipping container from China.

Two allegations of kidnapping earlier this month on Saipan have proved to be false, says the Northern Marianas Department of Public Safety.