Northern Marianas

A bill has been introduced in the Northern Marianas House of Representatives seeking to ban styrofoam food containers.

The lone community college in the Northern Marianas has been awarded $US21.9 million by the U.S. Department of Education for Super Typhoon Yutu relief.

Northern Marianas police are seeking help to solve last week's double murder at a restaurant on Saipan and are offering a reward for information on the case.

Police in the Northern Marianas believe burglary was the motive in the murder of two women shot to death at a Saipan restaurant last Friday.

Police in Northern Marianas are investigating the deaths of two women, whose bodies were found at a Korean restaurant on Saipan.

The Northern Marianas tourism body is worried about a sharp decline in visitor arrivals from China and wants the islands to develop other markets for tourism.

Residents of the Northern Marianas whose high school education was interrupted by World War II could be bestowed high school diplomas if a proposed bill passes the Legislature.

A bill banning the buying or selling of shark fins nationwide has been passed by the US House of Representatives.

What is known as a mechanic's lien is being sought on the incomplete Imperial Pacific International hotel-casino project on Saipan in the Northern Marianas.

The Northern Marianas so far has only two cases of dengue, with none of them locally acquired, and the government wants it to stay that way.

A Northern Marianas representative is preparing a bill that would ban the use of styrofoam and other disposable food containers beginning January 2022.

The office of the Northern Marianas governor, Ralph Torres, has dismissed talks of impeachment being promoted by one of his biggest critics.

As the Northern Marianas bounces back from the devastation of last year's typhoon, it is optimistic tourist numbers will improve in 2020.

The Northern Marianas' House of Representatives doesn't need to wait for the governor to be indicted or arrested to start impeachment proceedings, an opposition lawmaker says.

A company building a casino on Saipan has been summoned to testify before a grand jury that is deciding whether any improper financial transactions were conducted with the Northern Marianas Governor…

A bill allowing minors to serve alcohol in the Northern Marianas has become law.

Super Typhoon Yutu may have struck the Northern Marianas at the tailend of 2018, but its vast destruction caused the islands' economy to contract by 20 percent last year.

The office of the Northern Marianas governor Ralph Torres has been searched by FBI agents.

A recent case of abuse has placed the spotlight on the lack of animal rights protection laws in the Northern Marianas.

A price freeze implemented after Super Typhoon Yutu struck the Northern Marianas a year ago has been lifted.