Northern Marianas

The cost of fixing the House of Justice's mould problem in the Northern Marianas has been given a price tag of US$7 million.

United Airlines is replacing smaller turboprop planes with Boeing 737-800 jets that can easily seat 166 passengers for Saipan-Guam route.

Florida-based XTRA Airways is facing a $US50 million racketeering lawsuit in federal court lodged by five Northern Marianas businesses and a group of Chinese tourists.

A mayor in Northern Marianas has led a campaign to spay and neuter about 250 dogs in an effort to control the dog population on Saipan.

A Northern Marianas Senator has accused the local utilities company of charging its customers triple the cost of their actual water consumption.

The United States immigration authorities are looking at using a lottery system for issuing foreign worker permits in the Northern Marianas.

The Governor of the Northern Marianas Ralph Torres has vetoed a bill which would have allowed trades students access to financial help.

Over 200 students in the Northern Marianas face the threat of suspension for not complying with immunisation rules.

The Okeanos Marianas double-hulled Polynesian canoe has returned from a four-day voyage to the CNMI's Northern Islands that could serve as a preview of the vaka's future purpose.

There's been a call in the Northern Marianas for the territory to work with Guam and Palau to market themselves globally as tourist destinations.

In an effort to reduce power consumption and costs, the Northern Marianas government is putting in prepaid meters at all its offices.

A former police officer in the CNMI has been sentenced to four years imprisonment for robbing two restaurants on Saipan.

The Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas has renamed a recently-acquired and refurbished canoe after one of its great local chiefs.

Authorities in the CNMI have discovered two methamphetamine laboratories on Saipan used to manufacture the illegal drug.

The licensee of the Saipan casino wants to push out the deadline for the completion of the half a billion dollar resort.

The Northern Marianas has finally adopted a catastrophic typhoon plan, more than two years after Typhoon Soudelor devastated Saipan in 2015.

Five remaining unpaid Chinese workers from the Saipan casino have reminded Northern Marianas Governor Ralph Torres of their plight after he appeared to forget about them during a US Senate hearing.

A non-profit agency formed to help the recovery efforts after Typhoon Soudelor hit the Northern Marianas has got a major funding boost from a casino operator.

The Commonwealth Utilities Corporation in the Northern Marianas is owed over $US50 million in arrears by the CNMI government.

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake has struck near the Northern Mariana Islands this morning.