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Alabama joins $7.4 billion opioid settlement with major pharmaceutical company
AL.com - Alabama
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June 16, 2025
Attorney General Steve Marshall on Monday announced Alabama is part of a nationwide $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family. The Sackler family has informed 55 attorneys general, representing all eligible...
229 graduate from Governor’s Broadband Bootcamp on Saipan
Marianas Variety
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(NMC) — 229 graduates across four cohorts on Saipan completed the Governor’s Broadband Bootcamp on Saturday, June 14, 2025. The Saipan participants are now skilled in fiber optic and broadband technologies after completing a 19-week program that...
Guam and CNMI among Pacific islands eyeing blue carbon solutions to tackle climate crisis
The Pacific Island Times
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July 4, 2025
Facing long-term climate threats like rising seas and coastal erosion, communities in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands are looking to their coastlines for solutions. Not with concrete walls, but with mangrove roots and seagrass beds. A recent...
Customs seizes 89 boxes of fireworks on boat from Saipan
The Guam Daily Post
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Eighty-nine boxes of fireworks were intercepted by Guam Customs officers at the Hagåtña Boat Basin on June 4 inside a vessel towing cargo from Saipan, according to a statement from the Guam Customs & Quarantine Agency. The fireworks were...
Leepan named GM of one of Micronesia’s longest-running businesses
Marianas Variety
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Joseph Leepan Tenorio Deleon Guerrero HERMAN’S Modern Bakery, one of the oldest businesses in Micronesia, has announced the appointment of Joseph Leepan Tenorio Deleon Guerrero as its new general manager. Herman’s has been serving the Northern...
Update 1 and Final: Clean up complete for oil spill in Tinian Harbor
DVIDS - Georgia
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June 11, 2025
SANTA RITA, Guam — Responders completed the cleanup of a waste oil spill from the 145-foot U.S.-flagged freight ship Mariana in Tinian Harbor, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, on June 8, 2025. The U.S. Coast Guard monitored the...
No Kings: Saipan, California, and Other American Communities Rise Up Against Trump
Kandit News Group
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June 12, 2025
The nationwide protests come as daily protests are growing throughout the country over the clash between citizens and federal law enforcement sent by President Trump to California. This past weekend, federal agents conducted large-scale workplace...
AG seeks court injunction to halt enforcement of Tinian stablecoin law
Marianas Variety
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ATTORNEY General Edward Manibusan is seeking a court injunction to stop the enforcement of Tinian Local Law 24-03. Manibusan has asked the Superior Court to declare Tinian Local Law 24-03 unconstitutional. The law authorizes internet gambling on...
Oil spill cleanup in Tinian Harbor completed
RNZ
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June 11, 2025
Cleanup efforts following a waste oil spill in Tinian Harbor concluded on June 8. Photo: Supplied/US Coast Guard Cleanup efforts following a waste oil spill in Tinian Harbor concluded last weekend (8 June) with no significant impacts to wildlife...
Jose & Ruri Ayuyu Foundation donates $1,000 to Saipan International School
Marianas Variety
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From left, Jose & Ruri Ayuyu Foundation Member Mable A. Glenn, SIS Board Chair Guy Pudney, SIS Business Manager Mili Saiki, incoming SIS Headmaster Martin Jambor, and outgoing SIS Headmaster Ronald E. Snyder. Contributed photo THE Jose and Ruri...
Community collaboration leads to dozens of pets protected and adopted at Atkins Kroll Saipan event
Marianas Variety
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Atkins Kroll Saipan and Saipan Humane Society teams came together at AK's Lexus Service Drive to help local pets find loving homes and promote animal wellness. AK is proud to support partnerships that make a difference in our community! AK Saipan...
17 Tinian community members complete Governor’s Broadband Bootcamp
Marianas Variety
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THE Governor’s Broadband Bootcamp on Tuesday certified 17 Tinian residents in fiber optic and broadband technologies. The graduates are Bonnie Bernice San Nicolas Borja, Jack Ryan M. Castro, Danivid Hilario Cing, Dallace DeSean Crawford, Geanetta...
Training ranges cut from 14 to 2: Revised plan for military training on Tinian now out
Pacific Daily News
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The U.S. Marine Corps has released a revised draft environmental impact statement for its proposed joint military training activities on Tinian in the CNMI, launching a 75-day public review and comment period. This updated proposal is years in the...
EUCON launches Golf Management degree to support CNMI's economic renewal
Marianas Variety
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EUCON President Dr. Christian Wei with Daniel Xu, the director, coach, and professor of Golf Management. Xu’s mentor on the course is none other than Tiger Woods’ former coach. EUCON photo IN a time when economic diversity and innovation are...
Another judge recuses self from Tinian stablecoin lawsuit
Marianas Variety
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Roberto C. Naraja SUPERIOR Court Presiding Judge Roberto C. Naraja has disqualified himself from handling Attorney General Edward Manibusan’s lawsuit against the Tinian stablecoin law. In his order of self-recusal on Monday, Naraja stated that his...
Farmers, ranchers honored; Saipan Agricultural Fair set for June 28
Marianas Variety
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Farmers and ranchers were honored during a proclamation signing on Friday, June 6 at the governor’s office on Capital Hill. Photo by Andrew Roberto AT a proclamation signing honoring farmers and ranchers at the governor’s office on Friday, June 6,...
Judge recuses self from AG’s lawsuit against Tinian stablecoin law
Marianas Variety
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Lillian Tenorio SAYING that her impartiality might be questioned, Superior Court Judge Lillian A. Tenorio has disqualified herself from handling Attorney General Edward Manibusan’s lawsuit against the Tinian stablecoin law. In an order of...
US seeking deep-sea miners interested in leasing American Samoa's seabed
The Pacific Island Times
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July 3, 2025
The U.S. is soliciting interest from prospective companies to lease American Samoa's seabed for deep-sea mining, amid a petition launched by advocacy groups seeking to halt the plan. There are only a few days left for the public to comment on the...
Wisconsin adopted 3 new clean energy policies or incentives in 2024
The Sconi - Wisconsin
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July 4, 2025
Wisconsin implemented at least three new clean energy policies or incentives supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency in 2024, according to data from the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE). Since 2010, the...
The state of Washington adopted 2 new clean energy policies or incentives in 2024
Evergreen Reporter - Washington
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July 4, 2025
Washington implemented at least two new clean energy policies or incentives supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency in 2024, according to data from the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE). Since 2010, the...