CNMI

Construction workers at the Imperial Pacific Resort in the CNMI have been placed on "temporary leave" as the company and its main contractors renegotiate a new contract.

The Northern Marianas government has announced the end of nearly 19 years of austerity measures.

A high number of deaths last month at the the main hospital in the Northern Marianas highlights the CNMI's problem with non-communicable diseases, the hospital's chief executvie says.

The Northern Marianas island of Saipan is booming as a location for same sex marriages.

A former senator in the Northern Marianas, Thomas Villagomez, has been tagged as the leader of a prostitution ring by a man appealing his sentence for sex trafficking.

The Northern Marianas says its dealings with the Hong Kong-based company building the Saipan casino and other Chinese investors are purely business and its loyalty remains with the United States.

The 2018 Liberation Day parade today in Saipan in the Northern Marianas was cancelled due to Tropical Storm Maria.

CNMI governor Ralph Torres announced that the US Senate has passed Northern Mariana Islands US Workforce Act of 2018.

A Northern Marianas lawmaker is hoping to drum up support for a resolution opposing a proposed ban on cockfighting in US territories.

Haze from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has again reached Guam and the Northern Marianas, over 6,000 kilometres away.

A spike in the student population for the junior and senior high school levels means new schools have to be built in the Northern Marianas.

Documents related to a Northern Marianas police investigation into an officer who allegedly crashed his car while drunk, seriously injuring his girlfriend, are missing.

A bill that would hold the owners of untidy properties accountable has been signed into law by the Northern Marianas governor, Ralph Torres.

Before signing a bill that legalises marijuana, the governor of the Northern Marianas says he wants to find out if it could cause crime rates to spike.

An internal medicine physician at the Northern Marianas' Commonwealth Health Centre says legalising marijuana would provide patients with access to a cheaper alternative to expensive medicines.

A video of a cook killing a cat at the back of a Chinese restaurant in the Northern Marianas has gone viral on social media.

An airline has been found that is willing to launch regular direct flights to the Northern Marianas from Japan, the CNMI government says.

A telecommunications company in the Northern Marianas is threatening to cut the fibre optic cable that connects Tinian and Rota to Saipan if the government fails to pay for the service.

With a limited labour pool, islands in Micronesia could look to each other to augment their local workforces.