Police and fire personnel responded to a report of a structure fire in As Gonno around midnight Sunday. After putting out the blaze, responders made a gruesome discovery among the smoking remains: two bodies that were burned beyond recognition. In a news briefing yesterday,...

Former House speaker Heinz Sablan Hofschneider declared yesterday his intent to run for governor—his third try since 2005—this time as an independent and with Senate floor leader Ray Naraja Yumul (Ind-Saipan) as his running mate. With at least four eyeing the top post, the CNMI...

Rota Mayor Melchor Mendiola said last night that the island is nearing the point wherein residents will be asked to boil their water for health reasons as the chlorine supply used for water treatment “is low.” Rota remains under a state of emergency as many essential goods and...

Xing Bo Fang, one of the seven persons arrested for alleged distribution of methamphetamine or “ice,” is reportedly the No. 1 in command of an organization of drug suppliers on Saipan. Drug Enforcement Administration special agent Jacqueline R. Gordon disclosed in documents filed...