Lawmakers working on a compromise $134.33-million budget bill for fiscal year 2015 emerged from a daylong meeting at almost 5pm yesterday with more than half of so-called “sticky” issues already resolved, including a decision to scrap a provision waiving Bridge Capital LLC’s...

With a proposed 240-day grace period still not approved, the Saipan Chamber of Commerce and the Hotel Association of the Northern Mariana Islands have jointly asked the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to allow foreign workers with expired CW permits to continue to work so...

Seven teams are most likely to compete in the upcoming season of the Marianas Interscholastic Sports Organization, which opens with the boys’ volleyball tournament on Sept. 30. The girls’ basketball season starts on Oct. 1 with games to be played every Mondays and Wednesdays....

Saipan Ice & Water kept its playoff hopes alive after dousing Blue Haus, 118-81, in the first game in the DL Corp Invitational Basketball League Season 4 last Monday night at the Gillette Multipurpose Gymnasium. The win improved Saipan Ice’s record to 2-6 and put the team in...