As Jebi moves away from the Northern Mariana Islands, the system has intensified from typhoon to super typhoon-strength with maximum sustained winds at 160 miles per hour. The CNMI State Warning Point, in coordination with the National Weather Service Guam Weather Forecast Office...

The CNMI Lottery Commission granted today the request of Imperial Pacific International (CNMI) LLC to extend its deadline to finish its multimillion dollar project in Garapan by three and a half more years—to Feb. 28, 2021.   Voting 3-0, the CLC deemed the casino operator’s...

A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 hit the CNMI this morning, Aug. 29, 2018, at around 8:35am.   Preliminary data from the U.S. Geological Service showed that the temblor’s epicenter was located 230 kilometers from Garapan, Saipan.   There is no...

Typhoon Cimaron was projected to make its closest point of approach to Saipan and Tinian last night; however, the National Weather Service expects the worst weather conditions to occur at 4am to 6m this morning. Because of the continued anticipated threat from Typhoon Cimaron,...