When more than a fourth of the work force is earning poverty and below level income any tidings of an improving economy stirs hopeful talk of eventual help. Unfortunately, the net result is usually endless frustrated discussion. Issues raised though are legitimate concerns...

A 3-year-old girl suffered multiple injuries after her legal guardian allegedly bit her and struck her with a wooden backscratcher and large glass cup at a residence in Chalan Kanoa last week. According to a treating physician at the Commonwealth Health Center, the right side of...

Back in 1990, Susan De Vera took a leap of faith—she accepted a job as a nurse on Saipan. Twenty-eight years later, she’s still here, taking care of patients and sustaining a career on island that she never expected would last this long. De Vera, a medical/surgical ward nurse,...

A 21-year-old woman was killed when a car she was driving along Dandan Road reportedly skidded sideways, ran off the road, and slammed into a power pole near the Family Discount Market in Dandan early yesterday morning. The impact of the car, a four-door beige Hyundai Accent,...