Woodcarver Nick Klewei won the Best of Show award during the 8th Annual Bridge Capital CNMI Art Competition that held its awards ceremony last Saturday at the Flame Tree Arts Festival at the Civic Center in Susupe. Klewei’s winning piece was a wooden carving of a sea turtle...

The Department of Community and Cultural Affairs aims to revive the Flame Tree Festival’s previous status as the largest arts festival in Micronesia. During the Rotary Club of Saipan’s weekly meeting last Tuesday at the Hyatt Regency Saipan’s Giovanni Restaurant, DCCA Secretary...

The children of former Saipan mayor Jose Santos Rios were presented with the CNMI flag that was raised during their father’s memorial service last Feb. 23. On Friday, Saipan Mayor David M. Apatang invited the children of Rios to the Saipan Mayor’s Office along Beach Road so they...

Lengthy debates ensued as the Rota Legislative Delegation led by Sen. Steve Mesngon (R-Rota) met yesterday to allocate Rota’s $1.4 million obtained from the annual casino license fee. Rota, which receives $2 million annually from Public Law 18-56, or the law that allowed the...