A group of island artists is working with the Lady Diann Torres Foundation to decorate power poles throughout the CNMI in a project that is intended to inspire hope in the CNMI and to promote literacy and CNMI artists. The artist group, led by chair Meena Benavente, presented its...

The Commonwealth Utilities Corp. is moving fast on the initial phase of its planned $30-million underground power systems on Saipan and Tinian. That means getting the project designs up and ready so that CUC could start soliciting bids for the project. Speaking during Friday’s...

DPS responds to 58 calls The CNMI Department of Public Safety responded to 58 calls on Saipan and made four arrests this past weekend. From 11pm on Friday, May 17, through 11pm on Sunday, May 19—a 48-hour period—DPS responded to and were dispatched to 58 different 911 calls,...

TINIAN—About 90 percent of Tinian households and businesses now have access to electric power and water supply, according to Mayor Edwin Aldan last Friday. “Almost all the people are now getting power and water,” said Aldan. He conceded, though, that the electric power aspect of...