SAN FRANCISCO—As the nation heads into the summer beach season, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has begun awarding up to $9.24 million across 39 states, territories and tribes to develop and implement beach monitoring and notification programs. Upon meeting the...

The Commonwealth Utilities Corp. was informed early Tuesday morning, Dec. 11, 2018, of a water issue involving trace amounts of total coliform contamination at the Great Harvest Bread Co. in Chalan Kanoa. The company has assigned blame to CUC’s water supply as the source and...

The Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulate all public water systems in the CNMI to ensure that the water systems provide safe water to the public. As of the end of June 2015 there were 69 active public water systems in...