WASHINGTON, D.C.—Micronesian Telecommunications Corp. has accepted $2,627,177 in annual, ongoing support from the Connect America Fund to expand and support broadband for nearly 23,000 of its rural customers. The Connect America Fund support will enable Micronesian Telecom to...

WASHINGTON, D.C. —Interior Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas Esther Kia’aina announced yesterday $926,328 in grant assistance for fiscal year 2015, under the Office of Insular Affairs’ Coral Reef Initiative Program to a variety of projects and initiatives designed to improve...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Interior Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas Esther Kia’aina announced yesterday $3,673,876 in grant assistance for brown tree snake interdiction and control in Guam, and prevention in the Northern Mariana Islands and Hawaii. The fiscal year 2015 funding,...

WASHINGTON—The American Red Cross is helping people on Saipan, part of the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, after Typhoon Soudelor blasted the island last week. The storm hit Saipan with winds higher than 90 mph leaving most of the island without power, water...