{"id":221931,"date":"2016-03-01T06:00:05","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T20:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=221931"},"modified":"2016-03-01T06:00:05","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T20:00:05","slug":"community-briefs-march-1-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/community-briefs-march-1-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Briefs &#8211; March 1, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Small craft advisory cancelled<\/strong><br \/>\nThe small craft advisory has now been cancelled, according to the CNMI Emergency Operations Center.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the information received from the National Weather Service in Tiyan, Guam and compiled at the CNMI Emergency Operations Center, regional buoys indicate combined seas have decreased to between 6 and 8 feet. Surface observations and satellite-derived winds indicate winds have subsided below advisory levels across Marianas waters. <\/p>\n<p>Gov. Ralph DLG Torres, however, is still advising the general public and inexperienced mariners to exercise caution, as the seas will remain just below hazardous levels for a few days. <strong>(PR)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Navy to conduct training at Warning Area 517<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>ASAN, Guam<\/strong>\u2014The Navy will conduct training at Warning Area 517 from March 2 to 6, 12am-11:59pm.\t<\/p>\n<p>The general public\u2014especially fishermen, commercial pilots, and marine tour operators\u2014are advised to stay clear of the area during the dates and times indicated.<\/p>\n<p>W-517 is activated south of latitude 12\u00b0 40\u2019 00\u201dN. All vessels are advised to remain clear of W-517 south of latitude 12\u00b0 40\u2019 00\u201dN. Santa Rosa Reef and Galvez Bank are open for public use.  W-517 is an irregular shaped polygon comprising of 14,000 nautical square miles of airspace  that begins south of Guam and extends south-southwest in international waters. W-517 supports surface and aerial gunnery, missiles, and laser exercises. <\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact the Joint Region Marianas Public Affairs Office  at (671) 349-4055\/3209. <strong>(PR)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201814LS\u2019 jury selection on March 14 cancelled<\/strong><br \/>\nThis is to inform all prospective jurors on panel \u201c14LS\u201d that the jury selection scheduled for Monday, March 14, 2016, at 8:30am in courtroom 223A is hereby cancelled until further notice. For further information, please contact Clerk of Court Patrick Diaz at Superior Court at 236-9766. <strong>(PR)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Small craft advisory cancelled The small craft advisory has now been cancelled, according to the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[1420,51,1030,612],"class_list":["post-221931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-asan","tag-guam","tag-national-weather-service","tag-warning-area"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221931\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}