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Amazing finish for an amazing team
Marianas Variety
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(Northern Marianas Sports Association) — Team Marianas closed out its campaign in the 2025 Pacific Mini Games in Palau with a bang, winning a gold medal in the half marathon and a bronze in 3x3 basketball on Wednesday. Northern Marianas Athletics’...
6 of 7 indicted in alleged $1.9M PUA fraud ring plead not guilty
Pacific Daily News
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Six of seven defendants facing federal charges related to an alleged $1.9 million Pandemic Unemployment Assistance fraud ring pled not guilty to all charges at an arraignment Thursday. Former Guam Department of Labor employees and multiple members...
Coalition stands with American Samoa in opposing unilateral proposals for deep seabed mining
Samoa News
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July 2, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Right to Democracy (RtD) and the America the Beautiful for All Coalition have united in support of American Samoa's right to protect its ocean and seabeds from destructive deep seabed mining. The organizations have...
NMTech announces new campus, program expansions
Marianas Variety
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AT Northern Marianas Technical Institute’s presentation before members of the Saipan Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, July 2, NMTech staff announced that they will break ground on a new Koblerville campus next week. According to NMTech’s...
Career Pathway Internship Program: Cohort 2 launches with strong start
Marianas Variety
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(SCC) — The Saipan Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce Cohort 2 of the Career Pathway Internship Program officially kicked off last week Monday. With the application deadline on May 30, 2025, and the first day of work set for June 16, 2025,...
Watchdog validates whistleblower allegation that safety agency failed to inspect mines in the Pacific territories
Government Executive
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July 2, 2025
The Mine Safety and Health Administration has not inspected mines in the Pacific territories since 2016 and wrongly identified them as abandoned, according to an alert that the Office of Special Counsel sent to the president on Tuesday based on an...
Right to Democracy and the America the Beautiful for All Coalition Stand with American Samoa in Opposing Unilateral Proposals for Deep Seabed Mining
Southern Fried Science
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July 1, 2025
Right to Democracy and the America the Beautiful for All Coalition have united in support of American Samoa’s right to protect its ocean and seabed from destructive deep seabed mining. The organizations have drafted a petition to the Bureau of...
Dozens of Illegal Aliens Working at Meat Processing Plant with Stolen IDs Screened with E-Verify
JudicialWatch.org
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June 24, 2025
Corruption Chronicles | June 24, 2025 Years after Judicial Watch reported that the government’s system to verify if employees are authorized to work legally in the United States approved hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants, federal...
OPINION ǀ Truth 122: An Organized Party v Unorganized People – Liberal Champions!
Marianas Variety
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Ambrose M. Bennett THE Truth is WE have succumbed to the POWER of an organized party (Republicans) suppressing the hopes & desires of an unorganized People, which is the very core of the challenges to CHANGE the CNMI for the BETTER! I’m sure that...
Attorney General Hilgers Urges Consumers to Check Eligibility for Compensation for Inflated Generic Drug Prices
Alliance Times Herald - Nebraska
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July 2, 2025
Attorney General Hilgers is urging consumers to check their eligibility for compensation for certain generic drug purchases as Nebraska joins 50 states and territories in seeking preliminary approval for a $39.1 million settlement with generic...
US Department of Labor awards nearly $84M in grants to expand Registered Apprenticeships
U.S. Department of Labor
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June 30, 2025
50 states, territories receive base formula funding to improve employment opportunities WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of nearly $84 million in grants to 50 states and territories to increase the capacity of...
7 ways to get free or low-cost health insurance
The Victoria Advocate - Texas
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7 ways to get free or low-cost health insurance Health insurance can be costly. First, you pay premiums for coverage for medical care and prescription medication. Then you often face out-of-pocket costs when you access care. These expenses may...
Micronesian Summit in Majuro this week aims to be ‘one step ahead’
Asia Pacific Report
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July 1, 2025
By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal/RNZ Pacific correspondent in Majuro The Micronesian Islands Forum cranks up with officials meetings this week in Majuro, with the official opening for top leadership from the islands tomorrow...
‘Immediate harm’: Education Department withholds $6.2B from schools
K-12 Dive
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July 1, 2025
School districts will be forced to cancel after-school programming, services for English learners and professional development as a result of $6.2 billion in federal K-12 grant money that the U.S. Department of Education is withholding from states...
AG Labrador Secures $24 Million for Idaho in Purdue Opioid Settlement
Big Country News Connection - Washington State
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BOISE — Attorney General Raúl Labrador announced today that all 55 attorneys general, representing all eligible states and U.S. territories, agreed to a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family. The Sackler...
$2.8M health project brings MRI, hyperbaric chamber to NMI
Marianas Variety
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THE Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation on Tuesday broke ground on a new facility that will house the CNMI’s first MRI machine and hyperbaric chamber — two critical pieces of equipment that can reduce the need for residents to seek treatment off...
Chinese Nationals Charged With Spying on US Navy Base—Report
Newsweek
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July 1, 2025
Two Chinese Nationals are facing charges in connection with spying on the United States Navy and members of the Navy on behalf of the Ministry of State Security (MSS) for the People's Republic of China's government, Fox News reported on Tuesday....
Acting governor OKs local spending measures
Marianas Variety
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David M. Apatang LIEUTENANT Gov. David M. Apatang, in his capacity as acting governor, on Friday approved three local bills appropriating gambling revenues for Saipan’s programs and services and amending a local appropriation for the Rota Casino...
What Happened To Delta Air Lines' Tokyo Hub?
Simple Flying
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July 8, 2025
Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines once held an extensive network to and from Tokyo Narita Airport. Its Asian base had connections from Tokyo to destinations across Asia, and many more to the United States. Delta inherited the Tokyo hub from its...
NWS keeps an eye on 2 disturbances
Pacific Daily News
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The National Weather Service is keeping an eye on two disturbances in the region. A third one dissipated. NWS Guam, in its weekly weather outlook released on Tuesday, said it is watching Invest 98W, which is near the Philippines, and Invest 90W,...