Latest "Northern Marianas" stories

Overshadowed by Florence, Navy and Marines race to save typhoon-ravaged Rota

Packing winds higher than 201 miles per hour and driving waves 50-feet high, the eye of Super Typhoon Mangkhut is now about 500 miles west of Manila on a trek to tear apart the northern Philippines, destroying rice crops and pancaking houses in a rural region that’s home to 10 million residents.

By Carl Prine

4 years ago

Plans to move Marines to Guam, train them in Northern Marianas, hits snag

A judge’s decision casts doubt on the Marine Corps’ plans to move Marines from Okinawa to Guam and to conduct more live-fire training in the Northern Mariana Islands.

By Kent Miller

5 years ago