The governor of the U.S. territory said the Pentagon has agreed to remove plans for a heavy artillery range on Tinian.

The expansion of missile defense on Guam is part of several military projects planned or in progress for the Marianas archipelago.

Federal biologists were confounded when they found Laysan albatrosses bloodied on Midway Atoll in 2015. The found the culprit — house mice.

The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council’s advisers oppose added protections for the waters around the Northern Marianas islands.

Hawaii’s energy office says investing in renewable energy is necessary to reduce the state’s reliance on foreign oil.

A wide-ranging bill passed by the U.S. House last week would extend medical coverage for veterans exposed to Agent Orange and nuclear testing decades ago.

Border closures protected many island nations for most of the pandemic, but the coronavirus evolved to become more transmissible.

The U.S. conducted 67 nuclear tests in the Marshall Islands with continuing environmental and health effects.

The Marshall Islands holiday intended to promote peace comes as Russia puts its nuclear forces on alert.

Public gatherings are suspended and only essential workers are allowed to report for work, Samoa News reported.