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FULL SESSION: House Passes CUC's $40 Million Borrowing Bill 20-0 | CNMI Emergency Session
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- FULL SESSION: House Passes CUC's $40 Million Borrowing Bill 20-0 | CNMI Emergency Session
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- 2:02:03
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- The CNMI House of Representatives convened an emergency session Saturday, July 18, 2026, and voted 20-0 to pass House Bill 24-107, authorizing the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation to obtain up to $40 million in emergency financing for utility restoration, stabilization and fuel procurement after Super Typhoons Sinlaku and Bavi.
The bill passed as amended on the floor by Representative Vincent R. Aldan, whose amendment moves legislative notice to before any loan closes, and was co-sponsored by every member of the House. CUC Chief Financial Officer Betty Terlaje told members more than 4,500 homes and businesses remain without power, including nearly all of Rota. Testimony also came from CUC Executive Director Kevin O. Watson, CUC board members Miranda V. Manglona and Rebecca White, and Saipan Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Kimberly Camacho. The bill now heads to the Senate, which convenes Monday at 3:30 p.m.
Full story: https://nminewsservice.com
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- CUC Cuts Restoration Hours With 4,000+ Still Without Power #shorts
- Runtime
- 0:21
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- An internal CUC memo obtained by NMI News Service says restoration crews drop to weekday-only 10-hour shifts effective July 17, with weekend and evening work limited to emergency response and crew meals ended, as the utility stretches its remaining cash. More than 4,000 customers across the Marianas are still without electricity. Executive Director Kevin O. Watson says the cuts preserve CUC's ability to pay employees, buy fuel and keep essential services running while it pursues additional funding.
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- Good Morning Marianas July 16 EST/July 17 ChST
- Runtime
- 1:47:47
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- NMINEWSSERVICE.COM#SaipanNews #CNMINews #MarianasNews #PacificNews #IslandNews #BreakingNews #LocalNews #USTerritoryNews #NewsUpdate #WatchNow #Saipan #NorthernMarianaIslands #CNMI #Tinian #Rota #MarianasStrong #MarianasProud #IslandLife #IslandCommunity #ChamorroCulture #CarolinianCulture #IslandVoices #PacificIslanders #MarianasCulture #GoodMorningMarianas #LiveFromSaipan #MarianasMorningShow #CommunityTalk #IslandRadio #CNMISports #SaipanBasketball #HighSchoolSports #CNMIGov #CNMIPolitics #CNMICourt #SaipanEvents #IslandFestival #LocalHeroes #Palau #pacificminigames2025 #PacificGames #September11th #NFL #BillsMafia #deepseamining #settlementfund #taiwan #venezuela #iran #xxxy #artemis #sinlaku
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- Tracking Invest 90W: Where Is It Headed? | NWS Guam's Landon Aydlett | NMI News Service
- Runtime
- 1:16
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- The National Weather Service is tracking Invest 90W, a tropical disturbance parked south of Chuuk that has spent days bringing showers, thunderstorms and heavy rain to parts of the FSM. NWS Guam Warning Coordination Meteorologist Landon Aydlett breaks down where it stands, why the models disagree on whether it passes through Yap State, through the Marianas or stays over open water east of the islands, and what the weekend monsoon pattern means at home. Catch the full discussion Friday morning on Good Morning Marianas.
Latest forecasts: weather.gov/gum. More Marianas news: https://nminewsservice.com
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- Good Morning Marianas July 13, 2026
- Runtime
- 43:18
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- NMINEWSSERVICE.COM#SaipanNews #CNMINews #MarianasNews #PacificNews #IslandNews #BreakingNews #LocalNews #USTerritoryNews #NewsUpdate #WatchNow #Saipan #NorthernMarianaIslands #CNMI #Tinian #Rota #MarianasStrong #MarianasProud #IslandLife #IslandCommunity #ChamorroCulture #CarolinianCulture #IslandVoices #PacificIslanders #MarianasCulture #GoodMorningMarianas #LiveFromSaipan #MarianasMorningShow #CommunityTalk #IslandRadio #CNMISports #SaipanBasketball #HighSchoolSports #CNMIGov #CNMIPolitics #CNMICourt #SaipanEvents #IslandFestival #LocalHeroes #Palau #pacificminigames2025 #PacificGames #September11th #NFL #BillsMafia #deepseamining #settlementfund #taiwan #venezuela #iran #xxxy #artemis #sinlaku
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- NMI News Service is live!
- Runtime
- 2:26:40
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- NMI News Service is live from Crowne Plaza Resort Saipan
- Runtime
- 48:00
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- Driving Rota After Super Typhoon Bavi: Sinapalo to Songsong | NMI News Service
- Runtime
- 24:19
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Five days after Super Typhoon Bavi's eye crossed Rota, Star Marianas Air employee Dre San Nicolas drives NMI News Service from the airport in Sinapalo down the coast to Songsong village. Along the way: downed power poles, sand across the coastal road, CUC crews clearing lines, $7.49-a-gallon gas, and the communication dead zone that has cut Sinapalo off from the rest of the island.
Dre rode out the storm holding his window air conditioner in place for an hour while his two-year-old daughter slept. His back kitchen is gone, his village is running on generators, and his answer to all of it is the one you'll hear across Rota: "Home is home. There's no place like home."
Recorded July 10, 2026.
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- Touring Songsong: Driving and Walking Rota's Village 4 Days After Super Typhoon Bavi
- Runtime
- 1:32:25
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Recorded live on Rota. Four days after Super Typhoon Bavi's eye crossed the island, NMI News Service tours Songsong village, first by car through the village streets, past the fiesta grounds, the Rota power plant and the battered commercial seaport, then on foot through downtown to meet the people putting Rota back together.
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- Rota Mayor Aubry Hocog on Bavi Recovery | Full Interview
- Runtime
- 19:42
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Four days after Super Typhoon Bavi's eye crossed Rota, Mayor Aubry Hocog sat down with NMI News Service at the Rota command center for a full update on her island's recovery.
The mayor covers the major disaster declaration request now awaiting action by President Trump, the FEMA team already on Rota pre-staging water, MREs, cots and tents, the state of both gas stations and the July 17 Mobil fuel resupply, CUC's power plant assessment, restored water service, the communications gap in Sinapalo and the Starlink community spaces coming, 300 solar lights approved for distribution, 15 generators headed to households with medical needs, and the help flowing in from the mayors of Saipan, Tinian and Guam.
Her message to Rota: "Hang in there. We can do this together. Day by day, little by little, we will rebuild and we will recover."
Full story and all our Rota ground coverage: https://nminewsservice.com
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- Driving Rota After Super Typhoon Bavi: Route 10 from Songsong to Sinapalo | NMI News Service
- Runtime
- 1:48
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Four days after Super Typhoon Bavi's eye crossed Rota, we drive Rota's San Francisco de Borja Highway, the main road connecting Songsong village to Sinapalo on the hill. Sand covers stretches of the roadway, wooden power poles are down and snapped at the base, and crews have already cleared both lanes so the island can move again.
This drive follows our day of ground coverage in Songsong, including our interview with Rota Mayor Aubry Hocog and conversations with residents and World Central Kitchen volunteers across the village.
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- Good Morning Marianas July 9, 2026
- Runtime
- 1:35:46
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- NMINEWSSERVICE.COM#SaipanNews #CNMINews #MarianasNews #PacificNews #IslandNews #BreakingNews #LocalNews #USTerritoryNews #NewsUpdate #WatchNow #Saipan #NorthernMarianaIslands #CNMI #Tinian #Rota #MarianasStrong #MarianasProud #IslandLife #IslandCommunity #ChamorroCulture #CarolinianCulture #IslandVoices #PacificIslanders #MarianasCulture #GoodMorningMarianas #LiveFromSaipan #MarianasMorningShow #CommunityTalk #IslandRadio #CNMISports #SaipanBasketball #HighSchoolSports #CNMIGov #CNMIPolitics #CNMICourt #SaipanEvents #IslandFestival #LocalHeroes #Palau #pacificminigames2025 #PacificGames #September11th #NFL #BillsMafia #deepseamining #settlementfund #taiwan #venezuela #iran #xxxy #artemis #sinlaku
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- Good Morning Marianas July 8, 2026
- Runtime
- 1:33:01
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- NMINEWSSERVICE.COM#SaipanNews #CNMINews #MarianasNews #PacificNews #IslandNews #BreakingNews #LocalNews #USTerritoryNews #NewsUpdate #WatchNow #Saipan #NorthernMarianaIslands #CNMI #Tinian #Rota #MarianasStrong #MarianasProud #IslandLife #IslandCommunity #ChamorroCulture #CarolinianCulture #IslandVoices #PacificIslanders #MarianasCulture #GoodMorningMarianas #LiveFromSaipan #MarianasMorningShow #CommunityTalk #IslandRadio #CNMISports #SaipanBasketball #HighSchoolSports #CNMIGov #CNMIPolitics #CNMICourt #SaipanEvents #IslandFestival #LocalHeroes #Palau #pacificminigames2025 #PacificGames #September11th #NFL #BillsMafia #deepseamining #settlementfund #taiwan #venezuela #iran #xxxy #artemis #sinlaku
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- Two Islands, One Conversation: GMM Joins Guam's Ray Gibson Show After Super Typhoon Bavi
- Runtime
- 19:34
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- The morning after the lights came back on Saipan, Good Morning Marianas called into The Ray Gibson Show on Guam for a cross-island check-in between two broadcasters who rode out the same storm 120 miles apart.
Brad and Ray compare notes on Bavi: the 110 mph gusts and record rain on Guam, the Venturi-effect winds that tore through Tumon, Saipan's drier hit and the overnight return of power to parts of the island. The conversation turns to Rota, where the region's relief effort is taking shape as a two-pronged push, supplies moving north from Guam and south from Saipan and Tinian, with welfare checks running through the Rota Mayor's Office, Star Marianas crews heading in and regular flights targeted for Thursday.
Also in the conversation: the origin story of NMI News Service, born from Brad's Triple J days and built into the CNMI's first all-digital news outlet, some broadcaster-to-broadcaster OBS shop talk, Rota's Galita festival and the island's legendary gene...
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- 97W Is NOT a Typhoon: NWS Guam's Landon Aydlett Puts the Rumors to Rest | NMI News Service
- Runtime
- 53:45
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Everyone in the Marianas is asking about 97W. NWS Guam Warning Coordination Meteorologist Landon Aydlett joined NMI News Service live Tuesday to answer it directly: Invest 97W is not a typhoon, it is not a tropical storm, and it may never become one.
The disturbance is rated sub-low for development by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, a rating so weak it does not even appear on the JTWC's public page. Aydlett called social media posts claiming another typhoon is forming "reckless" and false, explained why weather apps now surface every disturbance the moment an invest opens, and broke down why the long-range models people are sharing disagree with each other, with some tracking a system near Saipan this weekend while AI models send it south through Yap State without developing it at all.
His promise: "If there's going to be a concern that we have to worry about, the weather service will do the worrying for you."
The real hazards right now are in t...
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- Super Typhoon Bavi LIVE: Eyewall Over Rota at 180 MPH | NMI News Service
- Runtime
- 6:34:07
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- #SaipanNews #CNMINews #MarianasNews #PacificNews #IslandNews #BreakingNews #LocalNews #USTerritoryNews #NewsUpdate #WatchNow #Saipan #NorthernMarianaIslands #CNMI #Tinian #Rota #MarianasStrong #MarianasProud #IslandLife #IslandCommunity #ChamorroCulture #CarolinianCulture #IslandVoices #PacificIslanders #MarianasCulture #GoodMorningMarianas #LiveFromSaipan #MarianasMorningShow #CommunityTalk #IslandRadio #CNMISports #SaipanBasketball #HighSchoolSports #CNMIGov #CNMIPolitics #CNMICourt #SaipanEvents #IslandFestival #LocalHeroes #Palau #pacificminigames2025 #PacificGames #September11th #NFL #BillsMafia #deepseamining #settlementfund #taiwan #venezuela #iran #xxxy #artemis #sinlaku
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- Night Watch (Instrumental) — The Music of Good Morning Marianas | Storm Vigil Loop
- Runtime
- 2:23
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Night Watch is an instrumental vigil loop from The Music of Good Morning Marianas, created during the passage of Super Typhoon Bavi in July 2026, while the islands of Saipan, Tinian and Rota held through the night in the dark.
Gentle fingerpicked guitar and ukulele over warm ambient pads, made to keep company: for families sheltering through the wind, for the crews standing by to restore power, for everyone off-island watching over home from far away. Loop it as long as the night lasts.
Composed with Suno and produced by NMI News Service as part of The Music of Good Morning Marianas.
Live storm coverage and continuing updates: nminewsservice.com
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- Inside the Eye of Super Typhoon Bavi on Rota | Capt. Jun Shimada | NMI News Service
- Runtime
- 0:12
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Capt. Jun Shimada filmed this video on Rota during the calm of Super Typhoon Bavi's eye as it crossed the island Monday morning. Bavi's eye passed directly over Rota between the 7 a.m. and 10 a.m. position fixes, bracketed by two extreme wind warnings with catastrophic winds in excess of 150 mph on both the front and back sides of the eyewall.
The calm captured here is exactly what forecasters spent the morning warning about: a period of relative quiet in the middle of a 180 mph Category 5 storm, followed by a rapid and violent return of winds from the opposite direction. The National Weather Service warned residents to treat the returning winds like an approaching tornado and stay in an interior safe room.
Rota remains under a flash flood warning with heavy rain continuing even as Bavi pulls away, and the flood watch holds through late Tuesday night with 12 to 20 inches of rain possible. Residents should stay in shelter until an official All Clear is issued.<...
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- Viral Video: Roof Peeled Back at Rota Mayor's Office in Super Typhoon Bavi | NMI News Service
- Runtime
- 0:59
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Viewer video from Rota shows part of a roof being peeled back by Super Typhoon Bavi's winds at what the viewer describes as the Rota Mayor's Office. The footage, now circulating widely, was shared directly with NMI News Service.
Bavi's eye crossed Rota Monday morning as a catastrophic Category 5 storm with 180 mph sustained winds. Two extreme wind warnings bracketed the eyewall's front and back sides, with widespread destructive winds in excess of 150 mph occurring over the entire island.
The extreme wind warning warned that unreinforced structures would be destroyed and utility poles and power lines would be down.
Rota remains under a flash flood warning with flooding already occurring, and the flood watch holds through late Tuesday night with 12 to 20 inches of rain possible. Typhoon Condition I remains in effect for Saipan, Tinian and Rota, and residents should stay in shelter until an official All Clear is issued.
Emergency contac...
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- Viewer Video: DPS Vehicles Battered by Super Typhoon Bavi | NMI News Service
- Runtime
- 0:31
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Viewer video shows parked Department of Public Safety vehicles taking Super Typhoon Bavi's wind and rain Monday.
Bavi is passing through the Marianas as a catastrophic Category 5 storm with 180 mph sustained winds. Typhoon Condition I remains in effect for Saipan, Tinian and Rota, and residents should remain in shelter until an official All Clear is issued. Nothing moves safely in these conditions. Stay in and stay off the roads.
Emergency contacts: EOC State Warning Point 237-8000 or 664-8000. NOAA weather radio by phone: 211. If 911 is down: police 488-0923 or 588-0202, fire and medical 588-3681 or 664-0004.
Video shared with NMI News Service, used with permission, name withheld by request. Coverage continues from IT&E Headquarters in Susupe, Saipan.
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- Viewer Video: Power Poles Down on Rota's Airport Road During Bavi's Eye | NMI News Service
- Runtime
- 0:15
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Viewer video from Rota shows power poles down along the airport road, filmed during the calm of Super Typhoon Bavi's eye Monday morning.
The extreme wind warning for Rota warned that utility poles and power lines would be down and pose a risk to life, and this footage confirms it.
A second extreme wind warning covers all of Rota until 11:15 a.m. as the backside eyewall returns with catastrophic winds in excess of 150 mph. If it is calm where you are, that is the eye, not the end of the storm. Do not go outside. Treat every downed power line as live.
Rota's flash flood warning runs until 12:15 p.m. with flooding already occurring, and the flood watch holds through late Tuesday night.
Emergency contacts: EOC State Warning Point 237-8000 or 664-8000. NOAA weather radio by phone: 211. CUC 24-hour line for Rota: 532-9413.
Video shared with NMI News Service, used with permission, name withheld by request. Coverage continues from IT&E...
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- Viewer Video From Rota: Inside Super Typhoon Bavi's Eyewall at 180 MPH | NMI News Service
- Runtime
- 0:22
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Viewer video from Masum Dhali on Rota as catastrophic Category 5 Super Typhoon Bavi passes over the island. HSEM Bulletin 12 placed the eyewall over Rota Monday morning with widespread destructive winds in excess of 150 mph occurring and the eye itself crossing over the next several hours.
An extreme wind warning and a flash flood warning are in effect for Rota, with flash flooding already occurring. Typhoon Condition I remains in effect for Saipan, Tinian and Rota, and all three islands are under shelter in place.
If the wind goes calm, that is the eye of the storm, not the end. Winds return suddenly from the opposite direction at catastrophic force. Stay in shelter until the official All Clear.
Emergency contacts: EOC State Warning Point 237-8000 or 664-8000. NOAA weather radio by phone: 211. If 911 is down: police 488-0923 or 588-0202, fire and medical 588-3681 or 664-0004.
Video: Masum Dhali, Rota. NMI News Service coverage contin...
- Title
- LIVE Super Typhoon Bavi Approaches The Marianas
- Runtime
- 9:51:22
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- #SaipanNews #CNMINews #MarianasNews #PacificNews #IslandNews #BreakingNews #LocalNews #USTerritoryNews #NewsUpdate #WatchNow #Saipan #NorthernMarianaIslands #CNMI #Tinian #Rota #MarianasStrong #MarianasProud #IslandLife #IslandCommunity #ChamorroCulture #CarolinianCulture #IslandVoices #PacificIslanders #MarianasCulture #GoodMorningMarianas #LiveFromSaipan #MarianasMorningShow #CommunityTalk #IslandRadio #CNMISports #SaipanBasketball #HighSchoolSports #CNMIGov #CNMIPolitics #CNMICourt #SaipanEvents #IslandFestival #LocalHeroes #Palau #pacificminigames2025 #PacificGames #September11th #NFL #BillsMafia #deepseamining #settlementfund #taiwan #venezuela #iran #xxxy #artemis #sinlaku
- Title
- NWS Special Weather Briefing July 5, 2026 1530hrs
- Runtime
- 47:11
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- #SaipanNews #CNMINews #MarianasNews #PacificNews #IslandNews #BreakingNews #LocalNews #USTerritoryNews #NewsUpdate #WatchNow #Saipan #NorthernMarianaIslands #CNMI #Tinian #Rota #MarianasStrong #MarianasProud #IslandLife #IslandCommunity #ChamorroCulture #CarolinianCulture #IslandVoices #PacificIslanders #MarianasCulture #GoodMorningMarianas #LiveFromSaipan #MarianasMorningShow #CommunityTalk #IslandRadio #CNMISports #SaipanBasketball #HighSchoolSports #CNMIGov #CNMIPolitics #CNMICourt #SaipanEvents #IslandFestival #LocalHeroes #Palau #pacificminigames2025 #PacificGames #September11th #NFL #BillsMafia #deepseamining #settlementfund #taiwan #venezuela #iran #xxxy #artemis #sinlaku
- Title
- Special Weather Briefing July 5, 2026
- Runtime
- 53:50
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- #SaipanNews #CNMINews #MarianasNews #PacificNews #IslandNews #BreakingNews #LocalNews #USTerritoryNews #NewsUpdate #WatchNow #Saipan #NorthernMarianaIslands #CNMI #Tinian #Rota #MarianasStrong #MarianasProud #IslandLife #IslandCommunity #ChamorroCulture #CarolinianCulture #IslandVoices #PacificIslanders #MarianasCulture #GoodMorningMarianas #LiveFromSaipan #MarianasMorningShow #CommunityTalk #IslandRadio #CNMISports #SaipanBasketball #HighSchoolSports #CNMIGov #CNMIPolitics #CNMICourt #SaipanEvents #IslandFestival #LocalHeroes #Palau #pacificminigames2025 #PacificGames #September11th #NFL #BillsMafia #deepseamining #settlementfund #taiwan #venezuela #iran #xxxy #artemis #sinlaku
- Title
- Quick Weather Update
- Runtime
- 42:14
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Quick weather update as Super Typhoon Bavi makes it's approach to the Marianas. Apologies for the audio issues at the beginning.
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- Super Typhoon Bavi Begins Its Turn Toward Rota: NWS 2 p.m. Update (July 5, 2026)
- Runtime
- 0:46
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- The National Weather Service Guam's 2 p.m. tropical cyclone update on Super Typhoon Bavi, Sunday, July 5, 2026, shared by NMI News Service.
Bavi has begun its west-northwest turn, moving at 8 mph with an increase in forward speed expected through Monday. The forecast track takes the storm near Rota on Monday morning. Maximum sustained winds hold at 155 mph, forecast to increase to 160 mph tonight and maintain that intensity through the passage. Typhoon-force winds extend 45 miles from the center, and tropical storm-force winds extend 185 miles, putting every island in the Marianas inside the storm's reach.
Typhoon Condition I takes effect at 5 p.m. for Saipan, Tinian and Rota, meaning typhoon-force winds within 12 hours or less. Saipan's only available shelter at this time is the Kagman Community Center.
Residents across the Marianas should remain in safe shelter through sunrise Tuesday.
Next NWS advisories: 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. ChST.
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- Special Weather Briefing July 3, 2026
- Runtime
- 49:22
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- #SaipanNews #CNMINews #MarianasNews #PacificNews #IslandNews #BreakingNews #LocalNews #USTerritoryNews #NewsUpdate #WatchNow #Saipan #NorthernMarianaIslands #CNMI #Tinian #Rota #MarianasStrong #MarianasProud #IslandLife #IslandCommunity #ChamorroCulture #CarolinianCulture #IslandVoices #PacificIslanders #MarianasCulture #GoodMorningMarianas #LiveFromSaipan #MarianasMorningShow #CommunityTalk #IslandRadio #CNMISports #SaipanBasketball #HighSchoolSports #CNMIGov #CNMIPolitics #CNMICourt #SaipanEvents #IslandFestival #LocalHeroes #Palau #pacificminigames2025 #PacificGames #September11th #NFL #BillsMafia #deepseamining #settlementfund #taiwan #venezuela #iran #xxxy #artemis #sinlaku
- Title
- Special Weather Briefing July 3, 2026
- Runtime
- 35:33
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- #SaipanNews #CNMINews #MarianasNews #PacificNews #IslandNews #BreakingNews #LocalNews #USTerritoryNews #NewsUpdate #WatchNow #Saipan #NorthernMarianaIslands #CNMI #Tinian #Rota #MarianasStrong #MarianasProud #IslandLife #IslandCommunity #ChamorroCulture #CarolinianCulture #IslandVoices #PacificIslanders #MarianasCulture #GoodMorningMarianas #LiveFromSaipan #MarianasMorningShow #CommunityTalk #IslandRadio #CNMISports #SaipanBasketball #HighSchoolSports #CNMIGov #CNMIPolitics #CNMICourt #SaipanEvents #IslandFestival #LocalHeroes #Palau #pacificminigames2025 #PacificGames #September11th #NFL #BillsMafia #deepseamining #settlementfund #taiwan #venezuela #iran #xxxy #artemis #sinlaku
- Title
- Bavi, Go Away! (Marianas Strong) | The CNMI Storm Anthem | Good Morning Marianas
- Runtime
- 4:28
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Two super typhoons in one summer? The Marianas have a song about that.
From Good Morning Marianas: a country-rock anthem for everyone who just got the lights back on, took the plywood off the windows, and now has to put it all back up. Day 81 of the Sinlaku recovery, and here comes Bavi. So we did what islanders do: we made something to sing.
Gang vocals, handclaps, a chant you'll be hearing in the shelters, and one message for the storm: Bah-vee, Bah-vee, go away.
To everyone across Saipan, Tinian, Rota and Guam: be sheltered by sundown Sunday. Check on your neighbor, check on your auntie, help a stranger strike a tent. The wind can take the roof off, but it's never taken who we are.
Marianas Strong.
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- Title
- Vehicle Fire by Twins Supermarket in Dan Dan Under Control Within Minutes, Cause Under Investigation
- Runtime
- 0:25
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Quick work by Susupe's Engine 1 this morning: multiple calls came in at 10:44 a.m. for a vehicle fire by Twins Supermarket in Dan Dan, and the crew had it under control by 11, six minutes after arriving, using about 700 gallons of water. The cause is under investigation. Video from the scene.
- Title
- Good Morning Marianas July 3, 2026
- Runtime
- 2:07:55
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- #SaipanNews #CNMINews #MarianasNews #PacificNews #IslandNews #BreakingNews #LocalNews #USTerritoryNews #NewsUpdate #WatchNow #Saipan #NorthernMarianaIslands #CNMI #Tinian #Rota #MarianasStrong #MarianasProud #IslandLife #IslandCommunity #ChamorroCulture #CarolinianCulture #IslandVoices #PacificIslanders #MarianasCulture #GoodMorningMarianas #LiveFromSaipan #MarianasMorningShow #CommunityTalk #IslandRadio #CNMISports #SaipanBasketball #HighSchoolSports #CNMIGov #CNMIPolitics #CNMICourt #SaipanEvents #IslandFestival #LocalHeroes #Palau #pacificminigames2025 #PacificGames #September11th #NFL #BillsMafia #deepseamining #settlementfund #taiwan #venezuela #iran #xxxy #artemis #sinlaku
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- "Grim": NWS's Landon Aydlett on Bavi's Cat 5 Forecast for the Marianas | NMI News Service
- Runtime
- 20:20
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- #nminewsservice
NWS Guam Warning Coordination Meteorologist Landon Aydlett joins NMI News Service live with the most serious forecast update yet on Tropical Storm Bavi. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center has raised the storm's forecast intensity to a Category 5 super typhoon at Monday's passage, with the track running about 20 miles south of Tinian. Aydlett covers when Bavi becomes a typhoon (overnight or early Friday), rapid intensification starting as early as this evening, why every island from Guam to the Northern Islands will feel tropical storm force winds, the 6 to 12 inch rainfall forecast, the subtropical ridge that will decide the final track, why no watches have been issued yet, and what to secure in your yard today. Bulletin No. 6 arrives in the 7 p.m. hour at weather.gov/gum/cyclones. Stay with NMI News Service for continuous Bavi coverage. #CNMI #Saipan #Bavi #Typhoon #NWSGuam #Marianas
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- Title
- SBA and FEMA Recovery Updates July 2, 2026
- Runtime
- 36:39
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- #NMINewsService #SaipanNews #CNMINews #MarianasNews #PacificNews #IslandNews #BreakingNews #LocalNews #USTerritoryNews #NewsUpdate #WatchNow #Saipan #NorthernMarianaIslands #CNMI #Tinian #Rota #MarianasStrong #MarianasProud #IslandLife #IslandCommunity #ChamorroCulture #CarolinianCulture #IslandVoices #PacificIslanders #MarianasCulture #GoodMorningMarianas #LiveFromSaipan #MarianasMorningShow #CommunityTalk #IslandRadio #CNMISports #SaipanBasketball #HighSchoolSports #CNMIGov #CNMIPolitics #CNMICourt #SaipanEvents #IslandFestival #LocalHeroes #Palau #pacificminigames2025 #PacificGames #September11th #NFL #BillsMafia #deepseamining #settlementfund #taiwan #venezuela #iran #xxxy #artemis #sinlaku
- Title
- Good Morning Marianas July 2, 2026
- Runtime
- 1:46:25
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- #NMINewsService #SaipanNews #CNMINews #MarianasNews #PacificNews #IslandNews #BreakingNews #LocalNews #USTerritoryNews #NewsUpdate #WatchNow #Saipan #NorthernMarianaIslands #CNMI #Tinian #Rota #MarianasStrong #MarianasProud #IslandLife #IslandCommunity #ChamorroCulture #CarolinianCulture #IslandVoices #PacificIslanders #MarianasCulture #GoodMorningMarianas #LiveFromSaipan #MarianasMorningShow #CommunityTalk #IslandRadio #CNMISports #SaipanBasketball #HighSchoolSports #CNMIGov #CNMIPolitics #CNMICourt #SaipanEvents #IslandFestival #LocalHeroes #Palau #pacificminigames2025 #PacificGames #September11th #NFL #BillsMafia #deepseamining #settlementfund #taiwan #venezuela #iran #xxxy #artemis #sinlaku
- Title
- CUC Briefing: Power Stays On Through Bavi, Fill Your Water Tanks Now | NMI News Service
- Runtime
- 24:27
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- CUC Executive Director Kevin Watson and Joel Hoepner of the water division brief NMI News Service at CUC headquarters as the CNMI prepares for Tropical Storm Bavi. They cover the plan to keep power on through the storm, closing reservoirs at the shelter-in-place order with 24 hours of public notice, why the Saipan power plant's temporary repairs won't survive a super typhoon, GPA crews returning to Guam, the fast-tracked 1-million-gallon Dan Dan tank, concrete pole replacements, transformer inventory, the Tinian power plant replacement recommendation, generator safety, and Watson's personal 5-gallon bucket water plan. Restoration stands at 71% on Saipan and 73% on Tinian. #CNMI #Saipan #CUC #Bavi #Typhoon #PowerRestoration
- Title
- Take Down Storm Tents Now as Shelters Set to Open Friday, JIC Says
- Runtime
- 13:14
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- If you're in an Operation STRONG tent, the JIC says start taking it down now. There are 1,400 tents across Saipan, Tinian and Rota, and they can't handle more than a weak tropical storm. Shelters will be up by Friday, elderly residents will be contacted directly for help, and if the storm arrives before your tent is down, leave it. Your life matters more. EOC: 237-8000.
- Title
- Weather Service Leans Toward Early Watches as 09W Shapes Up to Resemble Sinlaku, Forecaster Says
- Runtime
- 23:37
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- NWS Guam Lead Forecaster Patrick Doll didn't sugarcoat it on GMM this morning. 09W resembles Sinlaku in setup, track and strength, it's sitting over warm water up to 500 feet deep, and rapid intensification is expected within 24 hours. The weather service has doubled staffing and may issue watches earlier than usual. Updates every two hours on the NWS Guam Facebook page.
- Title
- SPECIAL WEATHER UPDATE July 1, 2026
- Runtime
- 43:45
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- #NMINewsService #SaipanNews #CNMINews #MarianasNews #PacificNews #IslandNews #BreakingNews #LocalNews #USTerritoryNews #NewsUpdate #WatchNow #Saipan #NorthernMarianaIslands #CNMI #Tinian #Rota #MarianasStrong #MarianasProud #IslandLife #IslandCommunity #ChamorroCulture #CarolinianCulture #IslandVoices #PacificIslanders #MarianasCulture #GoodMorningMarianas #LiveFromSaipan #MarianasMorningShow #CommunityTalk #IslandRadio #CNMISports #SaipanBasketball #HighSchoolSports #CNMIGov #CNMIPolitics #CNMICourt #SaipanEvents #IslandFestival #LocalHeroes #Palau #pacificminigames2025 #PacificGames #September11th #NFL #BillsMafia #deepseamining #settlementfund #taiwan #venezuela #iran #xxxy #artemis #sinlaku
- Title
- King-Hinds Breaks Down the Supreme Court's Birthright Citizenship Ruling
- Runtime
- 2:40
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- CNMI Delegate Kimberlyn King-Hinds returns with a follow-up to her earlier explainer, breaking down the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on birthright citizenship.
King-Hinds walks through what the court decided: that a person born in the United States is a citizen even if their parents were in the country illegally or temporarily, that this is the meaning of the 14th Amendment, and that the 125-year-old precedent United States v. Wong Kim Ark still stands. She explains that the court struck down the executive order as unconstitutional, which set aside the separate question of nationwide injunctions.
She closes with a message to the Marianas: a storm may be heading our way, and now is the time to prepare and follow official forecasts.
The ruling in Trump v. Barbara was decided 6-3, with Chief Justice John Roberts writing the opinion.
Full story: NMINewsService.com
- Title
- Good Morning Marianas July 1, 2026
- Runtime
- 2:11:45
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- #NMINewsService #SaipanNews #CNMINews #MarianasNews #PacificNews #IslandNews #BreakingNews #LocalNews #USTerritoryNews #NewsUpdate #WatchNow #Saipan #NorthernMarianaIslands #CNMI #Tinian #Rota #MarianasStrong #MarianasProud #IslandLife #IslandCommunity #ChamorroCulture #CarolinianCulture #IslandVoices #PacificIslanders #MarianasCulture #GoodMorningMarianas #LiveFromSaipan #MarianasMorningShow #CommunityTalk #IslandRadio #CNMISports #SaipanBasketball #HighSchoolSports #CNMIGov #CNMIPolitics #CNMICourt #SaipanEvents #IslandFestival #LocalHeroes #Palau #pacificminigames2025 #PacificGames #September11th #NFL #BillsMafia #deepseamining #settlementfund #taiwan #venezuela #iran #xxxy #artemis #sinlaku
- Title
- Good Morning Marianas June 30, 2026
- Runtime
- 1:37:08
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- #NMINewsService #SaipanNews #CNMINews #MarianasNews #PacificNews #IslandNews #BreakingNews #LocalNews #USTerritoryNews #NewsUpdate #WatchNow #Saipan #NorthernMarianaIslands #CNMI #Tinian #Rota #MarianasStrong #MarianasProud #IslandLife #IslandCommunity #ChamorroCulture #CarolinianCulture #IslandVoices #PacificIslanders #MarianasCulture #GoodMorningMarianas #LiveFromSaipan #MarianasMorningShow #CommunityTalk #IslandRadio #CNMISports #SaipanBasketball #HighSchoolSports #CNMIGov #CNMIPolitics #CNMICourt #SaipanEvents #IslandFestival #LocalHeroes #Palau #pacificminigames2025 #PacificGames #September11th #NFL #BillsMafia #deepseamining #settlementfund #taiwan #venezuela #iran #xxxy #artemis #sinlaku
- Title
- King-Hinds: The Birthright Citizenship Case Asks Three Questions, Not One
- Runtime
- 5:39
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- CNMI Delegate Kimberlyn King-Hinds breaks down the U.S. Supreme Court case widely known as the birthright citizenship case, explaining that it actually puts three distinct constitutional questions before the justices.
King-Hinds walks through each one: whether a president can change birthright citizenship by executive order, what the 14th Amendment's phrase "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" actually means, and the question she says hardly anyone is talking about, whether a single federal district judge can block a presidential policy nationwide through a nationwide injunction.
She also explains the 1898 Supreme Court decision United States v. Wong Kim Ark and why both sides point to it, and offers a way to read the eventual ruling: not just who won, but which of the three questions the court chose to answer.
The Supreme Court is expected to issue its decision in the coming days. Birthright citizenship remains in effect for now.
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- NWS Meteorologist on Invest 95W: "Watch It Very Closely" | Landon Aydlett Interview
- Runtime
- 14:45
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- National Weather Service meteorologist Landon Aydlett joins Good Morning Marianas to break down Invest 95W, the tropical disturbance over the Marshall Islands that forecasters are watching as recent trends shift it toward the Mariana Islands.
Aydlett explains why the islands are "not out of the woods," how a ridge of high pressure could steer the system west rather than out to open water, and why the Fifth of July is the big question. He also covers the low level circulation center taking shape, the El Niño pattern driving the season, and why the weather service takes a careful, deliberate approach to the model tracks circulating on social media.
As of this broadcast, no watches or warnings are in effect for the Northern Marianas. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center has 95W rated medium for development, meaning strengthening into a tropical depression is likely but beyond 24 hours.
His advice for residents is simple: stay weather aware and maintain ...
- Title
- Good Morning Marianas June 29, 2026
- Runtime
- 1:33:32
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- #NMINewsService #SaipanNews #CNMINews #MarianasNews #PacificNews #IslandNews #BreakingNews #LocalNews #USTerritoryNews #NewsUpdate #WatchNow #Saipan #NorthernMarianaIslands #CNMI #Tinian #Rota #MarianasStrong #MarianasProud #IslandLife #IslandCommunity #ChamorroCulture #CarolinianCulture #IslandVoices #PacificIslanders #MarianasCulture #GoodMorningMarianas #LiveFromSaipan #MarianasMorningShow #CommunityTalk #IslandRadio #CNMISports #SaipanBasketball #HighSchoolSports #CNMIGov #CNMIPolitics #CNMICourt #SaipanEvents #IslandFestival #LocalHeroes #Palau #pacificminigames2025 #PacificGames #September11th #NFL #BillsMafia #deepseamining #settlementfund #taiwan #venezuela #iran #xxxy #artemis #sinlaku
- Title
- Good Morning Marianas June 26, 2026
- Runtime
- 1:34:21
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- #NMINewsService #SaipanNews #CNMINews #MarianasNews #PacificNews #IslandNews #BreakingNews #LocalNews #USTerritoryNews #NewsUpdate #WatchNow #Saipan #NorthernMarianaIslands #CNMI #Tinian #Rota #MarianasStrong #MarianasProud #IslandLife #IslandCommunity #ChamorroCulture #CarolinianCulture #IslandVoices #PacificIslanders #MarianasCulture #GoodMorningMarianas #LiveFromSaipan #MarianasMorningShow #CommunityTalk #IslandRadio #CNMISports #SaipanBasketball #HighSchoolSports #CNMIGov #CNMIPolitics #CNMICourt #SaipanEvents #IslandFestival #LocalHeroes #Palau #pacificminigames2025 #PacificGames #September11th #NFL #BillsMafia #deepseamining #settlementfund #taiwan #venezuela #iran #xxxy #artemis #sinlaku
- Title
- Crash at Navy Hill & Middle Road | Saipan's Signal-Less Intersection Since Sinlaku
- Runtime
- 0:21
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- A crash at the intersection of Navy Hill Road and Middle Road has renewed safety concerns at one of Saipan's busiest junctions, which has been without a working traffic signal since Super Typhoon Sinlaku.
Video of the aftermath received by NMI News Service shows the scene at the crossing, now controlled by four-way stop signs that drivers have largely ignored. The intersection is a major route on Saipan and remains without a functioning signal 75 days into Sinlaku recovery.
NMI News Service reached out to the Department of Public Works and the Department of Public Safety for comment. Neither agency had responded as of this posting. This is a developing story and will be updated.
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#Saipan #CNMI #NMINews #TrafficSafety #SinlakuR...
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- DPS Commissioner Macaranas on the Post-Sinlaku Crime Surge | Good Morning Marianas
- Runtime
- 41:24
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- DPS Commissioner Anthony I. Macaranas and Public Information Officer Fred Sato join Good Morning Marianas to talk about what the Department of Public Safety has faced since Super Typhoon Sinlaku — a surge in burglaries and copper-wire theft, officers stretched thin, and a department down 10 officers.
In this interview:
— Why recovery and the long power outage created "crimes of opportunity"
— How DPS is using the federal COPS grant to hire officers
— Crime Stoppers: how to report anonymously and earn up to $1,000
— Why sharing crime videos with police first matters
— Operation Dry Water marine campaign (July 3–5) with the U.S. Coast Guard
— The cost of running DPS and the gap in officer pay
Got a tip? Call Crime Stoppers at 234-7272 or visit nmicrimestoppers.com.
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- Title
- King-Hinds Urges Storm-Affected Residents Not to Rule Themselves Out of D-NAP
- Runtime
- 6:39
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Delegate Kimberlyn King-Hinds is urging storm-affected families not to count themselves out of D-NAP based on social media misinformation. She says disaster-related expenses like home repairs and temporary housing can be deducted when eligibility is determined, and affidavit forms are available if your records were lost. If you think you may qualify, apply.
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- Good Morning Marianas June 25, 2026
- Runtime
- 1:52:18
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- #NMINewsService #SaipanNews #CNMINews #MarianasNews #PacificNews #IslandNews #BreakingNews #LocalNews #USTerritoryNews #NewsUpdate #WatchNow #Saipan #NorthernMarianaIslands #CNMI #Tinian #Rota #MarianasStrong #MarianasProud #IslandLife #IslandCommunity #ChamorroCulture #CarolinianCulture #IslandVoices #PacificIslanders #MarianasCulture #GoodMorningMarianas #LiveFromSaipan #MarianasMorningShow #CommunityTalk #IslandRadio #CNMISports #SaipanBasketball #HighSchoolSports #CNMIGov #CNMIPolitics #CNMICourt #SaipanEvents #IslandFestival #LocalHeroes #Palau #pacificminigames2025 #PacificGames #September11th #NFL #BillsMafia #deepseamining #settlementfund #taiwan #venezuela #iran #xxxy #artemis #sinlaku
