the people of the Northern Mariana Islands decided in the 1970s not to seek independence but instead to forge closer links with the US. Negotiations for territorial status began in 1972.

Marines conduct an island seizure exercise in Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in 2016 ... from the elderly to elementary-school kids spoke up. It’s where Aldan made ...

Super Typhoon Yutu crossed over the Northern Mariana Islands early on Thursday with the equivalent power of a Category 5 hurricane, making it the strongest storm to hit any part of the US this year.

The first settlers in the Marianas set up megalithic colonnades of capped pillars called latte stones upon which they built their homes The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI ...

Follow Tina Sablan, former representative of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, as she goes to Washington, D.C., to advocate for a management plan for the Marianas Trench Marine ...

The Northern Mariana Islands are another U.S. territory to have been pummeled by a strong hurricane in the past two years. The U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico suffered calamitous strikes in ...

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands—This U.S. territory in the western Pacific is known for its epic World War II battle, white-sand beaches and the enduring culture of its indigenous Chamorro people.

Negotiations for commonwealth status begin in 1972. 1978 - Islands become a commonwealth of the US. 2009 - The Northern Mariana Islands sends a delegate to US Congress to represent its interests.

The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) is a self-governing commonwealth of the United States. It includes the 14 northernmost islands in the Mariana archipelago - the southernmost ...