By Pacific Island Times News Staff The Guam Power Authority officially turned on the Ukudu Power Plant, a 198-megawatt combined-cycle plant touted to reduce the island's dependence on fossil fuels. The $600-million power plant in Dededo, which took more than a decade of planning, development and construction, will replace GPA's aging infrastructure and strengthen the islandwide power system. “This moment represents the culmination of a 13-year journey to modernize  Guam’s pow

The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council has initiated a process to restore commercial fishing in waters within the Marianas Trench National Marine Monument and other federally protected areas in the Pacific, aiming to regain control of those waters while complying with President Trump’s policy to resuscitate America’s seafood industry.

Guam’s political leaders have taken a united stand against deep-sea mining, amid the looming expiration of the comment period for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's solicitation of input on a proposal to lease waters near the Northern Mariana Islands.