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Parkinson planning series of village town hall meetings on Guam's political status
The Guam Daily Post
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Sen. William Parkinson is taking Guam's political status discussion directly to the people, announcing plans for town hall meetings in five villages this fall to examine all status options, including statehood. The tentative schedule includes...
USS George Washington crew members stop on Guam to ‘resupply, rest and recharge’
Stars and Stripes - Washington D.C
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The aircraft carrier USS George Washington arrived in Guam for a scheduled port visit on Aug. 17, 2025. (Michelle Tucker/U.S. Navy) The USS George Washington and its strike group recently pulled into Guam for a much-needed break after several...
Youngstown veteran cooked up satisfying 20-year Navy career
The Vindicator - Ohio
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Correspondent photo / Melissa Channell Curtis Coleman, 68, of Youngstown, joined the Navy in 1978 and stayed in for 20 years. He was a storekeeper and a cook aboard various ships. YOUNGSTOWN — Curtis Coleman joined the Navy in January 1978 and...
Amazon jambu blends tradition and science for numbing flavors and healthcare
Mongabay
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August 18, 2025
Besides being a star in Amazonian cuisine, new research confirms jambu’s spilanthol compound as a temporary pain reliever, circulation enhancer and anti-inflammatory. Promoting forest-sourced products like jambu, grown in home gardens and small...
Researchers discover 2,500-year-old honey residue in ancient bronze jars
Fox News
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Mish and Lucy, two 5-year-old European brown bears, snuck out of their enclosure at a wildlife park in southwest England and headed straight for a staff-only food storage area. (Credit: Wildwood Trust) NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!...
Toxic algae in Florida: Scientists warn of hidden dangers
FOX 13 Tampa Bay - Florida
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FORT MYERS, Fla. - Every summer, blooms of toxic blue-green algae reappear across Florida, turning lakes and rivers bright green, blue or forming brown clumps. They pose a serious threat to public health, pets, and wildlife. What we know: Dr....
Guam Charter Schools Council chair: 'No online classes or remote learning' as SIFA seeks new campus
Pacific Daily News
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The chairwoman of the government council overseeing charter schools on Guam made it clear that online classes or remote learning will not be allowed. Guam Academy Charter Schools Council Chairwoman Evangeline Cepeda said despite lacking a...
We Could Have Solved a Lot of Problems With the Money GovGuam Gave to the Tenorio Family
Kandit News Group
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August 31, 2025
What would you do with $500,000? We constantly – and for years and decades – are in pursuit of answers to the most basic problems. And we collectivize them into issues that, when we look at them at the impractical 10,000-foot view, seem impossible...
Guam Department of Labor to host Town Hall meetings for in-School Youth Program
KUAM
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August 12, 2025
Participating students gain hands-on experience in various industries, from automotive to hospitality, culinary to information technology, enabling them to build a solid foundation for post-graduation employment or further education.
A lifelong symphony: How an engineer's passion for music led to a Hollywood award
Ottawa News Network - Michigan
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August 18, 2025
HOLLAND — For most of his life, Daniel Fisher has lived a double life. By day, an engineer; by night, a composer. But after a decades-long journey of balancing a professional career with a private passion, the two worlds have converged, with...
Guam charter school seeks prompt AG review of its plan to lease abandoned campus in Tamuning
The Pacific Island Times
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August 11, 2025
SIFA students in their old campus in Tiyan. Photo courtesy of SIFA The Science is Fun and Awesome, or SIFA, Learning Academy Charter School, is seeking to lease the abandoned Lyndon B. Johnson Elementary School facility in Tamuning, but its...
Guam budget debate officially begins Tax Rollback, Federal Funding Risks, and Rainy Day Fund Calculations
Marianas Business Journal
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BY PAULY SUBA Journal Staff The 38th Guam Legislature’s office of Finance and Budget (OFB) and the office of the governor’s Bureau of Budget and Management Research (BBMR) clashed on Aug. 11, over how to calculate the Rainy Day Fund cap, the size...
Learn to make value-added dragon fruit products at upcoming UOG workshop
Marianas Variety
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Sophie Santos, an extension associate with UOG Land Grant, pours fresh dragon fruit nectar during a value-added foods workshop held in Sept. 2024. UOG will be offering this workshop again on Sept. 6. Photos courtesy of the University of Guam...
GMH fiscal problems worsen, Guam Cancer Trust Fund could be fully funded
Pacific Daily News
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Guam Memorial Hospital officials on Sunday night said GMH currently owes its vendors $25.6 million, including outstanding payments to a firm supplying travel nurses, and just recently saw a record number of patients waiting in the emergency room...
Guam launches 1st criminal justice program for high school students
Pacific Daily News
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Just in time for the new school year, Guam on Wednesday launched its first criminal justice program for high school students. The new law enforcement career pathway for high school students is being piloted at Tiyan High School, starting with 20...
Camera in a pill: Revolutionary technology for gastrointestinal diagnostics now available on Guam
The Pacific Island Times
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August 17, 2025
By Pacific Island Times News Staff A non-invasive technology for examining the digestive tract without needing sedation or a traditional endoscope is now available on Guam. Guam Regional Medical City has introduced a new procedure known as...
Here’s how Arthur Collins shaped technology, beginning as a teenager in his attic 100 years…
The Gazette - Iowa
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The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS — Years before the first trans-Atlantic phone call, and decades before international direct dialing would become available, a Cedar Rapids...
Carrier strike group reaffirming Guam's strategic role in Pacific
The Guam Daily Post
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The USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group's arrival in Guam and Saipan on Saturday underscored the island's critical position as a strategic hub in the Western Pacific, with naval leaders emphasizing Guam's importance for maintaining security...
'Balancing growth, conservation': Guam's 10th assembly of planners symposium on Aug. 19, 20
Pacific Daily News
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The Bureau of Statistics and Plans' Guam Coastal Management Program will be hosting the 10th Assembly of Planners Symposium on Aug. 19 and 20 at Hyatt Regency Guam. This year's two-day symposium, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., will have the theme, "Guam’s...
First, American Samoa: Territorial advocates warn Guam, CNMI can be the next target for deep-sea mining
The Pacific Island Times
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August 17, 2025
With the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management poised to decide soon on an application for deep-sea mining in the waters off American Samoa, advocates opposing the initiative hope to build a tidal wave of resistance not just in American Samoa but...