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Task Force Talon relinquished command to the 3rd Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment (3-43 ADA), ushering in a new battalion to take over Guam’s air missile defense systems.

Emergency management agencies across the region are urging residents and businesses to execute disaster preparedness plans as Tropical Storm 09W is forecast to rapidly intensify and potentially strike Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands as a Category four super typhoon.

HDR AECOM Infrastructure JV of Honolulu was awarded June 30 CHamoru Standard Time a $100 million “firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for architect-engineer services,” according to a release from the U.S. Department of War.

The Guam Energy Office turned over eight plug-in hybrid electric vehicles to Guam Department of Health and Social Services, Department of Youth Affairs, Department of Public Works, alongside GEO on June 30.

Marianas Visitor Authority Deputy Managing Director Judy Torres received the Pacific Asia Travel Association Award of Merit for her contributions during the PATA Executive Board & Board Member and PATA Awards Presentation Dinner on May 11, 2026.

The Public Utilities Commission approved a petition from the Guam Power Authority to adjust its Levelized Energy Adjustment Clause, also known as the LEAC, effective Wednesday, July 1, driving up the average monthly residential power bill by approximately $58.

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MAJURO, Marshall Islands — “They could have said you are ‘nowhere near being ready,’ but they didn’t,” Marshall Islands fisheries Director Glen Joseph said in an interview on June 19. “Instead, they gave us five items to respond to.”