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The Cannabis Control Board approved the first permit for a cannabis cultivation facility to operate on Wednesday, June 24.

The Port Authority of Guam concluded fiscal year 2025 with an unmodified clean financial audit and a net position of $40.9 million, but faces narrowing operating margins that have prompted a proposed 17% multi-year tariff increase beginning in fiscal year 2026.

The Guam Hybrid Land Use Commission approved a request for a conditional use permit for the Pacific Energy Corporation to begin construction of photovoltaic facilities in the municipality of Yona.

A Guam delegation led by Jesse A. Lujan, majority leader of the 38th Guam Legislature and chairman of the Committee on Transportation, Tourism, Customs, Utilities, and Federal & Foreign Affairs, met with Philippine immigration officials to advance efforts to include the Philippines in the Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program.

A ribbon cutting was held for the Multi-Domain Training and Experimentation Capability Forward - Guam facility at Building 4175 on Naval Base Guam on June 22.

The Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport saw its revenues increase by $11 million for fiscal year 2025, according to a recent clean audit report, even as officials warn of near-term revenue strains.

President Wesley W. Simina congratulated 17 young men and women from across the Federated States of Micronesia during an Enlistment Ceremony held at the U.S. Embassy compound on June 17.

The U.S. Department of War announced June 17 CHamoru Standard time that the Indo-Pacific Command would now revert to its original name of Pacific Command.

Legislation introduced in the Guam Legislature on June 15 seeks to authorize a public-private partnership to design, construct, finance, and maintain a new, permanent headquarters facility for the Guam Department of Revenue and Taxation on publicly owned land.

The Guam Visitors Bureau achieved a historic financial milestone, securing an unmodified, clean opinion for its fiscal year 2025 financial audit with zero audit findings and no material weaknesses for the first time in more than six years.