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The POWER-HDR JV of Hailey, Idaho, was awarded June 5 a $249 million “firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for architect-engineer services.”

West Virginia Attorney General John B. “JB” McCuskey is leading a coalition of 21 state AGs asking the Supreme Court of the United States to protect the right of states to manage their own environmental permitting.

The Guam Solid Waste Authority discontinued its bulky waste self-haul service at the Harmon, Agat, and Malojloj residential transfer stations effective June 1, officially reverting to an appointment-only curbside collection model.

The USS George Washington left its forward-deployed port of Yakuska in Japan on May 30 for its spring deployment on patrol in the Indo-Pacific, according to media reports.

The Taipei District Prosecutors' Office indicted Paul Chen, former director-general of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Guam, which serves Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, for allegedly exploiting his official position to execute multiple fraud and asset misappropriation schemes totaling more than $130,000.

A former Guam Visitors Bureau employee filed a $61.5 million federal lawsuit against the tourism agency on June 1, alleging a prolonged pattern of sexual assault, harassment, and severe institutional failures by former leadership.

The U.S Coast Guard for Guam and Micronesia advised June 1 the precise location where local and federal partners will clear of damaged vessels in Saipan.

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