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Admitted drug user allegedly denied owning drugs found on him
Admitted drug user allegedly denied owning drugs found on him

A driver with expired car tags was placed under arrest after being caught with drugs. Muhammad Ali Gibbs, 53, is charged with possession of a schedule II controlled substance. According to court documents, officers found a plastic baggie with meth in the

Attorney General: Leaders must find another path for political status determination
Attorney General: Leaders must find another path for political status determination

Can the definition of “native inhabitants of Guam” be crafted to move forward with Guam’s political status plebiscite? In a legal opinion responding to the Governor’s question, Guam Attorney General Doug Moylan essentially said no.

Matsuki Hirayama
Attorney General responds to Amicus brief in conflict case ahead of Monday's arguments
Attorney General responds to Amicus brief in conflict case ahead of Monday's arguments

In less than one week, parties will argue the Attorney General’s conflict case before the high court. The AG today responded to the Joint Amicus brief filed by five Government of Guam autonomous agencies. This includes the Guam Power Authority, Guam

Nick Delgado
Office of the Attorney General requesting $5.9M more in FY2025 budget
Office of the Attorney General requesting $5.9M more in FY2025 budget

During his budget hearing for Fiscal Year 2025, Attorney General Doug Moylan requested for an increase, bumping up the Office of Attorney General's budget to $24.7 million. “Our budget is something I'm not proud of. It's the result of expenses

Joan Aguon Charfauros
Saipan Sen. Babauta: Talk is cheap, let's do the work
Saipan Sen. Babauta: Talk is cheap, let's do the work

Saipan Senator Celina Babauta, a democrat, held a press conference after Senate President Edith Deleon Guerrero, who recently left the party, removed Babauta as Chair of the Judiciary, Government, and the Law Committee. Babauta was off-island when the May

Thomas Manglona
Special Enforcement Tactics team provides active shooter training
Special Enforcement Tactics team provides active shooter training

There's just one final obstacle for the over a dozen involved in the first ever Park Police Reserves Academy: Active shooter and threat training. Led by Chief Vince Naputi of the Guam Airport Police, the course is a basic introduction to close quarters ba

Joan Aguon Charfauros
Salvation Army Guam in need of donations for food pantry
Salvation Army Guam in need of donations for food pantry

It’s National Salvation Army week and Maj. Eric Tumale, a Guam Corps Officer, is calling on the island community for donations to replenish the Salvation Army Guam's food pantry. As you can see, the pantry is bare. According to Tumale, the food pant

Joan Aguon Charfauros
4-H Summer Camps now open for registration
4-H Summer Camps now open for registration

The 4-H Youth Development Program at the University of Guam will be holding 12 themed summer camps for children ages 6 to 18. The first set of week-long camps begins on May 28. New to the 4-H camp lineup this summer are camps focused on health and wellnes

KUAM News
Peace Officer Memorial will have road closures
Peace Officer Memorial will have road closures

May 15 is nationally and locally recognized as a day to honor the fallen who served in law enforcement. A Peace Officers Memorial will be held in Hagatna Wednesday.

KUAM News
Judiciary celebrates success of treatment court
Judiciary celebrates success of treatment court

In observance of National Treatment Court Month, the Judiciary of Guam celebrated the achievements of its graduates from the Adult Drug Court and the Guam Adult Reentry Court programs last Thursday. The ceremonies acknowledged the journey these individual

KUAM News
CODEL expresses concern over the veterans community based outpatient clinic
CODEL expresses concern over the veterans community based outpatient clinic

Following the Congressional Delegation’s visit to Guam, Chairperson of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, along with Delegate James Moylan have signed and sent a letter to the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs covering a wide array

KUAM News
Guam awarded $1.6M for energy efficiency conservation projects
Guam awarded $1.6M for energy efficiency conservation projects

The Leon Guerrero-Tenorio administration was awarded $1.6-million from the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block grant program. This substantial allocation is the culmination of a formula grant application prepared and submitted by the Guam Energy Offi

KUAM News
Car vandals target hikers at popular trails
Car vandals target hikers at popular trails

Avid hiker Matthew Johnson was enjoying the beautiful scenery along Pagat trail on Mangilao backroad early Saturday morning when he got word of a funky smell that would ruin his day. “We heard halfway during our trail there was a big smell of gas fr

Matsuki Hirayama
Repwak didn't mean to shoot teenage girl, held on $540k bail
Repwak didn't mean to shoot teenage girl, held on $540k bail

New details in the shooting in Maite that involved a 14-year-old girl has surfaced after authorities learned she was the passenger inside a car with three adults. They were driving along Biang Street in the early morning of May 3 when suddenly, multiple g

Nick Delgado
Security footage captures car theft in Tumon
Security footage captures car theft in Tumon

Imagine getting ready to leave your home on a Friday night, keys in hand and when you walk over to your parking spot, your car is gone. That's what happened to Peter Wall. His white Tacoma pickup truck was stolen from the San Vitores Condos on Happy Landi

Destiny Cruz
More CNMI residents enlist in Guam National Guard amid effort to establish unit
More CNMI residents enlist in Guam National Guard amid effort to establish unit

More residents in the Northern Mariana Islands are joining the Guam National Guard. The recruiting efforts are timely as the CNMI aims to establish its own. Guam Army National Guard Sgt Juan Camacho said, “We are actively recruiting. There's a lot o

Thomas Manglona
CNMI senate confirms Macaranas as DPS commissioner
CNMI senate confirms Macaranas as DPS commissioner

The CNMI Senate confirmed Anthony Macaranas to serve as the Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety. Macaranas, who was Acting DPS Commissioner since Governor Arnold Palacios asked Clement Bermudes to resign, first became a police recruit in 1986

Thomas Manglona
Disgraced radio executive Montvel-Cohen to be resentenced
Disgraced radio executive Montvel-Cohen to be resentenced

Disgraced Guam radio executive Evan Montvel-Cohen is back on Guam. As you may recall, he was convicted in a scam involving more than a million dollars. Montvel-Cohen will learn his new fate in federal court this week after winning his fight before the U.S

Nick Delgado
KUAM News Special, Mightier than Mawar, premieres tonight
KUAM News Special, Mightier than Mawar, premieres tonight

Guam is 10 days away from the one year anniversary when the island was slammed by Typhoon Mawar. On May 24, 2023, the storm hit the northern part of Guam as a category 4-equivalent typhoon. The damage was tremendous and the recovery is ongoing to this day

Nick Delgado
Applications open for youth summer program
Applications open for youth summer program

The Department of Youth Affairs is calling all high school students interested in enriching their summer with hands-on opportunities in the government or early childhood development. The Governor’s Summer Youth Employment Program is back and set to

KUAM News
Bob Salas inducted into Business Hall of Fame
Bob Salas inducted into Business Hall of Fame

Celebrating their 100th anniversary, the Guam Chamber of Commerce hosted its Centennial Jubilee at the Hyatt Regency Guam to honor Robert “Bob” Salas as the 2024 Guam Business Hall of Fame Laureate. Forty-four other member companies also celeb

KUAM News
Guam EPA: Ypao and Matapang among 17 polluted beaches
Guam EPA: Ypao and Matapang among 17 polluted beaches

A total of 17 beaches in Guam was confirmed to be polluted above the accepted bacteriological standards to include two popular beaches in Tumon. The Guam Environmental Protection Agency collected 43 samples on May 8. Officials said swimming, fishing or pl

KUAM News
Woman injured in early morning fire in Dededo
Woman injured in early morning fire in Dededo

An elderly woman is taken to the Guam Regional Medical City to be treated for minor injuries after she was injured while trying to escape a burning structure. First responders arrived at Chalan Fago in Dededo at 6:02 am where they found a wood and tin hom

Joan Aguon Charfauros
Community offers thoughts on bill to standardize bottled water testing/labeling
Community offers thoughts on bill to standardize bottled water testing/labeling

Amid federal and local officials raising the alarm on PFAs, is bottled water safe from these forever chemicals? In an effort to ensure bottled water is contamination-free, Senator Sabina Perez introduced Bill 269, which seeks to standardize labeling and t

Matsuki Hirayama
Wanted suspect Mesemwan Repwak faces charges in at least a dozen crimes, two others arrested
Wanted suspect Mesemwan Repwak faces charges in at least a dozen crimes, two others arrested

Three people are now in custody in connection to the violent crime spree that Guam police confirmed to be gang related. Mesemwan Repwak, 31, is arrested in connection to 12 active cases against him. He was captured midday Friday in Sinajana. Repwak is arr

Nick Delgado
Chief waiting for feds to give names of officers accused of illegal gambling
Chief waiting for feds to give names of officers accused of illegal gambling

What do the feds plan to do with the illegal gambling investigation that implicated multiple local law enforcement? KUAM provided the chief with a breakdown of the Guam Police staffing for the officers only identified in the case by their initials. The to

Nick Delgado