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  • Guam native badly burned in California fires, wife missing

    By Nick Delgado
    The death toll in the California wildfires continues to climb. At least 44 are dead and hundreds are missing as fire crews try to get a handle on the situation. The horrific scene also resulted in one Guam native being badly burned, and his wife among tho

  • UOG club will honor Emma Sheedy with Courage Award

    By Carmen Terlaje
    Organizers of the International Miss Earth Pageant post their side of the story, after beauty queens, including one of Guam's own, allege a sponsor sexually harassed them. With that ongoing investigation, a club at the University is honoring Miss Earth Gu

  • 30 foreign labor visas approved for Nikko

    By Nestor Licanto
    It's the first major "outside the fence" project to get foreign worker visa approvals in more than two years. While the Labor department says the Hotel Nikko decision is a big step forward, it still doesn't fully resolve private sector construction needs.

  • Lou & Josh's transition team leader talks about priorities, plans

    By Chris Barnett
    The transition into a Lou and Josh administration has begun with the appointment of a transition team chair for the winner gubernatorial team. KUAM News sits down with Dr. Mary Okada to find out what the transition team will be looking into. Lou and Josh

  • Friends remember two lives lost over the weekend on island roads

    By Nick Delgado
    Friends remember the two lives lost in separate deadly accidents on our highways. The tragedy marking the 18th and 19th traffic related deaths this year. A polite woman. Lucy Aguon remembers the woman hit and killed by a car on Marine Corps Drive near the

  • GEC helps CNMI with its elections

    By Chris Barnett
    While our election here on Guam is for the most part over, the Guam Election Commission has headed north to assist with elections in the CNMI. The Guam Election Commission is lending a hand to our island neighbors to the north. As the CNMI casts their bal

  • Shop Guam is back!

    By Nestor Licanto
    GVB launches its award-winning "Shop Guam" campaign. It's one of its most successful promotions that's attracted nearly 2 million additional visitors since it was launched six years ago. The 2018 Shop Guam launch event was hosted at the Micronesia Mall, w

  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Guam breaks off from national program to form Manelu

    By Joan Aguon Charfauros
    It was recently announced that Big Brothers Big Sisters of Guam has disaffiliated themselves from the nationwide program to launch, Manelu, with the goal of delivering greater opportunities to the local youth and families. Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Gua

  • 19th Guam Diabetes Conference addresses proper leg/foot care

    By Joan Aguon Charfauros
    The Guam Diabetes Association in partnership with the Guam Nurses Association, Department of Public Health and Social Services and the University of Santo Tomas Alumni Organization of Guam, presented its 19th Annual Guam Diabetes Conference on Sunday. Thi

  • Marines worldwide celebrating Corps' 234th birthday

    By Nestor Licanto
    The Marine Corps will celebrate its 234th birthday this week with the annual ball. It's one of the biggest events of the year for the Marines that everyone looks forward to. Staff Sergeant Krystal Roberts is one of the main coordinators, and told KUAM New

  • FSM leaders focusing on adapting to Guam life for new residents

    By Nestor Licanto
    The new consul general for the Federated States of Micronesia says her top priority is to help educate FAS citizens about adapting to the very different life in Guam. Teresa Filepin is reaching out to local community leaders from the different FSM states

  • Tiyan High JROTC cadets honor veterans

    By Carmen Terlaje
    Remembering all those who've served, the Junior ROTC program at Tiyan High School honored veterans from the Vietnam War. And for some, it was a family affair. Tony Guzman was all smiles. He was one of many veterans who served in Vietnam. Friday, he joined

  • Prutehi Litekyan candidates elected

    By Chris Barnett
    Prutehi Litekyan's first foray into politics has resulted in the election of two Senators to the 35th Guam Legislature. The environmental advocacy group had two members running for Senatorial seats as Democratic candidates. Senators-elect Kelly Marsh Tait

  • Guam dancers share passion, work ethic with young people

    By Joan Aguon Charfauros
    From speaking to kids at some of the public schools to conducting a two-day dance workshop over the weekend, Guam dancers Lauren Santos and Marko Germar are on island sharing their experiences and their passion for the craft. "We want to be able to come b

  • Two accidents claim lives

    By Nick Delgado

    A man and a woman are dead following two separate auto-pedestrian crashes Saturday night. The first incident happened around 619 pm along Marine Corps Drive near the District Court of Guam in Anigua. First responders performed CPR on the female victim before she was rushed to Naval Hospital. The second crash occurred on Marine Corps Drive in Yigo around 918 pm. CPR

  • GOP admits it took an 'L' on Super Tuesday

    By Chris Barnett
    It's self reflection time for the Republic Party after losing Adelup, more seats in the Legislature and the Congressional race in a single evening, Party Chair Jerry Crisostomo admits the GOP took an 'L' on Super Tuesday. "We can say that the Republican P

  • Green Banana Paper founder is back on Guam

    By Joan Aguon Charfauros
    He is the founder of Green Banana Paper - a company sustainably manufacturing world-class vegan products from agricultural banana waste in Kosrae. If you attended the Festival of the Pacific Arts back in 2016, you may remember a booth with products from G

  • Details revealed about a fight that turned deadly in Ordot

    By Nick Delgado
    One man who knew the victim from a fight-turned-deadly in Ordot spoke with KUAM News at the crime scene. An elderly man who was assaulted last week dies in the hospital on Wednesday. His alleged attacker now under arrest and charged with negligent homicid

  • Miss Earth Guam joins other contestants in sexual harassment claim against sponsor

    By Carmen Terlaje
    Miss Earth Guam is speaking out on social media, joining other pageant contestants claiming a sponsor sexually harassed them at the 2018 Miss Earth International Competition in Manila. As such, the local chapter is now launching an investigation. Emma Mae

  • ND alumni create local club to cheer their beloved Fighting Irish

    By Joan Aguon Charfauros
    The next best thing to being at a Notre Dame football game is watching it with Fighting Irish friends and family. And one local ND club has made it a tradition to gather for game watch Sundays. For the past couple of years, a handful of University of Notr

  • Case involving former police commander ends in mistrial

    By Nick Delgado
    He's off the hook for now. A Superior Court judge declares a mistrial in the case involving former Guam police commander Mark Charfauros. Shaking the prosecutor's hands and with a smile on his face, former GPD commander Mark Charfauros makes his way out o

  • Church has time to file for bankruptcy; parties can continue negotiations

    By Krystal Paco
    Over a dozen lawyers in court, with several others on the phone early Thursday morning - each providing their update on the clergy sexual abuse lawsuits. Keith Talbot announced, "And the stay has been continued to mid-January." That means no action on the

  • GEC preps for recount of senatorial race

    By Chris Barnett
    While the gubernatorial election results were anything but close, the race for the 15th seat of the 35th Guam Legislature was a nailbiter. Here's how that race is resulting in a recount on senatorial votes. The Guam Election Commission is preparing for a

  • Guam hero honored posthumously for making the ultimate sacrifice

    By Nestor Licanto
    77 years after his fateful death, a Guam hero has been returned home - as a grateful island remembered the sacrifice of one fallen U.S. Navy sailor who was killed so many years ago in service to our country. December 7, 1941. The day America and Guam were

  • Startup Weekend V lets you build great things

    By Joan Aguon Charfauros
    Startup Weekend V is a 54-hour weekend event, during which groups of developers, business managers, marketing gurus, graphic artists and more pitch ideas for new startup companies, form teams around those ideas, and work to develop a working prototype, de

  • Get all your election news online & interactively from KUAM

    By Jason Salas
    The big news heading into this fall is the election, and so our digital team has put together a series of helpful and fun products to help you make an informed decision when you head to the polls. We're all over the map with our coverage of the Decision 2

  • Coldstone Creamery Birthday Club

    Watch KUAM News or listen to I94FM or Isla 63 AM where we'll announce the special celebrants of the day every weekday. And Every Friday, one lucky person will win a birthday cake compliments of Coldstone Creamery! 

  • DOE HQ left in the dark due to unpaid power bill

    The hum of a generator could be heard outside DOE's headquarters - the consequence of a delinquent bill that left employees in the dark.

  • Community outraged at savage beating of dogs

    By Krystal Paco
    Broken legs, a fractured skull, and damaged kidneys - just some of the injuries dogs Rex and Lucky sustained as a result of a brutal beating.

  • Short-term pain, long-term gain for CNMI consumers & businesses?

    By Nestor Licanto
    DOCOMO Pacific announced plans for a new fiber optic cable between Guam and Saipan, citing increased connectivity and lower cost bandwidth.

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  • Coldstone Creamery Birthday Club

    Coldstone Creamery Birthday Club

    Thursday, May 7 2015 7:33 PM EDT2015-05-07 23:33:30 GMT

    Your loved ones' birthday is cause for celebration and the stations of KUAM and Coldstone Creamery want to make it extra special for them! Beginning April 1, KUAM News and Radio are launching the Birthday

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    Watch KUAM News or listen to I94FM or Isla 63 AM where we'll announce the special celebrants of the day every weekday. And Every Friday, one lucky person will win a birthday cake compliments of Coldstone Creamery! 

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  • Nominate someone for the Good Neighbor Award

    Nominate someone for the Good Neighbor Award

    Tuesday, June 21 2016 2:19 AM EDT2016-06-21 06:19:37 GMT

    The acts of good neighbors in our community often go unnoticed. The Good Neighbor Award is a monthly feature highlighting the everyday acts of selflessness among everyday people!  

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    The acts of good neighbors in our community often go unnoticed. The Good Neighbor Award is a monthly feature highlighting the everyday acts of selflessness among everyday people!  

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  • Should DOE pull public school sports out of IIAAG?

    Should DOE pull public school sports out of IIAAG?

    GDOE is thinking of pulling public school sports teams out of IIAAG. James Lujan, chair of GEB's Safe and Healthy Schools Committee, is asking Superintendent Jon Fernandez to "consider returning control of interscholastic sports to the Guam Department of More >>
    GDOE is thinking of pulling public school sports teams out of IIAAG. James Lujan, chair of GEB's Safe and Healthy Schools Committee, is asking Superintendent Jon Fernandez to "consider returning control of interscholastic sports to the Guam Department of More >>

  • Team Guam Basketball heading to Thailand for qualifier

    Team Guam Basketball heading to Thailand for qualifier

    Team Guam is gearing up for the FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Pre-Qualifiers Eastern Region in Thailand. Competition for the tournament takes place November 26th to December 1st. Guam takes to the court for the opening game against Fiji, a team the national squad isMore >>
    Team Guam is gearing up for the FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Pre-Qualifiers Eastern Region in Thailand. Competition for the tournament takes place November 26th to December 1st. Guam takes to the court for the opening game against Fiji, a team the national squad isMore >>

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    Download your KUAM NFL season schedules here

    Don't miss a single snap of NFL action this season. Grab our yearlong schedule of the biggest games on Sunday Night Football on KUAM-TV8 and catch all the exciting action!More >>
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  • Super Typhoon Yutu Relief Drives/Events

    Super Typhoon Yutu Relief Drives/Events

    Here are some ways you can help those affected by Super Typhoon Yutu.More >>
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  • DPW roadwork: November 12-16

    DPW roadwork: November 12-16

    Route 3 Widening Construction activities are ongoing along Route 3 from just north of Route 28 to just south of Potts Junction. On Saturday, November 17, 2018 the DPW contractor, Black Construction, will be working in the following areas between 8:00 AM aMore >>
    Route 3 Widening Construction activities are ongoing along Route 3 from just north of Route 28 to just south of Potts Junction. On Saturday, November 17, 2018 the DPW contractor, Black Construction, will be working in the following areas between 8:00 AM aMore >>

  • NWS Closely Monitors Developing Circulation

    NWS Closely Monitors Developing Circulation

    The National Weather Service (NWS), Guam Weather Forecast Office is closely monitoring a developing circulation east-northeast of Majuro. As of this afternoon, the circulation is about 230 miles east-northeast of Majuro and is now the subject of a tropicaMore >>
    The National Weather Service (NWS), Guam Weather Forecast Office is closely monitoring a developing circulation east-northeast of Majuro. As of this afternoon, the circulation is about 230 miles east-northeast of Majuro and is now the subject of a tropicaMore >>

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  • Leonard Borja arrested for ice possession

    Leonard Borja arrested for ice possession

    He apparently ran a red light and had an expired registration when police pulled him over finding cocaine and meth. Leonard Borja is charged with two counts of possession of a schedule II controlled substance with intent to deliver and two counts of drugMore >>
    He apparently ran a red light and had an expired registration when police pulled him over finding cocaine and meth. Leonard Borja is charged with two counts of possession of a schedule II controlled substance with intent to deliver and two counts of drug More >>

  • 12 Russian nationals sought asylum on Guam in last two months

    12 Russian nationals sought asylum on Guam in last two months

    A dozen Russian nationals have come to Guam and declared asylum over the past two months. They were placed on Immigration hold and detained. Five have since been released and another was transferred. Local Tourism officials are keeping a close eye on theMore >>
    A dozen Russian nationals have come to Guam and declared asylum over the past two months. They were placed on Immigration hold and detained. Five have since been released and another was transferred. Local Tourism officials are keeping a close eye on the More >>

  • Charges for 7 prison beating defendants dismissed

    Charges for 7 prison beating defendants dismissed

    Its case dismissed for now. The charges for seven of the defendants accused in the deadly beating of detainee Edrite Manson Isar at the Hagatna Detention Facility last December are dismissed. Judge Anita Sukola granted the motion to dismiss the indictmentMore >>
    Its case dismissed for now. The charges for seven of the defendants accused in the deadly beating of detainee Edrite Manson Isar at the Hagatna Detention Facility last December are dismissed. Judge Anita Sukola granted the motion to dismiss the indictmentMore >>
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