William-Jose Velez Gonzalez

Puerto Rico entered August 2026 under a rationing plan that its own water utility called a last resort. Following the driest July on record for San Juan, Governor Jenniffer González-Colón (NPP, R) activated the National Guard and issued a pair of executive orders, OE-2026-35 and OE-2026-36, declaring a state of emergency across the archipelago. Under the […]

The Saipan Beacon was a daily military newspaper published by the United States Army Saipan Island command in the Northern Mariana Islands, providing military operations of the Allied campaign in the Pacific Theater and worldwide news during World War II, as seen in this August 13, 1945 issue.

Governor Albert Bryan Jr. (D) of the United States Virgin Islands formally requested that United States Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins issue a secretarial drought disaster declaration for St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John, as extreme drought conditions continue to strain the territory’s agricultural community. The entire US Virgin Islands is currently classified under […]

This is our monthly series examining the top Google Trends in the US Territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Trends data is an unbiased sample of Google search data. It’s anonymized (no one is personally identified), categorized (determining the topic for a search query), and […]

Two men wear homemade face coverings during a protest on August 20, 1978, against the politically motivated entrapment and execution of two pro-independence activists, Carlos Enrique Soto Arriví and Arnaldo Darío Rosado Torres, by the Puerto Rican Police in July of 1978.

The United States Department of Agriculture approved Governor Albert Bryan Jr.’s (D) request for a secretarial drought disaster declaration for the US Virgin Islands, opening access to federal emergency loan assistance for farmers and agricultural producers across the territory. The USDA notified Bryan on August 20 that St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John have […]

The Tokai Maru was a Japanese passenger-cargo freighter torpedoed by the US submarine USS Snapper on August 27, 1943. It sank and came to rest leaning against the Cormoran wreck in Apra Harbor, Guam. It is the only dive site in the world where shipwrecks from two different world wars touch.

An American Samoa delegation participated in a private dinner and strategic roundtable with Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau on the sidelines of the 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders' Meeting in Koror, Palau, initiating talks on federal Pacific engagement, territorial economic development, critical infrastructure, and regional security.

Delegate Stacey Plaskett (D) and Senate President Milton Potter (D) won the United States Virgin Islands Democratic primary on August 1, 2026, securing the party's nominations for governor and lieutenant governor ahead of the November 3 general election.

Four new standby generators providing 10 megawatts of additional backup generation capacity arrived in the United States Virgin Islands this week, marking another step in the ongoing effort to modernize the territory's energy infrastructure and improve reliability for St. John residents.