The Pesticide Papers: Guam Residents Feared the Military Was Poisoning Them. New Records Reveal Decades of Toxic ...

This story was produced in collaboration with The Margin. On a typically humid day on Guam in September 2025, Leevin Camacho received a phone call that made his stomach churn.  Life on the tropical island—an unincorporated territory of the United States …

Guam steps up plea for feds to bankroll civilian infrastructure upgrades

Guam’s bid to secure federal support for community infrastructure entered a new phase this week, as an island delegation met with U.S. officials in San Francisco to discuss the impact of the military buildup on civilian life. The meetings—initially …

Guam opposes federal rollback of historic-preservation reviews

Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero has told the federal government not to weaken the rules governing how military and other federal projects on Guam are reviewed for impacts on historic and cultural sites, warning that any rollback could do permanent damage to the …

Guam’s annual Relay for Life brings community together

The American Cancer Society’s annual Relay for Life brought together hundreds of survivors, theirs families , friends, caregivers and other community members to the University of Guam Calvo Field House on Sept. 19, 2026 to honor those affected by cancer …

Guam educator Coloma launches The Educator’s Oasis, addresses educators in Philippines

For Guam educator Cyd Naig Coloma, returning to Madalag, Aklan, Philippines, last week meant going back to where part of her own education began, this time with more than 35 years of experience and a question for the teachers in front of her: Why did you …

Invest 91W strengthens, moves away from Guam

INVEST 91W strengthened and became better organized west-southwest of Guam Tuesday as the Joint Typhoon Warning Center raised its development potential from LOW to MEDIUM. JTWC placed the disturbance near 12.2 degrees north latitude and 142.3 degrees east …

Washington think tank urges military pullback to Guam as Trump, Xi meet

President Donald Trump sits down with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the White House this week for a summit Beijing has called of "historic, milestone significance." Ahead of it, Secretary of State Marco Rubio joined his counterparts from Japan and …

Competing priorities for one $20 million pot as Guam faces multiple crises

Guam military contamination: records reveal toxic pesticides

Bloomberg: US-Iran War tops $7.1 billion, Guam-based submarines pulled away

The war in Iran is costing the U.S. billions of dollars on top of pulling assets away from the Asia-Pacific region, including submarines from Guam. That’s according to a Sept. 16, Bloomberg economic report covering the military cost of the Iran War on the …