Jan. 23, 2026
Pacific Islands News Roundup – January 15 – 22, 2026
Center-left
Pacific Islands Report
Owner: East-West Center & University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Jan. 23, 2026
What are the backgrounds of the 8 finalists for Hawai‘i County police chief?
Neutral
Big Island Now - Hawaii
Owner: Chuck Bergson
Jan. 24, 2026
Iliili Village Council objects to variance for commercial building
Neutral
Talanei
Owner: Larry Fuss
Jan. 24, 2026
Child tax credit: Who’s eligible, how to claim it and more
Indeterminate
AOL
Owner: Apollo Global Management
Jan. 23, 2026
Dept. of Justice: AG Kaul, bipartisan coalition of AGs demand action from xAI over reports of Grok’s creation of nonconsensual sexual content
Neutral
WisPolitics - Wisconsin
Owner: The Evjue Foundation
Jan. 23, 2026
BREAKING: Bipartisan Coalition of 35 Attorneys General Urges xAI to Strengthen Safeguards Against Grok’s Generation of Nonconsensual Intimate Images and Child Sexual Abuse Material
Neutral
Virgin Islands Free Press
Owner: John McCarthy
Jan. 23, 2026
Paul G. Kelly to lead Hawaii campus of Gateway Seminary
Center-right
Baptist Press - Tennessee
Owner: Southern Baptist Convention
Jan. 23, 2026
Easterling named semifinalist for Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Scholarship
Indeterminate
Hope Prescott - Arkansas
Owner: Mark Keith & Wendell Hoover
Jan. 23, 2026
Guam, CNMI delegates question company interested in regional deep-sea mining
Indeterminate
Pacific Daily News
Owner: Kaleo Moylan
Jan. 23, 2026
93 Most Inspiring Sports Movies
Indeterminate
Rotten Tomatoes
Owner: Comcast Corporation
Jan. 23, 2026
St Kitts and Nevis to compete in FIFA Series 2026
Neutral
Associates Times
Owner: Scott Johnson
Jan. 21, 2026
StarKist works with Samoa District Development Centers on hiring
Neutral
Talanei
Owner: Larry Fuss
Jan. 22, 2026
Decathlete Teuruaa shatters national records in NZ competition
Neutral
Cook Island News
Owner: Liz Woods & John Woods
Jan. 23, 2026
LBQ Activists Hold Feminist Strategy Meeting In Fiji
Indeterminate
Pacific Scoop
Owner: Thompson Family
Jan. 22, 2026
Fiji govt steps in over pageant row, insists national winner must represent country
Public Broadcaster
Pacific Media Network
Owner: New Zealand Government
Jan. 22, 2026
Pacific seabed centre of new great-power race: Balancing minerals, fisheries, sovereignty
Public Broadcaster
Pacific Media Network
Owner: New Zealand Government
Jan. 22, 2026
Explained: Trump’s Greenland deal – what we know and what is still unknown
Right-wing
Zee News
Owner: Subhash Chandra
Jan. 22, 2026
Trump’s Greenland ‘framework’ deal: What we know about it, what we don’t
Pro-Government
Al Jazeera
Owner: Qatari Government
Jan. 20, 2026
PM announces MP to resign, top vacancies and Magele's fate
Neutral
Samoa Observer
Owner: Samoa Observer Ltd
Jan. 22, 2026
Mapping the 10 countries with the most overseas territories
Pro-Government
Al Jazeera
Owner: Qatari Government