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The championship Rainier Men’s Cricket Club of Seattle
The Championship Rainier Men’s Cricket Club of Seattle, Washington won three great championships in the Tacoma, Seattle and Los Angeles leagues. They won it all, congrats boys! [courtesy photo]
A broadband seismometer being installed on Ta‘u island
Honolulu, HAWAII — The Ofu-Olosega Islands volcano has been ruled out as the source of the ongoing Manuʻa Islands earthquake swarm, according to the USGS’ Hawaiian Volcano Observatory's latest notice. Data from seismometers installed in the Manuʻa Islands this past week confirms that the ongoing...
seismometer installation on Ta‘u island
A broadband seismometer was installed on Ta‘u island on August 22, 2022, by the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory and NOAA National Weather Service team. This is one of two broadband seismometers that have been placed on Ta‘ū island to help detect earthquakes that started to be felt in the region...
ode to manu'a
Ode to Manu'a, a poem by Stina Scanlan you… make my earth quake magnitudes of indignation to campaigns that use your name as an accessory they only wear it to look good to the promises that have yet to be fulfilled we’ve been surviving this far on our own to those that look down on us taste and see...
Reverend Elder Eveni Mamoe Eveni Jr
San Jose, CALIFORNIA — Retired Reverend Elder Eveni Mamoe Eveni Jr, beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and servant of the Lord entered fully into the presence of the Lord on Friday July 22, 2022. He passed away with his family at his side at O'Connor Hospital in San Jose, CA. He...
Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga, First Lady Ella,  His Highness Tuimalealiifano Vaaletoa Sualauvi ll, Masiofo Faamausili Leinafo Tuimalealiifano
On Thursday, August 18, 2022, Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga and First Lady Ella hosted the Head of State of the Independent State of Samoa, His Highness Tuimalealiifano Vaaletoa Sualauvi ll and Masiofo Faamausili Leinafo Tuimalealiifano for a private luncheon at the Governor's Residence on Mauga o...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Human health risks, stronger cyclones, coral reef death, and coastal flooding are among the major challenges detailed in a new report on climate change in American Sāmoa. Threatened resources include high-value coastal infrastructure and the millions of dollars that ocean...
Sven Ortquist teaching a class at ASCC art building
World-renowned wood-carver, and sculptor as well as boat builder, book illustrator, and painter Sven Ortquist teaching a class in ASCC’s old art building that was demolished to make room for ‘progress’.  Artist Reggie Meredith Fitiao pays tribute to a building that was home to and nurtured artists...
Lani Wendt Young
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND — The accolades keep coming for Samoan author Lani Wendt Young whose book 'Fire's Caress' has won the 2022 Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Youth Novel. Announced at a ceremony in Wellington, NZ on Saturday night, the SJV awards are administered by the Science Fiction and...
Manti Te'o
Los Gatos, CALIFORNIA — The Netflix doc “The Girlfriend Who Didn’t Exist” revisits the Manti Te’o catfishing scandal—and includes eye-opening interviews with Te’o and his tormentor, Naya Tuiasosopo. Yet in truth, Te’o’s saga remains a nightmare of unwarranted humiliation and lasting, career-...

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