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SACRAMENTO, CA —Director Tanya N. Garfield of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Disaster Field Operations Center-West announced this week that SBA will close its Tafuna Disaster Loan Outreach Center at 4 p.m. on Friday, June 22.
“SBA opened the center to provide personalized assistance to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Government and Congresswoman Aumua Amata have asked a federal court in Salt Lake City, Utah to allow them to intervene in a citizenship lawsuit filed there by three people who were born in American Samoa.
The plaintiffs — John Fitisemanu, Pale Tuli and...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata gave a commencement speech highlighting the importance of technology education to the skills and jobs of the future.
Speaking on the striking growth of cyber and other technology in our expanding economy, she congratulated graduates at the Virginia...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A fight between members of a youth gang in Pago Pago early Sunday morning landed one man in the hospital with severe neck injuries. Meanwhile, police are trying to wrap up their reports for an arrest warrant for two gang members believed to have been the ones who caused...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Hawaiian Airlines will be reverting back to its regular schedule early next month, now that the Instrument Landing System (ILS) is back in service at the Tafuna airport.
Hawaiian retimed its Pago Pago flights to arrive and depart during daytime hours on Tuesdays and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 22-year-old male accused of disturbing the peace at the Bowling Alley parking lot Sunday afternoon made his initial in District Court yesterday morning, where he entered a not guilty plea to the single charge of public peace disturbance.
Isaiah Rea is being represented...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A woman accused of threatening her ex-husband and another female was arrested and held at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) to await her first court appearance.
Mariaiva Ma’alona made her initial appearance before District Court Judge Pro Temp, Gwen Tauiliili-...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Eighteen soldiers with the American Samoa Army Reserve Unit, specifically those who perform mortuary functions, are scheduled to deploy to the Middle East this Thursday. The deployment period may last up to 8 months.
The deployed soldiers, mostly women, are from the...
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced that $25,000 in revenues available through the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA) will be distributed to American Samoa for Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) grants that support outdoor recreation and conservation...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Detectives from the DPS Vice & Narcotics Unit continue to investigate how drugs and drug paraphernalia allegedly entered the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF), which came to light after 3 inmates tested positive for meth last month.
Some detainees at the TCF...