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Lahainaluna High School football players
Lahaina, MAUI (AP) — Lahainaluna football players have been asked to serve as honorary coin toss captains at the Super Bowl Four Lahainaluna High School sports captains will be at Super Bowl LVIII this weekend as guests of the NFL. The news comes nearly six months after the Aug. 8 fire that claimed...
Amata with colleagues  Rep. Ed Case of Hawaii and Rep. James Moylan of Guam
Washington, D.C. — the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) passed the bipartisan Pacific Partnership Act, H.R. 7159. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Ed Case (D-HI), would bolster U.S. engagement with the Pacific Islands region, an issue which Congresswoman Amata highlights often.  She is also an...
Senate Vice President Magalei Logovi’i
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Senate Vice President Magalei Logovi’i on Tuesday introduced a Senate Resolution which “seeks to investigate the misuse of the unbudgeted and unobligated revenue of Fiscal Year 2023 in the amount of $36 million and calls for the Attorney General to petition the court for...
Nicola  Hawley and her former student Courtney Choy with others
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa National Olympic Committee is in the midst of planning big for their Olympic Heart Day, slated for Feb. 24, from 6am - 9am. It’s open to the public and will be an event focused on activities that not only promote sports in the territory, but also...
Delegate Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Saipan Tribune is reporting that a Republican majority in a U.S. House of Representatives committee has rejected Delegate Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan’s (D-MP) proposal to create a grant program to cover the difference between in-state and out-of-state tuition for CNMI...
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WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior announced Monday nearly $7 million from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to advance climate resilience and restore lands and waters through impactful ecosystem restoration work in the U.S. territories. American Samoa’s share is $1,799,000. “...
Amata with Gov. Lemanu
Washington, D.C. — American Samoa is receiving grants totaling $1.7 million ($1,681,971) funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) as notified by Assistant Secretary Carmen Cantor in a letter to Governor Lemanu P.S. Mauga and Congresswoman Aumua Amata. The Office of Insular Affairs (OIA),...
Director Muavaefaatasi John Suisala and Deputy Director Panesia Neuely
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Recipients of the Department of Human and Social Services’ Food Stamp Program will soon, no longer be required to make the monthly trip to the Food Stamp Office at Utulei to uplift their Food Stamps, but instead will be able to access them using Electronic Benefit...
TROPICAL CYCLONE GRAPHIC
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Rain bands from Tropical Cyclone 11P (fornerly Tropical Depression 98P) began passing northeast of the Manu’a Islands early today. Damaging winds and flooding were in evidence from satellite images, mainly over Manu'a and Rose Atoll, while Tropical Cyclone Nat is passing...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On January 4, 2024, a Department of Public Safety (DPS) police officer contacted the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) regarding a female who allegedly assaulted her boyfriend on the Nuuuli Public Highway, near Family Mart store. The defendant, Hilda Luki was charged with...

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