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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Leone High School NOAA Planet Stewards and the local non-profit organization Fatoata had the opportunity to clear invasive Lusina in the village of Leone.
This opportunity was made available by Fofo Senator Olo Uluau Letuli and Haili Ripley who permitted the stewards to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The administration bill which appropriates the sum of $3,100,000 from unbudgeted, unobligated and unexpended revenues from Fiscal Year 2022 to supplement the Fiscal Year 2024, was passed in third reading by the Senate last Friday with one amendment.
This amendment...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On January 20, 2024, at around midnight, a woman called the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) and reported that she heard a gun being discharged around her home.
The suspect was arrested and charged with the following:
Count 1: Assault in the First Degree — a class A felony...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On January 13, 2024, Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) received a call from a female reporting her uncle had allegedly assaulted her.
The defendant was arrested and later charged with the following:
Count 1: Private Peace Disturbance — a class C misdemeanor punishable by...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Governor Lemanu P.S. Mauga, along with a delegation of key ASG officials, convened with representatives from the US Army Corps of Engineers to review the challenges surrounding permit acquisition for seawall projects and strategies to mitigate project delays.
The meeting...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S. Census Bureau released 2020 Island Areas Censuses Detailed Cross Tabulations for American Samoa on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. The data collected during the 2020 census-taking counted American Samoa’s population as 49,719 — a number the local administration...
WASHINGTON — Because of their unique climate and location, Island Areas are at increased risk for severe weather, including tropical storms, typhoons and hurricanes – and that’s a major reason residents moved from 2015 to 2020.
Between 2015 and 2020, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Dept. of Commerce has awarded $9.5M in ARPA funding to local internet service providers — ASTCA and Bluesky American Samoa. The funds are to support the territory’s efforts to respond to any future public health emergencies like the COVID-19 pandemic, which...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Lt. Governor Talauega E. V. Ale and the American Samoa delegation to the Pacific Community (SPC) extended a warm welcome to American Samoa students from Pacific Theological College, Fiji National University, and Pacific Regional Seminary, strengthening ties within the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa joins the rest of the nation in observing Monday, Feb. 19 as President’s Day, and all ASG and federal offices are closed that day.
In addition to ASG taking Monday off several other businesses will be closed including the Territorial Bank of American Samoa...