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Lorimay Fuimaono-Ki with her twins
Provo, UTAH — Lorimay Fuimaono-Ki will not always have complicated feelings about Jan. 7. But in 2021, it was a day of intense gratitude and searing pain. The young mother cannot stop the tears as she tries to explain what life has been like since American Samoa closed its borders to keep COVID-19...
Deidra Harrington-Latu
Salt Lake City, UTAH — The Fox News affiliate in Salt Lake City is reporting that the dozens of families from American Samoa who have been stranded in Utah since the COVID-19 pandemic began are a step closer to returning home.  “I just want to go home,” said Deidra Harrington-Latu. She traveled to...
Aioevaga Tuna
Salt Lake City, UTAH — At least 600 citizens of American Samoa are stranded in the United States, including 50 families in Utah, after their government shut down the border in March to protect its people from the coronavirus. With no word from the government, they worry they won’t see their...
 Salt Lake City, Utah skyline with mountains in the background
Salt Lake City, UTAH — There has been an upswing in Covid-19 infections among Pacific Islanders in the American state of Utah. The state is home to the largest Pacific Island community on the United States mainland - it is made up mostly of Polynesians but also includes a significant number of...
Attorney General Talauega Eleasalo V. Ale
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “O ai gei kamaiki” — meaning — “who are these kids” who filed the lawsuit to impose automatic US citizenship on persons born in American Samoa , asked Sens. Tuiagamoa Tavai and Satele Galu Satele Sr. in Samoan during last Friday’s Senate Rules Committee hearing where...
American Samoan workers at the turkey plant in Moroni holding America Samoa flag
Moroni, UTAH — Scores of American Samoan migrant workers who originally came to the mainland for job opportunities at the turkey processing plant went on a labor strike last week. Dozens of migrant workers gathered outside the Pitman Family Farms-owned Norbest turkey processing plant in Moroni on...
Michael Sewell is the latest of the Sewell clan to make his mark in football.
St. George, UTAH — Michael Sewell is the latest of the Sewell clan to make his mark in football.  The 8th grader is a defensive tackle at Desert Hills Middle School in St. George, Utah.  He is the younger cousin of Sewell brothers Gabriel (Nevada Wolfpack linebacker), Nephi (BYU defensive back),...
(left to right) Evile Feleti, Tamari Mulitalo-Cheung, SSI Director Okenaisa Fauolo-Manila, His Highness Tamasese, and Maseuli Faleosalafai Tipa.
Provo, UTAH — Faculty from the Samoan Studies Institute (SSI) at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) joined distinguished guests from across the United States and the Pacific region at the 2018 International Samoan Language Symposium held in late September at Brigham Young University in...
His Highness Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Taʻisi Tufuga Tupuola Efi and Her Highness Masiofo Filifilia Tamasese
West Valley City, UTAH —  Utahʼs Samoan community is honored to welcome His Highness Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Taʻisi Tufuga Tupuola Efi (former Prime Minister and Head of State of Sāmoa) and Her Highness Masiofo Filifilia Tamasese to Utah last week. As attendees of the 2018 International Samoan...
Salt Lake City, UTAH (AP) — Some Utah high schools don’t allow students to wear lei and other ornamentation during graduation ceremonies, a restriction that the state’s Pacific Islander community says feels discriminatory. The Salt Lake Tribune reports some schools around the state have sought a...