August 2020
U.S. Postal Service announces temporary price increase
WASHINGTON — The United States Postal Service filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) today of a temporary price change to take e
Man charged with attempting to rape his wife, while previous domestic abuse case pending
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man with a pending domestic violence case involving his wife was arrested by police this week after he allegedly beat up the same victim and tried to have sex with her
More power to ASPA — and Western District of Tutuila
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — This photo shared on the American Samoa Power Authority Facebook page shows one of the two-new GE Generators being off-loaded on Wednesday from a container vess
Territory's mid-year 2020 population estimate at a slight decrease
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa’s 2020 mid-year population is estimated at over 57,000 — a slight decrease compared to last year’s estimate — and the male population is higher t
Village drinking session leads to PPD and injury for previous offender
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An intoxicated man who was picked up by cops last Wednesday night and charged with public peace disturbance and resisting arrest has been released on his own re
COVID-19 data shows Hawaii is in a ‘Very Dire Situation’
Honolulu, HAWAII — Hawaii has the fastest-growing infection rate in the country, according to several statistical models that try to estimate how many people an infected person will spread
New travel advisory for entering Samoa from American Samoa
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Samoa government has issued a “special travel advisory” specifically for travelers from American Samoa entering the independent state, which has called for
Pavaiai Elementary School teachers photo & caption
Pavaiai Elementary School teachers have completed their Google Classroom training that was held for 4 weeks at the school in preparation for the new school year 2020-2021.




![[photo: ASPA Facebook] GE generators being unloaded at the port.](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/tafuna_stand_by_generators.jpg?itok=vZxqSa8B)


![Close to 6% of tests are coming back positive — a sizeable jump from June. [photo: Ronen Zilberman/Civil Beat] Drive up testing in Honolulu](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/covid-testing-kakaakoweb.jpg?itok=eeD-hZRp)


