JUST ASKING — Why was a govt project allowed to proceed prior to a Land Use Permit being issued?
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Education and the Department of Commerce have remained mum on the excavation work conducted on land adjacent to the American Samoa Community College (A

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![Scientist-in-Charge of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Dr. Ken Hon (left) looks on, while Volcanologist of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Dr. Natalia Deligne addresses media questions on the Ta’u island volcano during a news conference two weeks ago in Tafuna. [photo: FS] Dr. Ken Hon (left) and Dr. Natalia Deligne](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/usgs_officials.jpg?itok=r0eWa1W2)


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