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23rd Annual Steinlager I‘a Lapo‘a Fishing Tournament opens with fleet of 15 boats
Tue, 04/21/2026 - 7:43am
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The first day of competition in the 23rd Annual Steinlager I‘a Lapo‘a Fishing Tournament got underway yesterday, launching a fleet of 15 boats into the open wat
Feleti Barstow Public Library celebrates National Library Week with powerful gift
Tue, 04/21/2026 - 7:38am
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa Center for the Book has received one of 56 card catalogs brought out of retirement by the Library of Congress and distributed through its Center
23rd Annual Steinlager I‘a Lapo‘a Fishing Tournament photo & caption
Tue, 04/21/2026 - 7:32am
PPGFA President Chris Banse and Secretary Tepora Timu during the prize‑giving ceremony following the first day of the 23rd Annual Steinlager I‘a Lapo‘a Fishing Tournament at the Malaloa Marina.
Kovana: “Ua tupu le atunu’u, ua manuia ma ua uluola ona tagatanu’u”
Mon, 04/20/2026 - 4:55pm
Pago Pago - AMERIKA SAMOA
FOTUTUPU LE AFIOGA MULITALO PENI SETH PULEFANO IMO I MULIVAI SAFATA
Mon, 04/20/2026 - 3:26pm
Apia - SAMOA
MALIU SE ALO O SAMOA NA TAUTUA I OFISA A LEOLEO I KALEFONIA - SGT JOHN SUNIA
Mon, 04/20/2026 - 3:22pm

O le susuga i le Satini Leoleo ua maliu nei a’o tautua i Oxnard ma Ventura i Kalefonia, fa’afetai ua na’o le misia e nei a’ai ma le matagaluega o Leoleo i Oxnard ma Ventura le tautua iloga a lea alo o le Manu’atele mai Amerika Samoa lona tupu’aga. O ia lea o se Satini, ae o se Leoleo Nana mo le Matagaluega o le Loia Sili i Ventura: John Sunia. [ata foa’i]
Pago Pago - AMERIKA SAMOA
FA’AMANATU 71 TAUSAGA PR. TALAGA MIKAELE FASAVALU-MALOTUMAU
Mon, 04/20/2026 - 3:20pm
Pago Pago - AMERIKA SAMOA
NOAA releases images of seabed nodules from hydrographic survey near American Samoa
Mon, 04/20/2026 - 9:17am
# box of seabed nodules

![Paul Mellsop (second from right) and fellow crew members of the Grandee from New Zealand — one of four teams from the Land of the Long White Cloud — at the Malaloa Marina after completing the first day of competition in the 23rd Annual Steinlager I‘a Lapo‘a Fishing Tournament. [photo: Asi A. Fa'asau] CAPTAIN AND crew members of the Grandee from New Zealand](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/img_5719.jpg?itok=NNPfhOqT)
![American Samoa Center for the Book has received one of 56 card catalogs brought out of retirement by the Library of Congress and distributed through its Center for the Book affiliate network. The card catalog information kiosk can be found at Feleti Barstow Public Library in Utulei next to the Office of Samoan Affairs. [courtesy photo] card catalogs](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/one_of_56_card_catalogues.jpeg?itok=KKw7hpN8)





![Image of geological samples from the seafloor that were collected via box core on April 14, 2026, in U.S. waters off American Samoa. [Credit: USGS] geological samples from the seafloor](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/box_of_seabed_nodules_.jpeg?itok=WcT9yFo6)