2026 July 4th Fautasi Regatta heats postponed, will try again today
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 2026 July 4th Fautasi Regatta, which was scheduled to launch the territory’s commemoration of the nation’s 250th Independence Anniversary, was called off ye

![The A250 Fautasi Committee led by ASTCA CEO conducting real-time assessments of the weather and sea conditions yesterday to determine what time the heats for this year’s July 4th A250 Fautasi Race would be held. The race was eventually postponed. [Facebook photo] The A250 Fautasi Committee](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/a250_fautasi_committee_.jpg?itok=208jVr59)
![On Thursday, June 25th, members of the Lions Club brought a $200 check, along with food, clothes, building materials— and hope— to Fa'amamafa Tavita Saunia (center, in the blue ie lava lava). At the end of May, her family of five watched as their home in Pava'a'i burned to the ground. While they lost everything, they still had each other, and loving neighbors, Ally Aumua and her dad, who took them in. L to R: Lion Lianora Seala, Lion Peter Nomura, Madame Lion President Danielle Pualau, Fa’amamafa Saunia, Lion Joey Cummings, Lion Tafā Tua Tupuola. [photo: Lions Club] L to R: Lion Lianora Seala, Lion Peter Nomura, Madame Lion President Danielle Pualau, Fa’amamafa Saunia, Lion Joey Cummings, Lion Tafā Tua Tupuola](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/img_3707_lions_club_story.jpeg?itok=kusmIwAS)






![Ambassador Steel was born in Seoul, speaks several languages, and was one in a group of the first three Korean-American women elected to Congress concurrently in 2020. [courtesy photo] Ambassador Steel with Cong. Amata](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/amata_greets_and_congratulated_ambassador_steel_jpg.jpg?itok=luQvioYm)
![McConnell Dowell has answered Tafuna High School’s request for help in repairing the access road in front of their office. [photos: courtesy] THS ACCESS ROAD](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ths_office_road_.jpeg?itok=N1dEiCqN)