Features
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Windward O’ahu resident Kim Fanene launched a free resource network two weeks after the recent back-to-back Kona lows that slammed Oʻahu in March and marked the worst storms in 20 years. While no one was spared the rains, residents on the North Shore bore the brunt of a...
Manu’a Store in the Industrial Park has burned down in a fire that engulfed the building, yesterday. Pictures of the building engulfed in flames, with firetrucks and firefighters at the site were posted on Facebook. No official word has been received if anyone was injured, nor what caused the fire...
Leo o Aiga Health Information Center is a dedicated resource center aimed at providing comprehensive health information that supports families with individuals with developmental disabilities in American Samoa. Parents and children learn side by side about boundaries, safeguarding their bodies...
Monphei Sisulimoni Puletasi of Olosega, Manuʻa, is preparing for a new chapter in her military career as a U.S. Army Recruiter assigned to American Samoa. Monphei comes from a proud military family and is the daughter of U.S. Army Veteran Puletasi Puletasi Jr. and the late Sisulimoni Misaalefua...
Anticipating the New School Year — 2026- 2027! New teacher orientation is now underway with all teachers reporting on August 17, with the first day of school slated for August 24, 2026. [DOE photo]
Once you see the GREEN PASS from the ASDOH Environmental Health Services Division on a classroom door, you know the room is good to go for set up for the 2026 -2027 school year. Malo lava teachers, principals, School Lunch Program, bus drivers and the many helpers from spouses to children who are...
Public schools all over American Samoa are getting all spruced up for the 2026-27 school year through the Department of Education’s Tautua program, where everyone is pitching in. At Alataua II Elementary School red trim is brightening up this classroom. [DOE photo]
National All-State 11U proudly features Brayden Lafitaga Laupepa Papalii-Tuiasosopo, the only Samoan selected from the state of Oklahoma. He is the son of Faraitoafa Papalii Tuiasosopo of Olosega & Jeffery Tuiasosopo of Fagatogo, the grandson of late To’oto’o Malaepule Milo &...
Governor Pulaali’i Nikolao Pula welcomed a delegation from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) and the American Samoa Department of Homeland Security (ASDHS) during a formal meet and greet, providing an opportunity to discuss shared priorities in strengthening drug interdiction efforts,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — At just 18 years old, Imanueli Davetawalu was accepted into a 10-week internship program in the heart of the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C. Born and raised in American Samoa, Imanueli traces his heritage back to the islands of Fiji, where his parents originate from....