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Education director Dr. Ruth Matagi-Tofiga
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Alataua II Elementary School is expected to reopen today, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, with students returning to their campus after it being closed due to flooding and mudslides. Students were attending school at Leone Midkiff Elementary School. Education director Dr. Ruth...
Tualauta Rep. Larry Sanitoa
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While the Lolo Administration is pushing forward with a secondary access road through the properties of the Fonoti and Leapaga families to the main road at Malaeimi, residents of Fagaima have voiced new concerns over problems at the Fagaima road following recent heavy...
Potholes on the Fagaima road
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two deep potholes —one after the other — on the Fagaima road seen in this photo taken Monday afternoon, in front of the Methodist Church at Fagaima force drivers to take drastic turns and maneuvers to avoid them. Some drivers have the courtesy to give one side of the...
ASPA crew members clearing tree branches that fell on top of lines behind Samoa News
ASPA crewmembers cutting large tree branches which fell on to power lines behind the Samoa News building around 5:30a.m. yesterday following a minor landslide. The island has been drenched with heavy rains in the past few days.  [photo: FS] 
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Heavy rain in American Samoa has contaminated wells with dirty water forcing American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA) to shut them down. This has resulted in low water pressure for many parts of the main island, Tutuila. A spokesperson for the authority, William Spitzenberg...