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Linking Samoans
CBS This Morning on Tuesday, featured the National Park Service's Samoa 61 Fire Crew — the 17 guys from a "little dot on the equator," as Anthony Wyberski, one of the team's vets, describes it. For the past five summers, he's made the almost 5,000-mile journey north along with a group he calls his...
Palo Alto, CALIFORNIA — There’s an art to pass rushing that transcends speed and strength. Whatever it is, Gabe Reid has it. And he has yet to play a college game.
Stanford defensive coordinator Lance Anderson uses the word “feel” a lot in describing Reid’s skill at rushing the quarterback.
In...
Redding, CALIFORNIA — Twenty-one firefighters from American Samoa and Hawai’i were welcomed with prayer, food, drumming, dancing and singing by North State Native Americans in a historic gathering on Tuesday night in Redding.
“When we first heard they were coming” to help fight the Carr Fire, “we...
Mount Fuji, JAPAN — Jacqueline Ale, daughter of HTC Ale Tifimalae (Fitiuta) and Fujiyama Nomura-Ale watched the sunrise from Mount Fuji in Japan on her 34th birthday.
“My family has encouraged me to share this in hopes it would inspire other Samoans to venture out into the world and conquer more...
Apia, SAMOA — Faalogo Situtuila Sissy Eric Vaa Fa'alogo Te'o-Tuatagaloa Vuki and husband Tupuola Sione Vuki jump- started the recent ‘Shave, Save or Dye It’ fund raising drive by the Samoa Cancer Society as the first public donation of $1,000 to support the family of the late Manamea Apelu...
Long before Oahu’s North Shore became a global hot spot for football, it was a pu`uhonua, a refuge under the protection of priests. Fugitives and villagers escaping the carnage of island warfare, or punishment for violating the traditional code of conduct, found sanctuary there—as long as they...
San Diego Fire Dept. recruiting Captain Shanley with firefighters from the National Park of American Samoa. They came to assist California with the Carr Fire in Redding. Thanks to them and the thousands of firefighters from all over the United States who have converged on California. "Neighbors...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Father Kelemete Puaauli (middle wearing white shirt), surrounded by some of the graduates from Fa’asao High School Class of 1988, sitting at a new bus stop infront of Fa’asao Marist High School at Lepuapua. A dedication ceremony was held last Friday morning for the...
WASHINGTON STATE — The Northwest Tatau Festival 2018 was a huge hit.
For its third year, organizers decided to change the venue from the Tacoma Convention Center to the Puyallup Fairgrounds, and the move was genius!
The kids were able to stay occupied on the inflatable bouncers while the adults...
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A Republican Hawaii state House candidate born in American Samoa has learned she's ineligible to run for office because she's not a U.S. citizen.
Sai Timoteo said she didn't realize she wasn't allowed to vote or hold office.
She's running for the Leeward Oahu seat vacated...