Local News
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Governor, Lolo Moliga, says when Samoa's national airline, Samoa Airways, begins flights to Los Angeles, it's planning to first stop over in American Samoa.
KHJ News reports Lolo as saying that, at this preliminary stage, to get around the US cabotage...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Trade Technical Department (TTD) at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) has been awarded a grant from the American Apprenticeship Initiative (AAI) which in turn is under the federal Technical Assistance Program (TAP).
The TTD offers both regular daytime...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With Bank of Hawaii set to close down all local operations by the end of the week, ANZ Amerika Samoa Bank will no longer accept BoH checks starting this Wednesday, according to an ANZ email notice received by one of ANZ’s business customers after 4p.m. last Friday....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 39-year-old taxi driver who was convicted of receiving stolen goods has been sentenced to 2 years probation.
Malaki Tuinei was initially charged with one count of conspiracy to steal, a class C felony, punishable by imprisonment of up to 7 years, a fine of up to $5,000...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The US Census office site for the 2020 Census will be the 2nd floor of the Lumana’i Building — which will have an elevator installed — after a contract was signed between the federal agency and the ASG Department of Commerce (DOC), the ASG designated agency to coordinate...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man with a 2-year-old bench warrant for failure to appear in court for a disposition hearing back in July 2017 was arrested over the weekend and is now in custody.
Mu Matuu made his initial appearance before Chief Justice Michael Kruse this week, and his next court...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — NOAA’s National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa will hold a public meeting of the Sanctuary Advisory Council (SAC) at the Tauese P.F. Sunia Ocean Center on August 22nd, during which the council will receive national updates from the Office of National Marine...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Trial Division of the High Court of American Samoa has appointed private attorney Lornalei Meredith as Independent Prosecutor (IP) for the government’s case against former Department of Youth & Women’s Affairs (DYWA) director, Aiolupotea Jonathan Fanene.
In...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 38-year-old man from Samoa who sexually assaulted a 35-year-old neighbor has entered into a plea agreement with the government, and he will be sentenced next month.
Mikaele Ioane, who has a criminal record in District Court for crimes involving alcohol, was initially...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 24-year-old man from Tafuna who, along with a co-defendant, broke into an Asian store in Tafuna and stole about $,3000 worth of goods - none of which were recovered - was ordered last week to pay restitution of $3,000 to the store, after he serves 28 months at the...