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Phoenix, AZ — Employees of the now-shuttered Argosy University system were supposed to get paid Friday. They didn't.
A note from the court-appointed receiver in charge of Argosy’s finances on Thursday told employees their March 15 paychecks would not arrive as expected. It gave no indication of ...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who has been on probation since 2015 after being convicted of vandalizing an ATM machine and attempting to steal funds from it, has been ordered by the court to serve out the remainder of his detention, for failing to comply with conditions of his probation.
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Sadly, cancer has become as common in our community as gout, diabetes, and hypertension. However, unlike those chronic diseases, cancer patients cannot find relief from a pill or dialysis. No two cancer diagnoses are alike because the way cancer cells mutate and spread...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Bail for a man accused of — among other things — raping his biological daughter, is set at $50,000.
In the interest of protecting the minor victim, Samoa News is withholding the names of the parties involved. Samoa News points out that the alleged sexual activities...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — We knew her as Tina Hammock, who in 2013 was the NOAA station chief for their Climate and Atmosphere Observatory on the eastern end of Tutuila at Cape Matatula. She left American Samoa that year after being chosen from a pool of over 6,000 applicants to become a NASA...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 46-year-old uncle accused of inappropriate touching will fight the allegations against him at trial. Samoa News is withholding the name of the defendant to protect the identity of the victim.
According to the government’s case, the defendant is accused of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Historic Preservation Office (ASHPO) has moved in and occupied part of the ground floor of a new glass building in Fagaima, , although the building is still under construction.
Historic Preservation, which has been headed by Letitia Peau since the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 34-year-old man from Samoa who was convicted for violating the drug laws of the territory was ordered to depart the territory and remain outside of its border, as a condition of his 5-year probation sentence.
Fereti Alalatoa, who has been in custody since his arrest...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Speaking at a Senate session last week, Sen. Fai’ivae Iuli Godinet said the government has contracted a company to start removing a fishing vessel which has been grounded on the reef off Leone since early last year.
The Fofo senator said the contractor is to begin work...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The two high school students accused of stoning a police car while cops were driving to the Leone Substation from Malaeloa last week appeared in District Court yesterday morning for their preliminary examination election.
The government's case against Jeremiah "Joe" Moe...