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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On June 16, 2025, Fagatogo Police Station received a call regarding a physical altercation that led to someone falling into the ocean.
A suspect was later arrested and charged with:
Count 1: Public Peace Disturbance, a class B misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A dedicated educator at Tafuna High School, Elisaia Ma'ilo, has been named the 2025 American Samoa Gilder Lehrman History Teacher of the Year.
With eight years of service as a U.S. History and three years as an AP U.S. History teacher, Ma'ilo’s passion for history and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A tsunami alert was issued mid-afternoon yesterday local time for Pacific islands, Russia and Japan after a magnitude 8 earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey says.
The quake was shallow and strong enough to cause waves or a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Due to the frequency of travel between the two Samoas — Pago and Apia — Samoa News is publishing updates from Samoa’s health department situation report concerning their dengue fever outbreak.
Currently, in American Samoa, there has been no uptick in dengue cases...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The public and village communities in Samoa have been asked to remove fala (bromeliads), a decorative plant known to collect water and contribute to the spread of dengue fever.
The call comes as Samoa continues to battle a rise in dengue cases, particularly among...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On June 14, 2025, police traffic officers engaged in a car chase when a driver refused to stop despite numerous requests by the officers to pull over.
He was later charged with:
Count 1: Fleeing from or Attempting to Elude Police, a class B misdemeanor punishable by a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On June 17, 2025, an elderly man walked into the Faga’itua Police Substation and reported that he was allegedly assaulted by a minor.
However, it was the elderly man who was later arrested and charged with:
Count 1: Public Peace Disturbance, a class B misdemeanor...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata, who serves as Vice Chairman of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee (HVAC), is a cosponsor of H.R. 740, the Veterans’ Assuring Critical Care Expansions to Support Servicemembers (ACCESS) Act, led by Chairman Mike Bost, who introduced it in January...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As of July 26, 2025, total rainfall for the month of July had reached 21.05 inches at NWS Pago Pago. This breaks the record for total rainfall in the month of July, previously set at 19.59 inches in July of 1962.
This record-breaking total adds to a historic year for...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — She asks us to call her Lala — a pseudonym — to keep her safe.
There's a lot on the line as Lala is heavily involved on a number of levels in Samoa's meth trade.
"It’s like everywhere, it's flooding the town, kids are taking meth," she tells us.
It's no secret that Samoa...