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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Comfort food for Hurricane Lala from Amerika Samoa, available at Foodland, Aina Haina, Hawaii... and maybe a bush store near you.
The Moana gourmet taro chips are made by a family-run business from American Samoa.
They use hand-harvested, non-GMO taro sourced from...
Update: Joint Ops team completes complex extraction and relocation of Samoa Airways plane at Fitiuta
Fitiuta, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Port Administration of American Samoa (PAAS), in close partnership with Samoa Airways, has successfully completed the complex extraction and recovery of the Twin Otter aircraft (5W-FAY) from the operational safety zones at Fitiuta Airport, Manu'a Islands.
The high-...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On July 25, 2026, a man was arrested after allegedly stealing or taking his ex-wife's truck without her permission, driving it to her business in Pavaiai, and later attempting to gain entry into a locked room after she told him to leave.
The suspect who was previously...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On July 26, 2026, a man contacted the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) and reported his nephew allegedly drove onto his family's property while intoxicated, striking a large tent where his uncle and his 7-year-old grandson were sleeping, and then threw unopened beer cans...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — NOAA Ocean Exploration and its partners will conduct two expeditions in waters around American Samoa this summer and fall to map and characterize the deep seafloor in the nation’s highest-priority region for offshore critical mineral exploration.
The expeditions will...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate on Thursday declined to confirm Governor Pulaali‘i Nikolao Pula’s nominee for Commissioner of Public Safety, Commander Lauti Tautalasoo Moliga, after the vote fell short of the required threshold.
Only nine senators voted in favor of the nomination, while five...
ROSE PARK — When a championship high school football team from American Samoa came to Utah, one of its stops along the way became about much more than what happens on the field.
Tafuna High School a six-time champion in American Samoa, visited West High School in Salt Lake City while in Utah for...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On July 24, 2026, a man was accused of repeated sexual assault of his 19-year-old stepdaughter and her 12-year-old sister.
The suspect was later charged with:
Count 1, 5, 9, & 13 Rape (DV), a class B felony punishable by imprisonment by a term of imprisonment of not...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is congratulating University of Arizona student Haylie-Jeanette Tuiasosopo on completing her internship with the American Samoa District Office.
“Congratulations to Haylie on successfully completing her internship,” said Congresswoman Amata...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On July 26, 2026, Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) received reports from a victim of a domestic dispute reporting that her husband was highly intoxicated and causing a disturbance. The suspect was also preventing her and their two daughters from leaving their residence. ...