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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On October 31, 2023 at 12:30pm, the Tafuna police Substation received a call from the owner of the Joe Store and Laundromat, reporting that an unknown individual entered the store, assaulted the cashier, and took off with the cash register.
When police arrived, the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man contacted the Tafuna Police Substation on October 29, 2023 at 12:32 PM alleging that his 11-year old niece had been assaulted by her mother. When officers arrived, the uncle who made the report, handed officers a metal electrical pipe that was allegedly used to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An 18-year-old man was arrested on August 25, 2023 when it was discovered that he was allegedly having an intimate relationship with a 15-year-old minor. According to court filings, on the same day at 8:09pm, the victim and her mother went into the Tafuna Police...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Community College (ASCC) – Agriculture, Community and Natural Resources (ACNR) Division 4-H Program celebrated the establishment of the Fa’asaō-Marist High School (FMHS) 4-H Charter Club with an induction ceremony for its student members on October...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Inclusive Multifaceted Progressive Activists Changing Tomorrow, or IMPACT Club of the American Samoa Community College, is a group founded in January 2020 that serves the LGBTQIA+ population of American Samoa.
In speaking with IMPACT club’s current president, Baykah...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a memorandum from the Governor’s Office, American Samoa’s Acting Governor Talauega E.V. Ale has declared that Friday, November 10, 2023 be observed as a holiday in the territory in celebration of Veterans Day. This year’s official theme is “Service” — to signify the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Three Samoans residing in Southern California are facing federal charges at a Los Angles federal court for a crime spree that occurred in the Los Angeles County and ended in the death of an innocent bystander.
And the charges against the defendants — Kaelenn Maea, 26...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two to four Tropical Cyclones (TC) predicted to be heading to American Samoa are not actually Tropical Cyclones.
The National Weather Service Pago Pago has released its weekly forecast for this week, with an “overview of the latest satellite images showing a very...
Washington, D.C. — U.S. House passed last week the Department of the Interior’s Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (H.R. 4821), one of a series of major government funding bills moving through Congress. Notably, the bill includes a $3 million allocation...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On November 3, 2023, Gov. Lemanu P. S. Mauga and a delegation of Pacific leaders arrived in Rarotonga, Cook Islands for the 52nd Pacific Island Forum and the 12th Polynesian Leaders Group meetings that began on Monday, Nov. 6 (Cook Islands time).
The delegation was...