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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa’s annual holiday music festival opened this past Sunday, Dec. 4 at the Veterans Memorial in Tafuna.
The American Samoa Council on Arts, Culture and Humanities annual event will continue throughout the week with added attractions this year. In a press...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASG and the Territorial Administration on Aging (TAOA), brought together senior citizens and elderly members of the community this past Friday for a day filled with gratitude, recognition, and joy.
In the packed DWYA Gym in Tafuna, the annual event included various dance...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On October 28, 2023 at 02:08 AM, a fight broke out at the Bowling Alley Flames Bar in Tafuna, where 3 men allege that they were assaulted by the Flames security detail and their employer. When officers responded to the call at the Flames Bar, they observed an individual...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Alaska Airlines’ $1.9 billion deal to buy Hawaiian Airlines – an announcement that Hawaiian CEO Peter Ingram described on Sunday as the biggest in the island carrier’s history – started to take shape in January, as leadership at Alaska was exploring ways to boost growth over the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa Airways has been fined US$1,000 dollars for allowing a second foreign national in a month to board one of its planes to American Samoa without a proper permit.
The fine stemmed from a New Zealand passport holder who was allowed to travel to the US territory without...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A project that is studying the interactions among the Tonga slab, the Lau back-arc basin and the Samoan mantle plume, using seismology, geochemistry and petrology is underway in local waters where a group of American scientists are currently studying Samoa's underwater...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 75 years of the Legislature of Tutuila and Manu'a, on Nov. 30, 2023, united surviving leaders from the current and former governments to celebrate the success of American Samoa's stability under their leadership.
The celebration was held at the Governor H. Rex Lee...
SEATTLE (AP) — Alaska Airlines said Sunday it agreed to buy Hawaiian Airlines in a $1.9 billion deal, including debt, putting it on track for a potential clash with a Biden administration that has shown wariness about higher fares in the industry.
The combined company would keep both airlines’...
Honiara, SOLOMON ISLANDS — Closing Ceremony of the 2023 17th Pacific Games at Honiara’s National Stadium on Saturday night, Dec. 2, was vibrant in every sense of the word,
It was colorful, it resonated with happy sounds, lively and musical with the unique touch of the Hapi Isles or the Solomon...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Ford door latch recall involves more than 45,000 model year 2015 Ford Fiesta, 2016 Ford Fusion and 2016 Lincoln MKZ vehicles with doors that may open while driving. The recall involves models sold in American Samoa and Hawaii.
A complete list for the recall includes:...