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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Search and Rescue (DSAR) Fire Division responded over the last five days to structure fires on Tutuila involving homes and businesses, and also to a brush fire from trash and debris on a steep hillside in Fagaalu that came very close to a house. Because...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Providence Swedish system announces Nicole Tofi Rice (DNP) was tapped to step into the role of director of nursing.
Nicole brings deep operational and patient flow expertise within the Providence Swedish system. At Providence Regional Medical Center Everett, she held...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is honoring the United States Marine Corps as they celebrate their 251st birthday, on November 10, 2026.
“Happy birthday to our United States Marines! We honor their proud tradition, and the enduring importance of their service and strength,” said...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — House Representative (Faipule) Fagaima Larry Sanitoa’s request to Congresswoman Uifa’atali Aumua Amata for urgent assistance to help the territory obtain deadline extensions for ARPA funds through legislative help did not include specifics about the ARPA-funded projects...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In observance of Veterans Day, Governor Pulaalii Nikolai Pula has declared Wednesday, November 11, 2026 a public holiday in American Samoa. All ASG offices will be closed, with normal government operation resuming on Thursday, November 12, 2026, Department directors and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Fono's frustration over the executive branch's expenditure of government funds without legislative approval is not new.
The dispute dates back to the previous administration's controversial spending of approximately $36 million without Fono authorization, an issue...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata has updated the territory of her push to use the last remaining legislative path to save ASG’s expiring ARPA funds, through possible inclusion in a year-end Continuing Resolution (C.R.), often called stopgap funding, that will be necessary...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The ASG Department of Treasury hereby is notifying all organizations, nonprofit groups, and raffle sponsors that effective today, Monday, November 9, 2026, the ASG Tax Office will begin active enforcement of existing tax withholding and reporting requirements for raffle...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Leauma B. Alefosio is continuing to fight the American Samoa Government (ASG) in the US District Court in Hawaii, to right what he claims was wrongful termination in May 2021, while he was working for the Public Defender’s Office (PD).
His case dates back to when...
Pago Pago, AMRICAN SAMOA — The Basic Food Index (BFI) continued its downward trend in October, recording a monthly change of -0.2% compared to September. The BFI serves as a timely tool for tracking rapid changes in basic food prices and is distinct from the comprehensive Quarterly Consumer Price...