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ASDOE can again access ARPA funds from USDOE

The American Samoa Department of Education can again access American Recovery Plan Act Education funds from the US Department of Education. In March of this year USDOE had rescinded approval it issued in December of […]

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Social media post referred to bomb on HA Flight 465

A social media post that apparently referred to a bomb on board last night’s Hawaiian Airlines flight from Honolulu had local authoritaties on alert when the aircraft landed at Pago Pago International Airport. Commissioner of […]

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DOI streamlines offshore mineral polices

The Department of the Interior has announced new policy steps to speed up the search and development of critical minerals offshore. DOI says these actions support the Trump administration’s efforts to strengthen American leadership in […]

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Pacific Energy applies for tax exemption

An application from fuel company, Pacific Energy Inc, was on the agenda of the first meeting of the ASG Tax Exemption Board last Friday. Treasurer Donald Kruse who is chairman of the Board, said the […]

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Inmate who escaped June 15, still at large

An inmate who escaped from the Territorial Correctional Facility on June 15, Fathers Day, is still on the run. Director of the Department of Corrections Palaita Tusipasi Suiaunoa said the inmate is Deion White of […]

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Diane Suvania Niko-Teofilo Obituary

Diane Suvania Niko-Teofilo met her Savior on Friday, March 7, 2025 at the age of 34. She was born on October 23, 1990, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Diane was a loving wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, […]

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Joseph Nikolao, Sr. 1949-2024

By Johnny Victor Toma Joseph “Sefo” Nikolao was born on March 23,1949, in Moamoa, Samoa. He was raised in the village of Futiga, American Samoa. This was the first village where his parents, Nikolao Filipo […]

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