COVID Relief Bill May Pass This Week
Desperately needed COVID relief may finally be in sight in the waning days of the outgoing Congress, though the bill will not include everything in earlier aid. KHJ News Washington DC ...Read more
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Pilot Sleeps in Plane During Overnight Stopover
You may have heard a small plane buzzing overhead around the airport vicinity last night. That was an Aztec twin engine plane which was being ferried from Australia to Hawaii. It overnighted at ...Read more
Samoa Airways Charter to Apia
The Samoa Airways Twin Otter aircraft that is based here for flights to Manu’a operated a charter flight to Apia today. Airline officials said the charter was to take McConnell Dowell ...Read more
Samoa Motors to Build New Dealership in Tafuna
“Future Home of Ford Go Further, Samoa Motors” Hyundai Pago Motors says a sign that’s now posted at an empty lot at the government housing compound in Tafuna. It’s where Samoa Motors ...Read more
Fesco Askold Expected to Be in Port for One Week
The unloading and loading of cargo for the container ship Fesco Askold will take longer than usual because work normally done by local stevedores will be handled by the vessel’s crew. When ...Read more
Why Vote Counting in Nu’uuli Was Late
What was the reason for the late counting of ballots at the Nu’uuli polling place? Deputy Chief Election Officer Fiti Tavai responding to KHJ News questions via email yesterday said according to ...Read more
Local Reporter Wins Award from Conservation International
Former KHJ News and Samoa News reporter, Joyetter Feagaimaalii Luamanu, was among recipients recognized by an environmental group, Conservation International, for their coverage of oceans and ...Read more
48th Pacific Islands Forum Meeting Opens in Apia
An ava ceremony on the grounds of the Robert Louis Stevenson Museum in Vailima last night set the tone for the 48th meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders which Samoa is hosting this ...Read more
Island Delegates Continues Push for More Medicaid Money
Island US lawmakers will try again this month to lift the Medicaid funding cap for the territories, after earlier attempts failed with the demise of GOP bills to end Obamacare. KHJ News ...Read more
Public Concerned About Lack of Access to House Proceedings
Members of the public are questioning limited public access to the sessions and hearings of the House of Representatives at their new site on the east side of the Lee Auditorium. Since the House ...Read more
