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Interior Initiates First Step for Potential Mineral Lease Sale Offshore American Samoa

Interior Initiates First Step for Potential Mineral Lease Sale Offshore American Samoa

Date: June 12, 2025 Contact: Interior_Press@ios.doi.gov WASHINGTON — Delivering on President Donald J. Trump’s bold agenda to restore American energy and mineral independence, the Department of the Interior today announced the publication of a...

Owner:  American Government
Interior Launches Process for Potential Offshore Mineral Lease Sale Near American Samoa

Interior Launches Process for Potential Offshore Mineral Lease Sale Near American Samoa

Date: May 20, 2025 Contact: Interior_Press@ios.doi.gov WASHINGTON — Advancing President Donald J. Trump's strategic focus on domestic critical mineral development, the Department of the Interior today announced it is initiating the process to...

Owner:  American Government
Visitor Industry Grows Again in April 2025

Visitor Industry Grows Again in April 2025

Posted on May 29, 2025 in News For Immediate Release: May 29, 2025 HONOLULU—According to preliminary statistics from the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), total visitor arrivals and total visitor spending in April...

Owner:  American Government
Visitor Industry Expanded in March 2025

Visitor Industry Expanded in March 2025

Posted on Apr 30, 2025 in News For Immediate Release: April 30, 2025 HONOLULU—According to preliminary statistics from the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), total visitor arrivals and total visitor spending in March...

Owner:  American Government
Attorney General Jackley and Attorneys General Demand Congress Prohibit PBMS From Owning Pharmacies to Protect Consumers

Attorney General Jackley and Attorneys General Demand Congress Prohibit PBMS From Owning Pharmacies to Protect Consumers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, April 14, 2025 Contact: Tony Mangan, Communications Director, 605-773-6878 PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and 38 other Attorneys General demand Congress prohibit pharmacy benefit managers...

Owner:  American Government
Visitor Industry Continued Improvement in December 2024

Visitor Industry Continued Improvement in December 2024

Posted on Jan 30, 2025 in News For Immediate Release: January 30, 2025 HONOLULU—According to preliminary statistics from the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), there were 910,055 visitors to the Hawaiian Islands in...

Owner:  American Government
HHS Provides More Than $1.5 Billion in State and Tribal Opioid Response Grants
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American Samoa mourns the loss of one of its finest statesmen

American Samoa mourns the loss of one of its finest statesmen

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — High Talking Chief, Fofō Iosefo Fiti Sunia, passed away yesterday, Tuesday, October 14, 2025 at the LBJ Tropical Medical Center, surrounded by his family. He was 88. He was the first Delegate from American Samoa to the...

Owner:  Annesley Family
Is it time to 'fall back' yet? Here's when daylight saving time ends
American Samoa looks at food safety gaps

American Samoa looks at food safety gaps

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As reported earlier, on June 16, Governor Pulaali’i N. Pula called an emergency meeting to address concerns regarding food and agricultural practices. This discussion was crucial in understanding the importance of food...

Owner:  Annesley Family
American Samoa confronts food safety gaps

American Samoa confronts food safety gaps

On June 16, Governor Pulaali’i Nokolao Pula (R) called an emergency meeting in Pago Pago, the capital of American Samoa, to address concerns regarding food and agricultural practices. This discussion was crucial in understanding the importance of...

Owner:  Pasquines Inc.
Coast Guard’s Pacific mission continues to expand

Coast Guard’s Pacific mission continues to expand

The ocean can be a lawless place. Far from shore, the vast seas have become plagued with everything from piracy, rampant illegal fishing and environmental crime, drug smuggling, human trafficking, and even spying and espionage. And in that mix,...

Owner:  Todd Carpenter & Canso Investment Counsel
Revived US deep-sea mining ambitions meet fierce Pacific opposition

Revived US deep-sea mining ambitions meet fierce Pacific opposition

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — July 1970. The Cold War is thawing, but far from over; the Nixon government is retreating from Vietnam in the face of an enormous anti-war movement; and a corporation called Deepsea Ventures is conducting the world’s...

Owner:  Annesley Family
Industrial facilities owned by profitable companies release more of their toxic waste into the environment

Industrial facilities owned by profitable companies release more of their toxic waste into the environment

How much pollution a facility engaged in production or resource extraction emits isn’t just based on its location, its industry or the type of work it does. That’s what our team of environmental and financial economists found when we examined how...

Owner:  The Conversation Media Group
Territorial advocates confront limits of colonial status at Guam Museum forum

Territorial advocates confront limits of colonial status at Guam Museum forum

Advocates from U.S. territories gathered Thursday at the Guam Museum to address an uncomfortable reality: As America prepares to celebrate 250 years of independence, millions living under its flag still lack the democratic rights promised in the...

Owner:  Ho S. Eun
To Plunder the Abyss: Revived US Deep-Sea Mining Ambitions Meet Fierce Pacific Opposition

To Plunder the Abyss: Revived US Deep-Sea Mining Ambitions Meet Fierce Pacific Opposition

The US push for deep-sea mining, framed as national security against China, risks permanent environmental damage and ignores the emphatic opposition of the people of American Samoa. — July 1970. The Cold War is thawing, but far from over; the...

Owner:  Earth.Org (Non-Profit)
Genetic studies in American Samoa could impact other Pacific communities

Genetic studies in American Samoa could impact other Pacific communities

"Energy in, energy out” used to be the common wisdom about staying healthy and active, but researchers are finding that genes play a key role in the risk for conditions like obesity and diabetes. A gene variant found in Pacific Islander...

Owner:  Hawaii Public Radio Inc. (Non-profit) & American Government
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