American Samoa

The United States Secretary of the Interior, Ryan Zinke, has approved about $US2.7 million in energy grants to American Samoa, Guam and the Northern Marianas.

The leader of the Catholic Church in American Samoa has offered support for the territory's efforts to combat a growing illegal drug problem.

American Samoan health authorities want to see immigrants to the territory tested for Tuberculosis.

American Samoa has been awarded nearly seven-million US dollars in grants to support children with disabilities.

There's mounting concern in American Samoa over the financial state of the local telecommunications authority.

A closed-down cannery in American Samoa has dismissed a claim that most of the gear at its Pago Pago facility is gone.

The American Samoa ban on imported taro from Samoa remains in place while officials wait on assessments of an apparent virus.

American Samoa's Commerce Department director, Keniseli Lafaele, says another federally mandated minimum wage hike would be the final nail in the coffin for the economy.

Authorities in American Samoa are urging people to vigilant for king tides in the next few days.

American Samoa's member of the US Congress Aumua Amata says a low minimum wage will help local businesses in the territory to survive.

A taskforce in American Samoa is working more closely with communities to combat the growing use of illegal drugs.

There are delays for some patients needing scans at American Samoa's LBJ Hospital with a partial withdrawal of labour by the clinic.

An environmental group has launched an online petition aimed at preventing American Samoa's Rose Atoll Marine National Monument from losing its protected status.

There's growing concern in American Samoa's business community over the state of the economy.

Residents of American Samoa who normally apply for their US visas at the US Embassy in Samoa will have to go to New Zealand or Fiji to get their documents over the next three months.

American Samoa's Homeland Security director, Samana Semo Ve'ave'a, has called for the community to join together to eliminate a drug problem in the territory.

Apia-based Talofa Airways has confirmed direct flights to Tonga from American Samoa and Samoa will be launched at the end of the month.

Two days of clinics for high school American football coaches will be held in American Samoa this week, featuring two well-known coaches from Washington State University.

The American Samoa director of agriculture believes there's enough local taro to withstand the impact of a ban on imports from Samoa.

The American Samoa Telecommunications Authority says from this week it will start deactivating the mobile phones of customers who have not dialed their phones for some time.