HONOLULU—The U.S. Coast Guard and American Samoa authorities are responding to a report of a passenger-ferry taking on water in Pago Pago last Saturday. Members of the Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment are working with American Samoa authorities and salvors to address the...

Gov. Ralph DLG Torres was elected chairman of the Pacific Basin Development Council during the first day of the Western Governors Association in Kohala Coast, Hawaii. PBDC is a regional non-profit organization that advances economic and social development in the Pacific Islands....

Acting governor Victor B. Hocog directed all U.S. and CNMI flags in the Commonwealth to be lowered to half-staff in honor and as a mark of respect for the passing of former President George H.W. Bush. The 41st U.S. President died last Friday in his home in Houston, Texas. He was...

PAGO PAGO, American Samoa—Delegate Aumua Amata (R-A. Samoa) released the following statement last Thursday in honor of veterans for the 73rd anniversary of V-J Day, or Victory in the Pacific: “On Sept. 2, 1945, the world celebrated the end of World War II, and the Allied forces...