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FHWA awards $175 million in Ferry Boat Program funding
Mass Transit
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August 15, 2025
The Federal Highway Administration has awarded $175 million in funding under the Ferry Boat Program to 35 states, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and American Samoa. FHWA notes the formula funding will improve ferry service and provide more...
Fallen hero: Maui Police Officer, Suzanne O remembered as compassionate and genuine
Maui Now - Hawaii
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Maui Police Officer Suzanne O. PC: (recruitment video screenshot) Maui Police Department / Edited-Directed by Noah Dods Medeiros Maui police have identified the fallen officer from Friday night’s fatal shooting in Pāʻia as Suzanne O. Officer O...
Climate crisis driving rise in dengue fever outbreaks across Pacific
Samoa News
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August 13, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As dengue fever infections hit their highest level in a decade and several countries declare emergencies, the climate crisis is driving a sharp rise in dengue fever cases across the Pacific islands, experts say. Pacific...
Smart Mouth Guards flash red with head impacts
Samoa News
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August 13, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Mouth-guards that light up when a player sustains a significant head impact will be used at this year's women's Rugby World Cup, which starts next week. The mouth-guards, which use LED lights, will flash red if the...
Mosquito-born dengue fever cases surge at popular US vacation destination
Fox News
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Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Professor Dr. Marty Makary weighs in on whether Americans should be concerned about the rise in both COVID cases and Dengue fever in the U.S. and discusses Potassium Chloride meds being recalled for heart risks....
NZ box office: ‘Tinā’ overtakes ‘Whale Rider’ to become fifth highest-grossing NZ film of all time
Inside Film Magazine
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August 13, 2025
Writer-director Miki Magasiva’s debut feature Tinā has overtaken the lifetime gross of Niki Caro’s Whale Rider at the New Zealand box office, becoming the country’s fifth-highest grossing local film of all time. Tinā follows Samoan New Zealander...
Displaced families moved from Matafao Elementary to DWYA Pago
Talanei
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August 12, 2025
A total of 61 people whose homes were made uninhabitable by flooding and landslides late last month are still being housed in a government shelter. They were originally sheltered at Matafao School but last Wednesday were moved to the DYWA Center...
Argentina vs New Zealand streams: How to watch Rugby Championship 2025 rugby live online from anywhere
TechRadar
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August 16, 2025
This weekend's Argentina vs New Zealand live stream sees the Pumas and All Blacks kick off their Rugby Championship 2025 campaigns, with the hosts hoping to seal their first ever crown and the All Blacks eager to extend their record nine titles....
How to watch Rugby Championship 2025: free live streams and key dates
TechRadar
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August 14, 2025
Watch Rugby Championship 2025 live streams with the Springboks taking on the challenge for their title from the Wallabies, All Blacks and Pumas between this August and October. Below we have all the info on how to watch Rugby Championship from...
‘What I’ve learned from sailing half way around the world alone’
Yachting World
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August 15, 2025
Midway on a solo cruising circumnavigation, James Frederick shares learnings from sailing around the world on a 30ft yacht I was a man obsessed. I longed to see the sea, to sail quietly across its surface driven only by a puff of wind, to smash...
Race-by-race preview and tips for Saturday’s meeting at Rosehill
The Sydney Morning Herald
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August 15, 2025
Bit of a D-Day for 5. Pallaton in some respects. He was brilliant winning on debut in December, but disappointed when he reappeared in the Pierro Plate. Failed again in the Todman and the prep was halted. If there were issues, on the evidence of...
20 Island Vacations Where You Won't Need a Passport
Lifehacker - Massachusetts
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August 14, 2025
For a lot of people, the word vacation is synonymous with jetting off to an island paradise to stick your toes in the sand and sip a drink by the water. That may sound frivolous, but it's not—research has shown that vacations are necessary,...
Court halts commercial fishing in Pacific sanctuary
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii
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August 11, 2025
IAN SHIVE / U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE VIA NEW YORK TIMES Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, about halfway between Hawaii and American Samoa, part of a national monument. A hui of Hawaiian cultural practitioners, the Conservation Council...
MontanaFair celebrates talent with world-class juggler
KTVQ 2 - Montana
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August 14, 2025
BILLINGS — MontanaFair welcomed a one-of-a-kind act to its grounds for its 110-year anniversary. Juggler Matthew Baker has made a name for himself in the industry with appearances on "America’s Got Talent", "Last Comic Standing" and Comedy...
Bottom line: Deep sea mining is a financial investment
Samoa News
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August 8, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Deep-Sea Mining Public Forum exploring the risks, rewards, and realities for American Samoa delivered its message simple and direct — it’s an financial/ economic investment. And like any investment, before you make...
CEPAC Plenary Assembly officially opens at Fatu-o-Aiga
Samoa News
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August 8, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Holy Eucharist celebration for the Episcopal Conference of the Pacific (CEPAC) Plenary Assembly took place at the Holy Family Cathedral in Fatuoaiga, Tafuna, on Wednesday, August 6, 2025. His Excellency, the Most...
Blogger Mau Hunt slapped with another charge
Talamua
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August 12, 2025
By Lagi Keresoma/ Apia, Samoa – 13 August 2025: Police have filed a new charge against blogger Mau Hunt based on social media post accusing police of raiding his relatives house at Lotofagā, Safata, when there was no one there as everyone are in...
DC Deserves Statehood
Jacobin
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On Monday, the White House activated the District of Columbia’s National Guard and federalized its police force. Donald Trump called the decision a “historic action” to “re-establish law and order.” In a remark reminiscent of the Supreme Court’s...
ASEDA representative sets the record straight
Samoa News
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August 7, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Over the past week, several news organizations reported that the American Samoa Economic Development Authority (ASEDA) was involved and supported deep sea mining (DSM) in the Pacific or have entered into a Memorandum of...
Marine Patrol makes daring rescue off the Fa’ilolo coast
Samoa News
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August 7, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man was rescued from perilous currents in Fa’ilolo by the Marine Patrol Division of the Department of Search and Rescue yesterday. This critical operation was carried out by a skilled team of four under the guidance...