Fairfield city leaders on Tuesday signaled support for expanding emergency shelter capacity at Mission Samoa while also directing staff to explore programs aimed at preventing residents from becoming ...

Detroit Lions' star Penei Sewell's journey from sleeping on a shack floor in American Samoa to becoming one of the NFL's ...

Born on a tiny, impoverished South Pacific island, Pene Pati remembers going to school without food. Now he is performing in operas at La Scala and the Met Along roads of scarlet hibiscus and ...

One of the two Samoan men arrested by Vietnamese police over the killing of an Australian with reported links to Sydney’s criminal underworld outside a restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City has admitted that ...

Before even stepping onto an NFL gridiron, Francis Mauigoa made his name and culture known to football fans. While walking the red carpet with his family on the way into the draft room in Pittsburgh, ...

Alma Mana’o, the captain, reflects on their journey from a 21-0 defeat in 1998 to a place in the final round of qualification The American Samoa women’s team has lived through a scarcely believable ...

When Samoa turned red at the ballot box in August 2025, it wasn’t just a political swing – it was a geopolitical shockwave. Susuga Laʻaulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Fosi Schmidt ...

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Hannah Lei (left) and Jirleen Nyel cheer for their team during a Samoan cricket game in Anchorage on July 5, 2025. Jirleen Nyel and her friends hollered encouragement from their chairs nestled in a ...

Island 98.5 is excited to host an intimate evening with Taulia Lave, a rising Samoan country singer and Nashville recording artist. Raised on the west coast of Waiʻanae, Oʻahu, Taulia grew up immersed ...