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'Incredible blow to our entire food system': USDA cuts millions to rural business centers
Fairbanks Daily News Miner - Alaska
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The termination of a United States Department of Agriculture program means $6 million in cuts for the Regional Food Business Center program in Alaska. The USDA announced Wednesday that it was terminating funding for the Regional Food Business...
US seeking deep-sea miners interested in leasing American Samoa's seabed
The Pacific Island Times
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July 3, 2025
The U.S. is soliciting interest from prospective companies to lease American Samoa's seabed for deep-sea mining, amid a petition launched by advocacy groups seeking to halt the plan. There are only a few days left for the public to comment on the...
Coalition stands with American Samoa in opposing unilateral proposals for deep seabed mining
Samoa News
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July 2, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Right to Democracy (RtD) and the America the Beautiful for All Coalition have united in support of American Samoa's right to protect its ocean and seabeds from destructive deep seabed mining. The organizations have...
OTF Pacific Nations Cup- American Samoa 2025 Opens
Samoa News
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July 2, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Tennis Association (ASTA) held its opening ceremony, Monday, June 30, 2025, for the International Tennis Federation/Oceania Tennis Federation (OTF) “2025 Pacific Nations Cup” hosted in American Samoa...
Right to Democracy and the America the Beautiful for All Coalition Stand with American Samoa in Opposing Unilateral Proposals for Deep Seabed Mining
Southern Fried Science
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July 1, 2025
Right to Democracy and the America the Beautiful for All Coalition have united in support of American Samoa’s right to protect its ocean and seabed from destructive deep seabed mining. The organizations have drafted a petition to the Bureau of...
The Urgency is Artificial. My comment on the proposed permitting of deep-sea mining leases off American Samoa
Southern Fried Science
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July 1, 2025
Last month, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, who oversees seabed mineral mining within US water received an application from Impossible Metals to lease an area offshore of American Samoa for deep-sea mining trials. Unlike The Metals...
Honoring the Fallen Below Freezing Point: The 962nd Quartermaster (Mortuary Affairs) Company Sets the Standard in Cold-Weather Operations
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 15, 2025
Honoring the Fallen Below Freezing Point: The 962nd Quartermaster (Mortuary Affairs) Company Sets the Standard in Cold-Weather Operations By Captain Naomi S Pomele, February 28, 2025 In the relentless pursuit of operational excellence, the...
Record-setting earthquake sends tsunami waves toward several US states
Local 3 News - Tennessee
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(CNN) — Tsunami waves have hit nations across the Pacific after a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s remote east coast Wednesday local time, with millions of people urged to evacuate to higher ground. The waves hit Russia and...
Farmers supplying the School Lunch Program must schedule inspections with DOA
Samoa News
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July 28, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Department of Agriculture (ASDOA) is reminding all farmers participating in the American Samoa Department of Education (ASDOE) School Lunch Program (SLP) to schedule farm compliance inspections with...
Following Senate approval of Parks & Rec nomination, House rejects it
Samoa News
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July 28, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — After declining his initial nomination during the first Fono session, senators reversed their decision last Wednesday following an apology from Tapusalaia Maneafaiga, who was reappointed by the governor to head the...
Land dispute leads to arrest of 68-year-old woman
Samoa News
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July 28, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On June 11, 2025, a woman called the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) and reported that her 68-year-old neighbor allegedly assaulted her nephew and another male who were cleaning her road. Luisa Ah Young was arrested and...
A record-setting earthquake is sending tsunami waves toward several US states. Here’s what we know
KEYT - California
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July 30, 2025
By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — A massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s remote east coast, triggering tsunami waves in Japan, Russia and US shores, with 5-foot (1.5-meter) waves hitting Hawaii. Tsunami alerts were also in place in...
Tsunami Warning LIVE: California, San Francisco hit; Hawaii under advisory
Mint
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July 30, 2025
Tsunami Warning LIVE: Tsunami waves start hitting Hawaii, California, Guam, Washington, San Francisco in US, after a massive earthquake registering 8.8 on the Richter scale struck off the coast of Russia early on Wednesday. Tsunami that has...
First budget of Pula and Pulu Administration totals $815.3 million
Talanei
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July 28, 2025
The proposed budget for ASG for FY2026 totals $815,392,069, an increase of 11% compared to the FY2025 budget of $733,683,167. This is according to an executive summary of the proposed budget that has been submitted by the administration to the...
A huge earthquake sent tsunami waves hurtling across the Pacific – but little damage was reported. Here’s what we know
CBS 58 - Wisconsin
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July 30, 2025
By Lex Harvey (CNN) — One of the most powerful earthquakes in modern history shook Russia’s remote east coast Wednesday, sending tsunami waves hurtling across the Pacific Ocean and putting nations from Japan to the United States to Chile on high...
Why is S.L.C.’s $4.4 m complex still vacant?
Samoa Observer
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Why is it that it seems our government is always reveling in the task of embarking on projects, that cost scores of millions of dollars in public funds, and yet along the way those projects are invariably deemed bankrupt, so that soon they are...
U.S. federal agency clears ways for deep-sea mining — and companies are lining up
Mongabay
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July 8, 2025
The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) recently announced rule changes that would accelerate deep-sea mining in U.S. waters. The move includes shortened environmental review timelines and extended prospecting permits, which will...
"DEBT, DISCIPLINE, AND THE DUTY TO PROTECT OUR FUND"
Samoa News
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July 28, 2025
Dear Fellow Citizens, Lawmakers, and Guardians of the Public Trust, The recent House hearing, as reported by Talanei News, on the American Samoa Government’s $13.9 million debt to the American Samoa Government Employees Retirement Fund (ASGERF)...
Of The Big 3 Convenience Stores In El Paso, Who Has The Most?
102.5 Kiss FM - Texas
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July 29, 2025
When it comes to the big 3, national convenience stores in El Paso, if you guessed either #1 or #2, then you're kinda correct. They're almost tied and #3 is way behind. There are s lot of "Mom 'n Pop" convenience stores around El Paso and a few...
A thought: Revisiting proposed Constitutional amendments
The Voice - Illinois
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July 29, 2025
Musings: •The Sins of Donald J. Trump (chapter nine). He has: Reduced the funding of all indigenous colleges and universities; Ended the Transportation Security Administration’s “Quiet Skies” programs which monitored passengers in airports and on...