Samoa News

The Blue Lake Power plant is expected to undergo preliminary tests of its boiler by mid-month in preparation for firing up around the end of the year.

As Arcata gets ready to roll out its new recycling totes Monday, Eureka's program already has plans to expand.

With some American Indian groups waiting decades for formal recognition from the U.S. government, federal officials Wednesday pledged to overhaul the cumbersome process but cautioned the changes could take two years to go into effect.

After the Merge: All Hell Breaks Loose on 'Survivor: Samoa' ";" src="http://www.etonline.com/media/video/2009/11/120249/et_survivorclip_091103_large.jpg" style="border-width:0px;" /> With Foa Foa down to four tribe members, the merge finally happens on tonight's episode of "Survivor: Samoa." Last week, Foa Foa voted out Elizabeth Kim , one of the ...

Less than a month after an 8.0-magnitude earthquake and the tsunami it generated struck American Samoa, Humboldt State University geologist Lori Dengler and other researchers flew into the aftermath.

'Survivor''s Elizabeth Kim: 'Russell is a Male Chauvinist Pig' It was another discouraging night for Foa Foa on "Survivor: Samoa." The tribe was leading the Immunity Challenge, but fell apart when they got to the puzzle portion -- and they blamed Jaison Robinson for their loss.

In the early 1850s, thousands of French citizens ventured to San Francisco from New Orleans, Canada and France seeking opportunities during the Gold Rush.

Reporting from Orick, Calif. - Ron Barlow's 34-year career at the sawmill in the heart of California's Redwood Empire was a study in consistency.

The owner of the Samoa pulp mill said Tuesday it will permanently close the facility after failing to secure federal stimulus funds to improve the plant.

Celebrate Oktoberfest and support the efforts of the Timber Heritage Association at a fundraiser at the Adorni Center in Eureka on Friday, Oct.

The blue heron, legs spraddled for balance, tipped its long body forward into a horizontal crouch and stretched its neck and head out.

Oct. 20, 2009 - Freshwater Tissue said that it has exhausted efforts to find funding for a project to convert the former Evergreen Pulp mill on the northern California coast to an integrated 'green' pulp and tissue mill.

Chief Loa Pele Faletogo, president of Somoan Federation of America, is leading area relief efforts for Samoans in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami.

" While these photos depict tsunamis in other cities, they can happen here. San Diego has been affected by tsunamis several times in the last 250 years, including a 1960 tsunami that damaged boats docked inside Shelter Island Yacht Basin.

"When my cell phone lights up, and I see there's a magnitude 8 earthquake in Samoa, my first reaction is, 'Wow, people just died,'" Oppenheimer said.

When Redlands Police Officer Rodney Walters arrived in American Samoa, he discovered things were not as bad as he had heard.

'Survivor: Samoa''s Gross-Out Challenge ";" src="http://www.etonline.com/media/video/2009/10/116242/survivorclip_et_large.jpg" style="border-width:0px;" /> Did you ever wonder how the folks at "Survivor" come up with the challenges the contestants endure? Get an early look at this week's upcoming "Samoa Smoothie" challenge video to find out.

One by one, the boxes were loaded into a donated truck, the beginning of their trip to the islands of Samoa.

Congressional representatives are attempting to arrange an airlift of donated humanitarian supplies from Southern California to the Samoan Islands.

The West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center conducted a test of its system on Sept.