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124-year-old nonprofit Child & Family Service announces leadership changes
Karen Tan, president and CEO of Child and Family Service is stepping down after 18 years with the organization to move to Texas to support her family. Her last day is Aug. 31.
“Manu! Not Mosquitos:” free STEAM event for high school students July 8
Topics will be centered around Hawaiian bird conservation and learning about solutions supporting critically endangered birds in Hawai’i.
Mokulele Airlines suspending Hilo to Kahului daily service; but adding Kona to Maui night flight
Mokulele Airlines will suspend its daily flights between Hilo and Maui beginning Aug. 1, and add a new evening flight between Kona and Kahului.
Sen. Hirono secures priorities for Hawai‘i in committee markup of annual defense bill
Senate Armed Services Committee approval is the first step in the process to establish defense funding levels and set policies for the Department of Defense.
Astronomers on Maunakea capture starlight images from 2 massive galaxies hosting growing black holes
An international team of scientists, including staff astronomer Chien-Hsiu Lee at W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, has captured first time images of starlight from two massive galaxies hosting actively growing black holes from less than a billion years after the Big Bang.
EPA reached settlement with 7-Eleven Hawaiʻi over illegal large capacity cesspools
Under the settlement, 7-Eleven Hawai‘i will pay a $145,000 penalty, conduct a self-audit of the 58 locations it operates in Hawai‘i, and work with the EPA to close all remaining large capacity cesspools.
New Hawaiʻi organization launches Fish Pono-Save Our Reefs
A local ʻohana of ocean-lovers, scientists, fishers and watermen and women have formed Fish Pono–Save Our Reefs, an organization with the vision of bringing awareness to the importance of replenishing herbivore fish populations to foster healthy coral reefs.
Big Island athletes earn five medals at Special Olympics World Summer Games
Last week, two Special Olympics Hawaii athletes, Teresa “Tess” Moore and Virginia “Kalei” Lee, represented Hawaii as part of Special Olympics USA at the 2023 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Berlin, Germany.
Big Island police remind public about rules for service animals
A service animal is described as any dog specifically trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual or other disability.
$4M NASA grant will help UH researchers develop new sensors for mission to find possibly inhabitable Earth-like exoplanets
For the past several years, with NASA support, astronomers at the UH Institute for Astronomy and industry partners have been maturing the new tech that will be used for a mission to identify and classify about 25 Earth-like exoplanets.
Hirono, colleagues reintroduce legislation to protect right of women to cross state lines to seek abortion care
The legislation would also protect health care providers in pro-choice states, like Hawai‘i, from prosecution and lawsuits for serving individuals traveling from other states.
Hawai‘i groups seek government travel bans to 20 states, citing public employee safety
Eleven organizations co-signed a letter to Gov. Josh Green; mayors Kawakami, Blangiardi, Bissen and Roth; State Board of Education Superintendent Keith Hayashi; and University of Hawai‘i President David Lassner.
Big Island vacation rental occupancy for May down 14% from a year ago
The occupancy for Big Island vacation rentals in May was 43.5%, which is down 14.2% from a year ago and 27.8% lower than May 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic struck.
U.S. Interior Department investing $16 million to prevent extinction of Hawaiian forest birds
The U.S. Department of the Interior has committed nearly $16 million as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to prevent the imminent extinction of Hawaiian Forest Birds.
2023 Transpac begins first wave with 16 sailboats racing from California to Hawaiʻi
The 2023 Transpac competition from California to Oʻahu begins on Tuesday with the first wave of 16 sailboats crossing the starting line in the vicinity of Point Fermin in San Pedro.
Senator: Hawai‘i set to receive nearly $150 million to expand high-speed internet access
The new funding from the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program will be used to help build and improve broadband infrastructure across Hawai‘i.
Hawai‘i State FCU announces free financial education offerings available from July to September
Financial educators and counselors from Hawaii State FCU will lead attendees through interactive activities while sharing financial wellness tips.
Kona nurse Jenny Decker to sail around-the-world with Romeo — and rare neurological disease
After being scammed on an engine and years of meticulous preparation, Kona nurse Jenny Decker will set sail on Wednesday to circumnavigate the globe with her 6-pound Maltese Yorkie named Romeo — and while battling a rare neurological disease that ultimately will put her into a wheelchair.
Big Island man charged with felony assault, theft for stabbing at Ross Dress for Less
Kunia Hassard, 37, was charged Monday afternoon with multiple counts of assault and a single count of theft.
Hawai’i County welcomes new mass transit administrator
Victor Kandle is the new mass transit agency administrator for Hawai’i County.
