Hawai'i State News

The prevalence of inflammatory breast cancer in Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders is concerning, with a study using data from the Queen’s Medical Center Tumor Registry showing an overall rate of 2.6%.

EA Ecoversity is a Hawaiian culture-based, higher education and career training program that provides blended online and offline learning in an atmosphere of aloha. Designed for Native Hawaiians ages 15-30, EA Ecoversityʻs tuition-free, personalized program offers opportunities to earn diverse micro-credentials, and engage in paid internships, hands-on exploration and research in the environment.

Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park announces flight operations for November 2023.

Celebrate, learn more about, and spread the love for this vital piece of our forest ecosystem at a community event in November as part of ʻŌhiʻa Love Fest.

While Hawai‘i’s student performance has not yet reached pre-pandemic levels, students are doing relatively well compared to students in other states.

Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park plans to remove the existing maintenance and resource management structures to restore the landscape, avoid sensitive archeological sites, and move away from the tidal and coastal zones.

Two key best practices are for vessel operators to keep a sharp eye out for Koholā and reduce vessel speeds, as both have been shown to reduce the risk of hitting a whale, especially calves, which are particularly susceptible to vessel strikes.

He was reportedly last seen on Aug. 16 in the Hilo area. He is known to frequent Clem Akina Park in Wainaku and the Clubhouse on Kilauea Avenue in Hilo.

Hawai’i Police Department’s Traffic Services Section reviewed all updated crashes and found 696 major collisions so far this year compared with 682 during the same period last year, an increase of 2.1%.

Since 2019, Ferreira has served as budget chief of the Hawaiʻi State Senate, where she helped to shape and formulate state budgets. She is a former executive strategy consultant and division director of Extension Educational Services for Kamehameha Schools, where she also served as the trust coordinator for the Charles Reed Bishop Trust. 

Officer Roberts has worked in Kona Patrol since completing his field training following his graduation from the department’s 95th recruit class in June 2022, for which he was class president.

Maiya is described as 5 feet 3 inches tall, 115 pounds, with long, straight brown hair and hazel eyes. She also has a scar on her lower right cheek. Maiya was last seen wearing a gray hoodie and sweatpants, black slip-on sandals, and had a small, blue Reebok bag in her possession.

He is 28 years old, 5-foot-eight-inches tall and 145 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He is wearing gray sweatpants and sweatshirt.

The summit of Kīlauea remains at a high level of inflation and eruptive activity is possible in the coming weeks or months.

Shallower seismicity remained stable. All earthquakes below the volcano’s summit and upper-elevation flanks were of small magnitudes.

The annual operation, carried out in collaboration with the Department of Land and Natural Resources and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Law Enforcement, focused on safeguarding the coastal waters and maritime assets, ensuring the well-being of both residents and visitors to the region.

The funding, from the Port Infrastructure Development Program, follows Schatz-authored legislation signed into law last year that made it easier for Hawai‘i to compete for grant funding through this program.

At 7:40 p.m., on Oct. 31, Kona patrol officers responded to a report of a disturbance at a community park in the Pualani subdivision in Kailua-Kona. As officers were attempting to break up a crowd, they received a second report of another disturbance on the street fronting the community park.

She is described as Asian with a light complexion and medium build, 5 feet four inches tall, 190 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.

On Oct. 29, the U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Squad based at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, conducted a High Altitude, Low Opening (HALO) jump with soldier insertion into Keamuku Maneuver Area.