Hawai'i State News

“We lower the flags in solemn remembrance of the victims of gun violence in Allen, Texas,” said Gov. Josh Green.

The students’ Hawai‘i Pacific University graduation ceremony took place at the Hawai‘i Convention Center on O‘ahu.

Hawai‘i Contemporary is hosting its first public fundraiser, artXchange, to raise support for the organization and celebrate local and Pacific talent.

Fast Company’s World-Changing Ideas Awards honor the innovative ways businesses and organizations are making the world more accessible, equitable, and sustainable for everyone.

While mongoose populations are well-established on the Big island, O‘ahu, Maui and Moloka‘i, the Kaua‘i Invasive Species Committee continues to successfully prevent the animal from gaining a foothold on the Garden Isle.

Marine surface-dwelling organisms, such as jellies, snails, barnacles and crustaceans, are a critical ecological link between diverse ecosystems.

After the Senate rejected his first choice, Hawai’i Gov. Josh Green nominated James Kunane Tokioka of Kauaʻi to serve as the Director of the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism.

In the 20 years since its enactment, more than 250 leases, revocable permits, and vacant parcels representing more than 38,000 acres of crop and pasture lands have been transferred to the Department of Agriculture and the Agribusiness Development Corporation.

University of Hawaiʻi engineers have made a 3D-printed wearable sweat sensor.

The Hawai’i Senate and House of Representatives spent several hours taking up last-minute measures Thursday on the final day of the 32nd Hawai’i Legislature, including the proposed state biennium budget that passed both branches.

The ceremony will be held in-person and can be streamed online.

The Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority is sponsoring the annual East Meets West conference, which will take place at Aloha Tower Marketplace in Honolulu on May 18 and 19.

Kupu ʻĀina Corps host sites can include nonprofit organizations, for-profit businesses, and State and County government agencies.

The Department of Health issued the boating division a Notice of Violation and Order for failure to produce effluent within state limits.

The plan will be used to guide work in the years ahead to reduce or eliminate the harm caused to Hawai‘i and its communities by flooding, hurricanes, wildfires and other hazards.

By comparison, in the first quarter of 2017, Senator Hirono raised $296,000 and had $1,006,000 cash on hand.

Māhū Magic will be held on June 20 at the Westgate Resort in Las Vegas.

The bipartisan, bicameral bill would help ensure life insurance packages for servicemembers and veterans account for increases in cost of living and inflation.

Hawaiʻi House Rep. Rachele F. Lamosao was one of 12 winners of the National Foundation of Women Legislatorsʻ contest for her efforts to combat period poverty in the state.

The object, which is not believed to by a Chinese spy apparatus, is now floating toward Mexico and remains tracked by the U.S. military.