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AARP awards grants to 3 Hawai‘i groups, part of program to make communities more livable

Grantees will implement quick-action projects that help communities become more livable by improving public places; transportation; housing; digital connections; diversity, equity and inclusion; and more, with an emphasis on the needs of adults age 50 and older.

Kaua’i committee names winner of 2023 Women’s History Essay Contest

In celebration of Women’s History Month the committee opened the contest from January to March, to all Kaua‘i public, private, charter and home-school high school students.

Kekaha Family Fun Day, Play Streets event scheduled for July 4

Kekaha Family Fun Day and Play Streets will take place at the Kekaha Neighborhood Center, Elepaio Road and Kekaha Park.

Academic, research, sustainability honors for UH Mānoa

UH’s flagship campus ranked No. 66 among U.S. institutions (out of nearly 4,000 colleges and universities in the country) and No. 386 in the world (out of more than 25,000 worldwide colleges and universities), according to the Quacquarelli Symonds rankings released June 27.

Preliminary winners named in Kiwanis Kūpuna Spelling Bee; still time to compete

The top three spellers from each of the preliminary competitions will be eligible to compete in the Kiwanis Kupuna Spelling Bee Finals Competition on July 29, 2023, at 1 p.m. at Lanakila Multipurpose Center, Honolulu.

Hawai‘i Tourism Authority reinvests $2.7M to support natural resource preservation, Hawaiian culture

Since 2010, HTA has provided nearly $13.3 million to support 370 programs that preserve Hawai‘i’s natural resources and more than $12.5 million to support nearly 360 community organizations and programs that focus on perpetuating Hawaiian culture.

KPD asks for public’s help identifying man in surveillance photo committing felony theft

According to police, the man was captured on camera walking into the Aloha Isle Moving warehouse on Leleiona Street and exiting while carrying a mattress.

Child & Family Service announces leadership changes for 124-year-old Hawai‘i nonprofit

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.

Scientists on Maunakea capture starlight photos from 2 massive galaxies hosting growing black holes

A staff astronomer at W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea was part of a team of international scientists that 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.

Hawai‘i 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.

Fish Pono-Save Our Reefs launches to bring awareness to replenishing herbivore fish

Fish Pono–Save Our Reefs is a new organization of ocean-lovers, scientists, fishers and watermen and women that has a vision of bringing awareness to the importance of replenishing herbivore fish populations to foster healthy coral  reefs. 

Sen. Hirono secures priorities in committee for Hawai‘i in 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.

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.

UH researchers get $4M boost to develop new sensors for mission to find Earth-like exoplanets that could be inhabitable

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.

Groups in Hawai‘i want 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.

Hirono, others reintroduce legislation to protect women crossing state lines for 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.

June 27, controlled agriculture burn notice

A fire protection setup with water tenders and spotters provided by the farm is in place to monitor this permitted activity.

Kauaʻi vacation rental occupancy for May down 14% from a year ago

The occupancy for Kauaʻi vacation rentals in May was 51.7%, which is down 1.1% from a year ago and 28.2% 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, including the ʻakikiki (Kauaʻi honeycreeper).

First wave of 2023 Transpac race from California to Hawaiʻi begins Tuesday with 16 sailboats

The first wave of 16 sailboats are crossing the starting line in the vicinity of Point Fermin in San Pedro on Tuesday to start the 2023 Transpac competition from California to Oʻahu.
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