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The report is based on applications submitted by 343 women from five different Hawaiian islands in the summers of 2021 and 2022.

Claire Wright and Tavana team up for their “I Could Use a Beach” tour, with a concert taking place at Anaina Hou Community Park on July 15.

Recent closures at all four refuse transfer stations have seen services eliminated or limited for various lengths of time. The reason behind most of the closures has been the same: old equipment in need of repair.

A 71-year-old clinical psychologist of Kailua-Kona was indicted on Friday for sexually assaulting a minor he was treating between June and December in 2019.

On Friday, Hawaiʻi Gov. Josh Green signed a $37.3 billion biennium state operating budget for fiscal years 24 and 25 and a bill that extends family tax credits for five years.

A blessing was held Wednesday for the $21.8 million Kalaheo Water Systems Improvements Project, the largest in the history of Kauaʻi County’s Department of Water.

The Kaua‘i chapter of the Surfrider Foundation has a full lineup of activities and volunteer opportunities scheduled through July.

A remarkable discovery of a planet’s survival after what should have been certain demise at the hands of its sun was made by astronomers from the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy.

Ten minutes after the 2022 eruption began on Mauna Loa, lava poured out over the floor of the summit caldera and destroyed the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory’s gas measuring station.

Between April 2023 and May 2023, the City and County of Honolulu discharged effluent from the wastewater treatment plant in exceedance of daily National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit limits for enterococci on 13 occasions, including exceeding the monthly permit limit for the month of April.

Not all coastal areas may be impacted by runoff, however, if the water is brown stay out.

Pacific Biodiesel Technologies, owner and operator of the biodiesel refinery on Hawai‘i Island, will supply biodiesel for the Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative to be used to partially fuel its 27.5 megawatt Kapaia Power Generation Station.

University of Hawai’i President David Lassner called the U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down affirmative action in college admissions “beyond disappointing.”

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.