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Gov. Josh Green alongside US Sen. Brian Schatz and HUD Regional Administrator Jason Pu, on Wednesday announced that Hawai‘i has been awarded more than $6.6 million in new federal grant funding to help build more housing. The funding comes from a new grant program based on Schatz’s bipartisan ‘Yes In My Backyard’ legislation and was first funded in the fiscal year 2023 appropriations bill.

There are three ways, including a new smartphone app, to report illegal aerial fireworks to the Illegal Fireworks Task Force.

Gov. Josh Green signed Senate Bill 2305 into law on Monday, establishing a Silver Alert Program within the Department of Law Enforcement. SB 2305 implements a Silver Alert Program to help locate and safeguard missing persons who are 65 years of age or older, cognitively impaired, or developmentally disabled.

Yelp has given Kaua‘i Sushi Station top marks two years running, citing elaborate presentation and ingredients sourced from Japan.

The announcement comes exactly 14 years after Amber Jackson’s body was found in a remote and inaccessible part of the island, after she had been reported missing on June 23, 2010.

To date, there have been no reports of illness or adverse events attributed to the recalled products.

“We are disappointed that the Department of Health ultimately reversed course after initially selecting Falck to provide enhanced emergency medical services to Maui and Kaua‘i counties,” said Troy Hagen, chief commercial officer of Falck USA.

The Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority (HTA) announced the launch of its two newest Community Tourism Collaborative (CTC) programs: the Community Stewardship Program and the Regenerative Experiences Program. Modeled after the traditional regenerative water system of Hawaiʻi, these programs aim to support and enhance the efforts of organizations dedicated to revitalizing and preserving Hawaiʻi’s sacred spaces and creating sustainable visitor experiences.

In a tourism-concentrated economy, University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization, also known as UHERO, released the report Tuesday, which looks at ways the state could diversify as tourism revenue has shown inconsistent and slow growth for the past 30 years.

Bills signed Monday included HB2400, which addresses teacher misconduct.

The results of the survey will be presented at an upcoming police commission meeting.

The program is a one-time income or need-based program to facilitate the safe disposal of vehicles from private or public property.

The additional jewel in the Northern Crown constellation isn’t actually a star. It’s the light from an astronomical thermonuclear explosion caused by the buildup of pressure and heat in the binary system T Coronae Borealis, also dubbed the “Blaze Star,” 3,000 light-years away from Earth.

Luke Allen and Ty Munoz, both 19, were stopped on a public road running through private property owned by Oprah Winfrey.

Despite the existence of one, two, or three ‘akikiki remaining in the wild, the forest bird species is considered functionally extinct.

The siren test will be coordinated with a test of the Live Audio Broadcast segment of the Emergency Alert System.

The Culinary Institute of the Pacific (CIP) at Kapi‘olani Community College unveiled details of their groundbreaking collaboration with the renowned Culinary Institute of America (CIA), the world’s premier culinary college, in a formal press conference co-hosted by the Hawai‘i Ag & Culinary Alliance that welcomed CIA leadership to the Diamond Head campus.

While there are no signs of an imminent eruption, the largest of these earthquakes were four magnitude-3.0 events near the intersection between Chain of Craters Road and Hilina Pali Road in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park.

Ed was a natural and gifted problem solver, and he worked closely with observatory staff to understand their challenges and needs.

Kōloa contractor Goodfellow Brothers will be taking on the $12 million project which will have a new drainage system and improvements for pedestrians.