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Annual 3-month Operation Nasse — conducted by United States, Australia, France and New Zealand, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu — aimed at safeguarding marine resources of Pacific Island nations.

The full-scale all-day “disaster” simulation involved a variety of drills, including hazardous materials decontamination, response to natural or man-made disasters, survey and triage operations, communications testing, and coordination of emergency operations.

‘Critical elements’ such as lithium, nickel, magnesium, platinum, iridium and rare earth elements, among others, have become important for our everyday lives — used in everything from solar panels, batteries and vehicles to power plants, medical devices and smartphones — and more than half of these resources formed in ancient volcanic systems.

Traditional double-hulled voyaging canoes have been back in French Polynesian capital since July 14 getting ready for the next leg of their Moananuiākea Voyage; crews also were rotated.

The program — a joint effort between Hawai‘i and U.S. Department of Agriculture — is aimed at bridging a gap in nutrition many keiki throughout the islands experience during their summer break from school.

Nine routes remain temporarily suspended as of this week — about 6% of the 138 routes impacted at the peak of last school year’s disruptions.

Steering their 24-foot rowboat, “The Kraken,” Tim and Harrison Crockett conquered the Pacific Ocean while advocating for veterans through their initiative, Row To Recovery.

Silicone elastomers are used in items such as artificial muscles and medical implants and need to bend, stretch, and move with the human body without deteriorating over time.

First responders were called out to the crash on Sunday at approximately 7:45 a.m. When they arrived on scene, they found a white 2022 Honda multipurpose vehicle and a blue 2025 Mazda multipurpose vehicle had collided near Ho‘okui Road.

Nine high school students received invaluable clinical experience and hands-on medical training through the Neighbor Island Medical Scholars Program this summer.

Visitors to Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park can expect slow movement and incandescence from the spatter deposits and lava flows within the southern part of Kaluapele as they cool and solidify over the coming days.

Salvin Hilario, 54, is facing several charges for the hit-and-run that led to the death of 30-year-old Kailon Tyndzik from Wailua.

The July 19 temblor that caused the tsunami watch excitement struck roughly 45 miles northeast from the epicenter of a 1952 magnitude-9 earthquake that did trigger a destructive Pacific tsunami that caused damage in Hawai‘i, including on the Big Island.

Estimated nitrogen oxides emissions reduced for each bus replaced on the neighbor islands is 1.445 tons throughout the lifetime of the bus, equating to a total reduction of about 17.34 tons of greenhouse gas emissions.

Lauren Greig, nursery and fern L lab manager at the National Tropical Botanical Garden, said its plant named Pua Pilo is almost ready to cause a big stink. (Photo Courtesy: The National Tropical Botanical Garden)

The Big Island volcano is now quiet, so it’s a good opportunity to remember its 1950 Southwest Rift Zone eruption — the volcano’s most recent eruption to cause significant damage.

Firefighters responded to the trail at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday.

Robin Marquez of North Kohala, owner and operator of Signature Auto Detail Hawaiʻi, was selected for the third time this year to participate in the prestigious Air Force One Detailing Project at the Museum of Flight in Seattle.

New study from researchers at University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology provides hope, however, that that impact could be manageable; meanwhile, five Indo-Pacific coral species received critical habitat protections this week, potentially preventing their mass extinction.

National foundation’s annual beach cleanup report shows Garden Isle volunteers smashed the previous record set in 2017 by almost 43K pounds; total 172,564 pounds of trash removed last year from shores statewide, dwarfing numbers from other states.