Hawai‘i News

The landmark report used qualitative research methods to seek guidance from people who use drugs on ways to increase the use of curative hepatitis C treatment.

Drivers from across the islands are invited to compete for $1,000 by downloading the Visual Drive app and practicing safe driving on Hawai‘i’s roadways.

The grants will support projects that directly contribute to coral restoration progression in the U.S. Pacific Islands by providing the means for capacity building and/or restoration implementation.

The Expanding Ridership to Educate Students in Schools program was piloted in the 2022-23 school year.

The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation worked with Florida officials to clear any misconceptions about Hawai‘i’s limited-purpose driver licenses

Hawaiʻi’s reimbursement rate for school meals and other federal child nutrition programs has been increased to 30% above the continental U.S. rates, which is projected to bring an additional $8 million a year to Hawaiʻi to support healthy meals for children.

HICEAS is the only comprehensive study of its kind in the islands and takes place from July through December 2023. The survey covers approximately 1.8 million square nautical miles of waters around all Hawaiian Islands out to 200 nautical miles offshore including the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.

The Royal Standard of Queen Lili’uokalani, Hawai‘i’s last reigning monarch, was returned to her Washington Place home in Honolulu on July 24, 2023 and placed on public view for the first time since it was illegally seized in 1893 during the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom.

Update: The Brown Water Advisory for Wailua Bay on Kaua’i has been cancelled.

The bill authorizes over $1.5 billion in military construction projects in Hawai‘i. This includes $5.4 million to begin construction of a new air traffic control tower at Wheeler Army Airfield as the existing control tower no longer meets the current operational and safety requirements for airfield operations.

The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, the flagship campus of the University’s 10-campus system, led the extramural award amounts this year with $342.7 million.

Payments from the $328 million settlement in the Kalima et al. v. State of Hawai‘i class action breach of trust lawsuit are expected to begin being distributed after Sept. 1.

In his new role as vice provost of student success, Steven D. Fenster will collaborate with the University’s center for academic success, student life, library, and learning commons teams.

When herbivores—our reef’s lawnmowers—such as uhu (parrotfishes), nenue (chubs), kala, kole, manini, other surgeonfishes and sea urchins are in low abundance, coral reefs are overgrown with seaweeds and begin to suffocate and die.

Hawaiʻi Sen. Brian Schatz led a senate delegation that went to Iceland to learn about the countryʻs work on climate change, to strengthen U.S.-Iceland ties and discuss the NATO Alliance.

The homes must be located in eligible rural areas and presidentially declared disaster areas in states selected to participate in the pilot, which includes American Samoa.

The Hawai‘i Department of Health is alerting health care providers throughout the state to be vigilant in screening for cases of syphilis in people who could become pregnant and during pregnancy, and is emphasizing recommendations for diagnosing and treating cases.

Judge Kevin T. Morikone on June 14 granted a summary judgment in favor of the state on several grounds in a lawsuit filed in 2022 by ʻOhana Control Systems Inc. that asserted 25 separate claims, including that the Education Department breached eight contracts to install fire alarm systems at schools on Oʻahu and Maui.

There’s a dead star out there in the universe that is double-dealing with its composition. Nothing nefarious, but it is a first for the cosmic family of stars to which it belongs.

The U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday that nearly 1,700 borrowers from throughout the state are eligible for automatic loan relief.