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The supplemental budget bill, House Bill 1800, for fiscal year 2025 represents an increase of more than $480 million, with significant funding going to key state priorities.

The public is encouraged to take the Prediabetes Risk Assessment and talk with a health care provider about the need for additional testing. For people with blood glucose levels in the prediabetes range, participation in a lifestyle change program, like the Beat Diabetes Prevention Program, can lower the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. 

3 grant awards were approved for projects by organizations to eliminate coconut rhinoceros beetles in green waste on Kaua‘i, Maui and O‘ahu.

The telescope funding comes from the NASA Near-Earth Object Observations Program.

27 countries are now in support of a moratorium or precautionary pause on seabed mining for metals used in electric vehicles.

Firefighters put out a brush fire at the Pāʻulaʻula State Historic Site in Waimea before responding to a building fire in Kalāheo.

A motorcycle collided with a Dodge SUV on Kaumuali‘i Highway on the evening of July 4.

This is the first dengue case on Kauaʻi for 2024. This year there have been eight travel-related dengue cases identified in the state.

“My perspective is that, like land and water, we need to treat seeds and plant lineages as a public trust,” said Clay Trauernicht.

Fishermen on Kaua‘i and the Big Island will trial a new method of tagging ‘ahi, or yellowfin tuna, this summer.

The quake occurred at 8:47 p.m. at a depth of four miles below sea level. It was followed by three aftershocks in a similar area within 10 minutes.

Gov. Josh Green said Friday: “By addressing these important pillars of disaster prevention, mitigation and management, we are working to ensure that all residents of Hawai‘i are better protected and prepared, especially during times of crisis.”

From January until the end of June, task force officers seized about 1,000 pounds of illegal fireworks from various sources in the community.

Gov. Josh Green signed into law 12 bills on Wednesday, aimed at fortifying Hawaiʻi’s agricultural resilience, enhancing biosecurity measures, and promoting responsible land management practices. 

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.