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Entries for 'News Release'
Monday, October 21, 2024 |
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UH Faculty Approve Contract
By News Release @ 11:43 PM :: 2006 Views :: Higher Education, Labor
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... University of Hawai‘i Professional Assembly Holds Ratification Vote ....
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Monday, October 21, 2024 |
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Maui County Releases Draft of Lahaina Long-Term Recovery Plan
By News Release @ 4:01 PM :: 1410 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... open houses to be held Oct. 23 and 26 ....
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Friday, October 18, 2024 |
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Justice Department Appoints US Attorney to Oversee Hawaii Election Complaints
By News Release @ 5:31 PM :: 1015 Views :: Office of Elections
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... for overseeing the District’s handling of election day complaints of voting rights concerns, threats of violence to election officials or staff, and election fraud ....
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Friday, October 18, 2024 |
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FEMA unveils updated Flood Risk Maps for Oʻahu
By News Release @ 3:10 AM :: 3120 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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... A formal appeal process is scheduled for spring 2025, with the updated maps expected to be finalized in 2026 ....
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Friday, October 18, 2024 |
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New AG Website: Help Getting the Insane Committed
By News Release @ 2:36 AM :: 1410 Views :: Homelessness, Drugs
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... Webpage is Designed to Help Practitioners and Loved Ones with Assisted Community Treatment Legal Process ....
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Friday, October 18, 2024 |
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Sen Mercado Kim co-authors NCSL Report on Higher Education
By News Release @ 1:10 AM :: 1130 Views :: Higher Education
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... Idea: Use this report against her in Senate hearings ....
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Thursday, October 17, 2024 |
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UH regents unanimously select Wendy Hensel as next UH President
By News Release @ 11:52 PM :: 1257 Views :: Higher Education
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... The appointment is effective January 2025 ....
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Wednesday, October 16, 2024 |
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Red Flag: Hawaiian Electric avoids power shut-off to West Maui
By News Release @ 7:22 PM :: 1777 Views :: Maui County, Energy
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... "The company monitored weather conditions throughout the day and saw a steady drop of wind speeds in the afternoon." ....
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Tuesday, October 15, 2024 |
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Tuesday, October 15, 2024 |
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Meth poisoning leading cause for fatal overdoses in older Hawaiʻi residents
By News Release @ 2:43 AM :: 2801 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Drugs
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... Between July 2020 and December 2021, 263 drug-related deaths were recorded across the state. Of these, 58.2% involved individuals aged 50 to 79 ....
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Monday, October 14, 2024 |
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FEMA Extends Lahaina Aid One More Year
By News Release @ 11:51 PM :: 343 Views :: Maui County
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... Under disaster declaration FEMA-4724-DR-HI, Financial Assistance and Direct Temporary Housing Assistance will now be available for an additional 12 months, concluding on February 10, 2026 ....
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Monday, October 14, 2024 |
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Hawaii household expenses up $1,234 per month since 2021
By News Release @ 4:52 PM :: 1963 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... Cumulatively, the average Hawaii household has spent $33,365 more due to inflation since January 2021 ....
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Monday, October 14, 2024 |
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UN report exposes escalating threat of organized crime in the Pacific
By News Release @ 3:46 PM :: 1448 Views :: Law Enforcement, Drugs
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... The Pacific is increasingly becoming an important transshipment hub and an operational and destination point for organized crime syndicates ....
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Saturday, October 12, 2024 |
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Socialists Team up with Hawaii Judiciary to Expunge Dozens of Criminal Records
By News Release @ 1:21 AM :: 1774 Views :: Judiciary, Justice Reinvestment, Law Enforcement
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... Criminals were lined up when the doors opened, eager for a chance to do it all over again ....
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Saturday, October 12, 2024 |
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Friday, October 11, 2024 |
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DLNR Transfers 7,000 acres to Agriculture Department
By News Release @ 5:18 PM :: 1233 Views :: Hawaii County , Agriculture, Land Use
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... The nine leases and 25 revocable permits represent a continuation of the transfers under Act 90. Passed by the legislature in 2003 ....
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Friday, October 11, 2024 |
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BLNR Retroactively Approves Waimanalo Homeless Shelter
By News Release @ 5:12 PM :: 1141 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness
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... A community homeless shelter known as Hui Mahi‘ai ‘Āina has been operating at the site since 2020 without BLNR approval ....
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Friday, October 11, 2024 |
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Lahaina Survivors: FEMA to pay rent for another year
By News Release @ 1:48 PM :: 1291 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... The 18-month initial period of assistance for FEMA IHP was set to end Feb.10, 2025 but has now been extended to Feb. 10, 2026 ....
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Friday, October 11, 2024 |
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Eco-Lawyers Pledge to Hunt Aquarium Collectors to Extinction
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 1470 Views :: Environment, Small Business, Tourism
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... The aquarium pet industry has finished the environmental review process to seek up to seven commercial aquarium permits for collection in West Hawai‘i ....
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Friday, October 11, 2024 |
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LGBTQ Commission Established within DHS
By News Release @ 2:02 AM :: 1946 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Hawaii State Government, Religion
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... The commission is one of few in the country ....
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Friday, October 11, 2024 |
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EPA Fines Daiso for Illegal Pesticides
By News Release @ 1:53 AM :: 1612 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Small Business
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... Company to pay one of largest federal pesticides penalties: $314,747 ....
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Thursday, October 10, 2024 |
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Affordable Housing: Green Signs 9th Emergency Proclamation
By News Release @ 9:40 PM :: 1486 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... The latest proclamation places a pause on the automatic adoption of county building codes ....
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Thursday, October 10, 2024 |
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Department of Law Enforcement Establishes Gun Tip Line
By News Release @ 9:35 PM :: 2565 Views :: Second Amendment
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“...Guns that have been stolen, guns that haven’t been registered and guns in the wrong hands...."
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Monday, October 7, 2024 |
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Tour Boat Operators Hit Hard by Insurance Increases
By News Release @ 7:53 PM :: 1407 Views :: Small Business, Tourism
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... In late 2022, Congress passed a law that significantly increased the cost of liability insurance for a small subset of the small-passenger boating industry ....
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Monday, October 7, 2024 |
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UPDATE: Territorial Bank Postpones Merger Vote
By News Release @ 12:51 PM :: 4689 Views :: Small Business
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"... Preliminary Indication of Interest by Outside Investor Group, Blue Hill, is Illusory, Non-Binding and Highly Conditional ...."
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Saturday, October 5, 2024 |
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OHA Seeks Candidates for Burial Council Vacancies
By News Release @ 3:52 PM :: 1884 Views :: Development, Hawaii History, OHA
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... There are five island burial councils ....
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Friday, October 4, 2024 |
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VIDEO: Finalist for UH President pushes 'Critical Race Theory'
By News Release @ 3:05 PM :: 9265 Views :: Higher Education
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... Critical Race Theory (CRT) is an excuse to bar Asian students from equal access to higher education. Will CRT dominate UH--the university system in the most Asian state of all? ....
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Friday, October 4, 2024 |
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UH earns strong bond rating, saving millions of dollars
By News Release @ 2:42 PM :: 1030 Views :: Higher Education
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... The University of Hawaiʻi currently has more than $396 million in outstanding revenue bonds. Annual debt service of the university can exceed more than $30 million annually through 2041 ....
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Friday, October 4, 2024 |
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Digital States Survey: Hawaii Grade A-
By News Release @ 4:08 AM :: 1461 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor
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... due to a commitment to the fundamentals of IT modernization ....
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Friday, October 4, 2024 |
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City Now Accepting Grants in Aid Applications
By News Release @ 3:57 AM :: 1415 Views :: Honolulu County
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... Last year more than $9.6 million in GIA were awarded to 78 nonprofits across O‘ahu ....
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Thursday, October 3, 2024 |
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Hawaii Voters Can Track their Mail Ballot
By News Release @ 3:51 AM :: 1295 Views :: Office of Elections
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... Hawaii voters can enroll for ballot notifications ahead of the 2024 General Election ....
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Wednesday, October 2, 2024 |
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DHHL Begins Signing its own Building Permits
By News Release @ 1:07 PM :: 3214 Views :: DHHL, Ethics, Development
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... Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Director Kali Watson signs first-of-its-kind building permit ....
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Wednesday, October 2, 2024 |
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Green Appoints Takamine to Labor Board
By News Release @ 12:54 PM :: 1727 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Labor, Military
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... Welcomes New State Adjutant General and Deputy Adjutant General ....
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Tuesday, October 1, 2024 |
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Hawaii Man Pleads Guilty to Violating the Atomic Energy Act
By News Release @ 4:11 PM :: 1370 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy
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"...in January 2019, Kazee’s new company began conducting inspections at the refinery...."
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Tuesday, October 1, 2024 |
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Aloha Stadium: Deadline Passes Again
By News Release @ 3:33 PM :: 1460 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education
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... The specifics of the Request for Clarifications are not known to the Stadium Authority, its members said. The identities of the committee members have not been made public ....
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Tuesday, October 1, 2024 |
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August Tourism 88.4% of Pre-COVID Numbers
By News Release @ 1:22 PM :: 1612 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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"This August registered as the lowest performing month during the summer season."
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Sunday, September 29, 2024 |
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After Kiddie Porn Indictment, Kamakana Villages Residents Demand New Management
By News Release @ 7:51 PM :: 2614 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Development, Hawaii State Government
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... In December 2023, the FBI conducted a raid of the managers’ apartment and the Lei Ohana office at Kamakana Villages, seizing computers and other items implicated in the production of child pornography ....
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Saturday, September 28, 2024 |
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Lahaina: DoE Abandons Kamehameha III School Site
By News Release @ 5:11 PM :: 1917 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Development
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... the existing site will become part of the ‘Venice of the Pacific’ water feature ....
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Saturday, September 28, 2024 |
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JSC Seeks Nominees for Oahu First Circuit Judge
By News Release @ 4:59 PM :: 1284 Views :: Honolulu County, Judiciary
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... The term of office of a circuit judge shall be ten years ....
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Friday, September 27, 2024 |
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Thursday, September 26, 2024 |
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Lahaina Fire BATF Report to be Released Weds Oct 2
By News Release @ 1:16 PM :: 1592 Views :: Maui County
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"...my team and I are working diligently to integrate the findings into our Cause and Origin report...."
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Thursday, September 26, 2024 |
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Maui Planning Department launches expedited SMA exemption process for Lahaina parcels
By News Release @ 12:51 PM :: 1244 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... The link went live Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, and the Planning Department has 20 exemptions in the pipeline ....
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Thursday, September 26, 2024 |
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State Sues Homeowner as House Collapses into Ocean
By News Release @ 5:02 AM :: 1835 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Development, Land Use
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... It also requests an order from the Court that provides the state owns the land clear of interest or claim by the defendant ....
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Thursday, September 26, 2024 |
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State Supreme Court: No TVRs on Ag Land
By News Release @ 4:47 AM :: 2365 Views :: Hawaii County , Agriculture, Land Use, Small Business, Tourism
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... Hawaiʻi Supreme Court’s unanimous decision of Rosehill v. State of Hawaiʻi, Land Use Commission, where the court held that farm dwellings in the agricultural district cannot be used as short-term vacation rentals under Hawaiʻi law ....
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Thursday, September 26, 2024 |
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Money Management: More Lahaina Millions for CNHA
By News Release @ 4:36 AM :: 1359 Views :: Maui County
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... promoting long-term financial resilience. It will also increase the capacity of CNHA ....
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Thursday, September 26, 2024 |
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Tokuda: Committee Approves Bill to Make Lahaina Federally Controlled 'National Heritage Area'
By News Release @ 2:20 AM :: 3935 Views :: Maui County, Congressional Delegation, Development
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... In establishing a new NHA, Congress designates a local coordinating entity—usually nonfederal—to coordinate and oversee administration of the area ....
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Thursday, September 26, 2024 |
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Coqui Frogs Invade Oahu Mountaintop
By News Release @ 1:19 AM :: 1710 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment
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... coqui roughly 200 meters below the summit of Kuliʻouʻou Ridge Trail on the leeward side of the mountains ....
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Wednesday, September 25, 2024 |
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Registration Opens for 2024-2025 Hawaiʻi LifeSmarts Competition
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 1318 Views :: Education K-12
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... LifeSmarts is a free, national educational program that teaches students critical life skills in five key areas: Personal Finance, Consumer Rights & Responsibilities, Health & Safety, the Environment, and Technology through online quizzes and in-person competitions. ...
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Wednesday, September 25, 2024 |
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Nurses Locked Out: Green Calls for Federal Mediation
By News Release @ 7:42 AM :: 1344 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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... Governor Josh Green, M.D., and Attorney General Anne Lopez are urging both parties to seek federal mediation ....
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Tuesday, September 24, 2024 |
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Hawaiian Electric Dumps 54M Shares on Stock Market
By News Release @ 2:49 AM :: 2238 Views :: Maui County, Energy
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... offering of 54,054,054 shares of its common stock at a price of $9.25 per share. The offering is expected to close on September 25, 2024 ....
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