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Thursday, November 30, 2023
Kaneohe: Navy to Float P8 Poseidon, Restore it to Service
By Selected News Articles @ 3:44 AM :: 53 Views :: Environment, Military

... the aircraft would be lifted and moved to the runway, “and it would settle onto its landing gear, which is still in good condition” ....

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Thursday, November 30, 2023
China Could Play Major Role in Drafting New Regulations for Seabed Mining, Says U.N. Official
By Selected News Articles @ 3:11 AM :: 57 Views :: Energy, Environment, Military

“...China is the largest financial contributor....”

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Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Navy Notifies Regulators of Groundwater PFAS Detection
By News Release @ 12:46 AM :: 179 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military

... Four of 21 groundwater monitoring wells showed exceedance of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), a component of polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) ....

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Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Hawaii demands remediation from Navy following jet fuel leak
By Court House News @ 4:37 PM :: 213 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military

... Red Hill fuel-polluted soils could cost $750 million to clean up ....

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Saturday, November 25, 2023
Public comment open on Ala Wai Flood Risk Management Study
By News Release @ 2:01 PM :: 464 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military

... release of the Ala Wai Flood Risk Management draft General Reevaluation Report and Integrated Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for review and 45-day public comment period ....

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Wednesday, November 22, 2023
BWS files $1.2 billion claim over Red Hill damages
By Selected News Articles @ 4:56 PM :: 592 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military

... Honolulu's Board of Water Supply is seeking $1.2 billion from the U.S. Navy for costs associated with the fuel leak at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility ....

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Monday, November 20, 2023
Navy P-8A Poseidon Overshoots Runway Splashes in Kaneohe Bay, Crew Safe
By Selected News Articles @ 9:51 PM :: 948 Views :: Military

... A Navy P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol airplane is in Hawaii’s Kaneohe Bay after attempting to land on a Marine Corps runway Monday afternoon ....

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Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Fronting for the Contractors: CNHA Hosting Debris Removal Meeting
By News Release @ 6:19 PM :: 1103 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Military

...  CNHA fronts for the 8a contractors which scored the lucrative no-bid USACE contracts to clean up properties in Kula and Lahaina ....  

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Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Predatory Landlord Practices at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam
By News Release @ 3:01 PM :: 1492 Views :: Military, Cost of Living

... For most lessees, the increase is a $1,250 jump in rent per month. ...

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Pentagon Plans Transfer of Red Hill Back to Navy
By Selected News Articles @ 10:41 PM :: 1008 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military

... Joint Task Force – Red Hill was in charge of defueling, while the Navy and the Department of Defense will take on the closure process ....

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Monday, November 6, 2023
Guam activists urge Ninth Circuit to revive environmental claims against Air Force
By Court House News @ 1:06 PM :: 1227 Views :: Environment, Military

... Represented by David Henkin of Earthjustice, Prutehi Litekyan argued there had to have been a deliberative process prior to the submission, and that decision-making process was a final agency action ....

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Thursday, November 2, 2023
HIEMA Rewrites 'Hazard Mitigation Plan'
By News Release @ 3:11 AM :: 1190 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii State Government, Military

... FEMA requires that states must have an approved hazard mitigation plan to qualify for numerous federal assistance and mitigation grants ....

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Wednesday, November 1, 2023
Hawaii couple found guilty of stealing identities of dead babies
By Selected News Articles @ 3:46 PM :: 1136 Views :: Military

... While initial media reports suggested the couple were Russian spies, that narrative melted away as the trial approached ....

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Friday, October 20, 2023
HIEMA: Dozens of Sirens Inoperable
By News Release @ 7:20 AM :: 1399 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Military

... destroyed by lightning, vandalism or drunk drivers  ....

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Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Debris Removal: Corps of Engineers Contractors Purposefully Damage 100s of Properties to Make More Money
By News Release @ 9:46 PM :: 2088 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Military

"... an intentional effort to capitalize on this tragedy by defrauding the government ...."

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Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Political Connections Pay Off: USACE awards $52.5 million site assessment, debris removal contract to Dawson Solutions
By News Release @ 3:00 PM :: 2274 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Ethics, Military

... insiders profit while residents leave for mainland .... 

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Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Lahaina Slush Fund: USACE awards $19 million 'cultural monitoring' contract
By News Release @ 4:25 AM :: 2181 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Ethics, Military

... DTL founder gets a cut of the action ....

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Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Red Hill defueling underway
By Selected News Articles @ 4:02 AM :: 1347 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military

... nearly two years after a spill into the area's water forced thousands from their residences ....

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Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Lahaina: Corps of Engineers Fake 'Toxic' Cleanup Money Spinner for CNHA, 8a Companies
By News Release @ 2:24 AM :: 2061 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Military

... The announcement comes as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers prepares to initiate the next phase of the recovery ....

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Saturday, October 14, 2023
Lahaina Fires: 'Cultural awareness' at forefront of Corps of Engineers Mission
By Selected News Articles @ 9:28 PM :: 1529 Views :: Maui County, Military, Religion

... An estimated 400-700,000 tons of fire-damaged debris will be removed ....

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Saturday, October 14, 2023
Missile Defense Agency to Terminate Preparation of EIS for Homeland Defense Radar - Hawaii
By News Release @ 1:50 PM :: 1655 Views :: Environment, Military

... MDA plans to publish a Notice of Termination in the Federal Register (FR) to terminate the Notice of Intent published on June 1, 2018 ....

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Wednesday, October 11, 2023
DoH Approves Red Hill Defueling Plan
By News Release @ 4:04 AM :: 1245 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military

... Leading up to this decision, DOH oversaw completion by JTF-RH, of 297 repairs and enhancements needed for repacking and defueling ....

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Sunday, October 8, 2023
Guam activists urge Ninth Circuit to revive environmental claims against Air Force
By Court House News @ 1:45 PM :: 1434 Views :: Environment, Military

... An anti-military group protested the Air Force's application for a permit to continue detonation of waste munitions ....

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Wednesday, October 4, 2023
EPA Approves Red Hill Pre-Defueling Preparedness Report
By News Release @ 3:12 PM :: 1398 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military

... Decision paves way for safe defueling operations to begin ....

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Saturday, August 26, 2023
Hundreds of Military Personnel Helping in Lahaina Fire Zone
By Selected News Articles @ 3:07 AM :: 1628 Views :: Maui County, Military

... there are National Guard, Reserve and active duty personnel who make up the task force. Also included in the task force are Army civilian personnel from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency ....

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Saturday, August 19, 2023
DOD, FEMA Fully Engaged in Maui Recovery and Assistance Efforts
By News Release @ 9:15 PM :: 1550 Views :: Maui County, Military

... DOD has 691 personnel in Maui who are engaged in planning, synchronizing and coordinating support to FEMA and the state of Hawaii. ...

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Saturday, August 19, 2023
Red Hill: Hawaii Department of Health Conditionally Approves All 253 Repairs
By Selected News Articles @ 9:02 PM :: 1522 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military

... JTF-RH remains on track to commence gravity defueling by October 16, 2023 ....

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Thursday, August 17, 2023
DOD Personnel Working With Hawaii, FEMA Officials to Speed Relief to Maui
By News Release @ 10:52 PM :: 1048 Views :: Maui County, Military

... Almost 700 DOD personnel and 140 Coast Guardsmen are part of the coordinated response to the Maui wildfires ....

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Monday, August 14, 2023
Hawaiian 8a Racial Contracting Finished?
By Andrew Walden @ 10:07 PM :: 2682 Views :: Ethics, Military, OHA

... 8(a) application submissions temporarily suspended ....

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Thursday, August 10, 2023
VIDEO: Hawaii National Guard Fights Fires, Biden Declares Disaster
By News Release @ 6:15 PM :: 2101 Views :: Maui County, Military

... The National Guard has activated 134 troops — including 99 Army National Guard personnel and 35 Air National Guard personnel — to assist in the in the ongoing local and federal wildfire response efforts ....

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Sunday, August 6, 2023
This Day in History: Truman Announces Hiroshima Bombing
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 59441 Views :: Hawaii History, Military

August 6 and 9 have been made into International Days of Anti-American historical revisionism.  So here is a look at reality as seen from first-hand sources instead of whining activists.

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Monday, July 24, 2023
Hawaii lawmakers ask for $4 million bill to study Red Hill effects
By Selected News Articles @ 7:40 PM :: 2125 Views :: Environment, Military

... a bill creating the 20-year Red Hill Epidemiological Health Outcomes Study overseen by the U.S. Department of Health of Human Services ....

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Thursday, July 20, 2023
Military operations on Guam spur endangered species challenge
By Court House News @ 2:11 PM :: 1786 Views :: Environment, Military

... Camp Blaz is being outfitted to host thousands of U.S. Marines, a plan said to threaten more than a dozen species with extinction ....

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Wednesday, July 12, 2023
Red Hill defueling progresses
By Selected News Articles @ 11:34 PM :: 1286 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military

... Hawaii Department of Health gave conditional approval to U.S. Navy officials to defuel surge tanks next to the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility ....

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Tuesday, July 11, 2023
Red Hill Surge Tanks First to be Drained
By News Release @ 5:46 PM :: 1303 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military

... Approximately 480,000 gallons of fuel are expected to be removed from the surge tanks. Defueling operations are expected to begin on July 17, 2023, and run through July 30, 2023....

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Friday, June 30, 2023
Sister Park Arrangement Signed for Pearl Harbor National Memorial and Hiroshima Peace Memorial
By News Release @ 3:03 PM :: 1368 Views :: Hawaii History, Military, Tourism, Obama

... Former President Barack Obama, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, Governor of Hawaii Josh Green, and Senator Hirono Promote Peace through Pearl Harbor National Memorial and Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park Sister Park Arrangement ....

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Thursday, June 29, 2023
Red Hill Repairs Finished, Awaiting DoH Validation and Approval Before Defueling
By Selected News Articles @ 6:45 PM :: 848 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military

... All repairs to the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, mandated by the Hawaii Department of Health, are complete, Joint Task Force – Red Hill announced in a Wednesday night news release ....

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Sunday, June 25, 2023
DoH conditionally approves Red Hill defueling plan
By News Release @ 4:00 PM :: 1770 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military

... setting the framework to begin defueling about 104 million gallons of fuel from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility ....

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Sunday, June 25, 2023
DoH Publishes Red Hill Exposure Assessment
By News Release @ 3:54 PM :: 1769 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Health Care, Military

... Report summarizes potential chemical exposure to residents from 2021 jet fuel exposure ....

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Thursday, June 22, 2023
New XO at HI-EMA
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 1690 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Military

... Don Aweau most recently served with the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a senior advisor ....

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Wednesday, June 21, 2023
​Sailor Wins Right to Register Guns
By News Release @ 3:57 PM :: 2895 Views :: Military, Second Amendment

... City and state to pay $130K to settle gun owner’s lawsuit ....

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Saturday, June 10, 2023
Bipartisan Task Force Combats Chinese Influence in Indo-Pacific
By News Release @ 8:49 PM :: 1339 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Military

... bipartisan task force to conduct oversight on issues facing the U.S. territories and Freely Associated States (FAS) in the Indo-Pacific region ....

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Saturday, June 10, 2023
DelaCruz uses HIEMA in First Responder Campus Dog n Pony Show
By News Release @ 2:03 AM :: 1584 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Military, Police

..  Dela Cruz sales pitch for latest boondoggle ....

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Friday, June 2, 2023
Tripler Culture and Malpractice: Contrasting military medical centers and private hospitals
By Selected News Articles @ 10:50 PM :: 1747 Views :: Health Care, Military

... Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, has paid out over $108 million since 1997 due to malpractice settlements and verdicts ....

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Friday, June 2, 2023
Red Hill 2023 Consent Order Published
By News Release @ 8:43 PM :: 1431 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military

... Red Hill 2023 Consent Order between the EPA, Navy, and Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) ....

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Sunday, May 28, 2023
GET on Health Care
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1737 Views :: Health Care, Military, Taxes, Cost of Living

... One of the bills in this past legislative session that fell to the cutting room floor when it probably shouldn’t have was Senate Bill 1035, which would have exempted medical services provided by health care providers if the services were paid for by Medicaid, Medicare, or TRICARE ....

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Friday, May 26, 2023
The Number of Troops Hawaii Sent to Fight in WWII
By Selected News Articles @ 9:18 PM :: 1421 Views :: Hawaii History, Military

... About 15,965 Americans residing in Hawaii enlisted to fight in World War II ....

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Monday, May 22, 2023
Public invited to observe 72nd Mayor’s Memorial Day Ceremony
By News Release @ 11:21 PM :: 1291 Views :: Hawaii History, Military

... SEW A LEI FOR MEMORIAL DAY ....

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Thursday, May 18, 2023
US Pacific Fishing Fleet Role in Countering China
By Video @ 2:26 AM :: 1620 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Military, Small Business

... US Coast Guard Permanent Presence Also Emphasized ....

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Monday, May 15, 2023
Study Links Hawaii JROTC to positive education and career outcomes
By News Release @ 4:33 PM :: 1565 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Military

... cadets who participated in all four years of the program are more likely to graduate, have higher rates of attendance and lower rates of suspension ....

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