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Miss Hawaiʻi Volunteer 2024: Merging passion and purpose at UH
As a child, Miss Hawaiʻi Volunteer 2024 Makenna Kinsler first became aware of the hardships in her island home when she walked through Kakaʻako with her mom to help the homeless. Now a double major at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Kinsler is still impacted by that experience.
New zero-interest loan program for University of Hawai‘i engineering students
A new, zero interest, no fee loan program will be available to low income students enrolled in the College of Engineering at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa beginning in fall 2024. The initiative to help students with proven need while also meeting the state’s workforce demand for...
DLNR seeks local artists to participate in Climate Change Action Residency program
The Hawaiʻi State Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission is looking for four local artists who work with various materials to join Hawaiʻi’s Artist Climate Change Action Residency program. The selected artists will get to help in developing key topics, including land stewardship, energy efficiency and more.
Remembrance Rides set this month for wildfire survivors to see recovery efforts
Lahaina wildfire survivors will have an opportunity to participate in a Remembrance Ride to see recovery efforts for their beloved town within weeks of the one-year anniversary of the Aug. 8, 2023, wildfire disaster. Until now, residents have only been able to visit their own properties. Online reservations are required...
UH to conduct $3.8 million study of Lahaina wildfires
HONOLULU (KHON2) — A five-year, $3.8 million study by a team of UH Manoa’s researchers will look at the government’s response and its impact to the residents affected by the Lahaina wildfires that occurred in August 2023. The August wildfires killed 102 people and impacted about 14,000 residents — making it one of the deadliest […]
Honolulu District welcomes Lt. Col. Adrian Biggerstaff as 74th commander
Lt. Col. Adrian Biggerstaff became the 74th commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District, during a change of command ceremony July 10, at the Battleship Missouri Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Brig. Gen. Joseph C. “Clete” Goetz, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pacific Ocean...
Kahuku’s Aiden Manutai commits to Cal to continue Hawai’i recruiting pipeline
The Hawai’i-to-Cal pipeline continues. Kahuku defensive back Aiden Manutai became the third Hawai’i high school football player in the class of 2025 to make a commitment to play for the University of California, Berkeley, when he made his decision known at a live-streamed event at the Ko’olau Plantation Estate in Ka’a’awa Friday afternoon.
State officials provide update on Crater Road brush fire
HONOLULU (KHON2) — A press conference held by Mayor Richard Bissen, Acting Governor Lt. Governor Sylvia Luke, Maui Fire Chief Brad Ventura and MEMA Administrator Amos Lonokailua-Hewett provided new updates on the 574-acre Crater Road brush fire.
Waikīkī steps out to support the community’s keiki
On Thursday, July 11, something amazing happened in Waikīkī! Representative Adrian Tam, along with some wonderful community organizations, held a super fun and important event: a school supply drive for keiki (children) in the Waikīkī area.
Drone Technology Used To Aid Hawaiian Fishpond Restoration
HILO - University of Hawaiʻi scientists and fishpond practitioners are using the drones to help manage the Honokea loko iʻa in Keaukaha. (BIVN) – Scientists and fishpond practitioners are utilizing drone technology to help restore and/or maintain Native Hawaiian fishponds. The University of Hawaiʻi is working with...
Ft. Kamehameha WWTF Cuts Tertiary Filtration Footprint by 90% With the HUBER Disc Filter RoDisc
Along the storied coast of Honolulu, Hawaii, the 30 mgd Ft. Kamehameha wastewater treatment facility receives wastewater from a diverse mixture of commercial, residential and maritime wastewater originating from the dry docks, industrial fabrication, piers, and maintenance shops of the Joint Base Pearl Harbor Naval Complex and Hickam Airforce Base.
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