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Waiākea grad to take over helm at Hawaiʻi Community College
One of Hilo’s own will take over the helm at Hawaiʻi Community College. Susan Kazama will become the college’s next chancellor as of July 19. She has been the school’s interim chancellor since July 1, 2023. Kazama was born and raised in Hilo. She is a...
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.
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...
Owners of Lahaina commercial properties still wait for county guidance
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) -Nearly a year after Front Street and most of Lahaina were destroyed, businesses and landowners are still hoping to bring back the historic commercial district. But without direction from the county, Front Street’s fate remains in limbo. The shoreline buildings, some on the protective sea wall, were...
Rotary club reflects on December Christmas event on Maui
The Rotary District of Hawaiʻi (D5000) contributed $10,000 to the Lahaina Restoration Foundation to shift a “winter wonderland” event in December from its usual location at the Lahaina Banyan Tree to the Royal Lahaina Resort in Kāʻanapali. The move ensured that children and their wildfire-displaced...
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...
Local film industry talks gun safety amid 'Rust' shooting trials
Questions about gun safety on film and television sets are resurfacing after the dismissal Friday of involuntary manslaughter charges against actor Alec Baldwin. Baldwin was on trial for his role in the 2021 shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the low-budget film "Rust." The film's armorer,...
School Tools: Aloha Termite & Pest Control helps to get keiki in need the school supplies to succeed
Lina Girl talks with Aloha Termite & Pest Control owner and CEO Jon Montalbo and his keiki Braxtyn and Maddox about the importance of giving back to through School Tools. Make your donations at http://kitv.com/schooltools.
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.
JABSOM program gives students a hands-on look at careers in medicine
High school students from across the islands recently spent a week in Honolulu for a hands-on look at a career in medicine. Hundreds of students have participated in the John A. Burns School of Medicine’s summer program since it began 10 years ago, and many have gone on to pursue a medical education.
UH Mānoa men’s basketball receives academic accolades
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa men’s basketball team was honored with the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Team Academic Excellence Award as 15 student-athletes earned a combined 3.1 grade point average during the 2023–24 academic calendar. Each year NABC recognizes teams that earn a grade-point average of 3.0 and higher.
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.
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