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‘Bring my A game’: Hawaii surfer Carissa Moore hopes to defend her Olympic gold title
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Carissa Moore is the most decorated competitive surfer in Hawaii’s history, topping former World Champs John John Florence, Andy Irons and Sunny Garcia. And she’s the only Hawaii surfer to ever win Olympic gold in surfing. Of course, Duke Kahanamoku won multiple medals, but those...
Hawai‘i Island police seek public help finding missing man
Hawai‘i Island police seek the public’s help finding Shadrach Unea who was reported missing. Unea was last seen today in Hilo at 7:30 a.m. in the area of Maikalani Street wearing a black shirt and blue shorts. The 39-year-old is part Hawaiian, is 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 225 pounds.
$68.4 million awarded for climate resilience in Hawaii
HONOLULU (KHON2) — U.S. Senator Brian Schatz announced today that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded $68.4 million in federal funding to the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program. The grant, part of the Climate Resilience Regional Challenge funded by the Inflation Reduction Act, aims to enhance climate and disaster resilience […]
Celebrating National Intern Day at NOAA Fisheries!
We host internships in our science centers and regional offices around the country to help college students gain experience in the field. Our interns contribute to habitat conservation, science communications, resource assessment and management, endangered species protection, and more. Kathryn Youn. Where do you go to school?. I’m a student...
HFD: Cause of fire that scorched Aiea home ruled as accidental
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Honolulu Fire Department investigators have classified the cause of a blaze at an Aiea home on Sunday as accidental. Officials said flames originated in a storage area inside the garage of the single-story home on Hapuu Street. HFD said the cause was electrical arcing from a plug...
Victim in deadly Kaneohe hit-and-run crash identified, suspect still at large
HONOLULU (Island News) -- The Honolulu Medical Examiner has identified the woman killed in a pedestrian crash in Kaneohe as 32-year-old Tasha Nicole Madela. The ME says she died of blunt force injuries after she was struck by a hit-and-run driver. A vehicle hit Madela while she was walking in...
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