HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 17 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following statement on March 16, 2021: * * * Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors today expressed disappointment when reacting to the plan Purdue Pharma filed in bankruptcy court. Along with 22 other states, Attorney General Connors released the below statement: "We are disappointed in this plan. While it contains improvements over the proposal that Purdue announced and we rejected in September 2019, it fal more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 19 -- The Hawaii Department of Education issued the following news release: Two Hawaii public school teachers have been chosen to participate in the National Geographic's Grosvenor Teacher Fellowship, a two-year professional development opportunity for pre-K-12 educators supported by a partnership between Lindblad Expeditions and the National Geographic Society. Two Hawaii public school teachers have been chosen to participate in the National Geographic's Grosvenor Teac more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 16 -- The Hawaii Department of Education issued the following news release: The Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE), in partnership with the state Department of Health (DOH), worked on ensuring that the health and safety protocols are consistent with the latest DOH guidance for schools. With the increasing number of students projected to return to in-person learning during the fourth quarter, the Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) has worked in partne more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 17 -- Kaiser Permanente issued the following news release: Kaiser Permanente in Hawaii has awarded $111,777 in community benefit grant funding to 2 organizations working to create healthier habits and environments for "keiki" and "kupuna" -- our children and elders -- in Hawaii. The American Diabetes Association received $25,000 to shift its Imagine Project Power program to a virtual setting in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Imagine Project Power provides youth bet more PR

GAINESVILLE, Florida, March 20 (TNSRes) -- The University of Florida issued the following news on March 19, 2021: Akito Kawahara was snapping pictures at a scenic outlook in Hawaii when he spotted the moth equivalent of a dodo. An entomologist, Kawahara recognized the squiggly patterns on nearby plants as trails carved by leaf-mining caterpillars and lowered his camera to take a closer look. To his astonishment, he saw a tiny moth most experts assumed was extinct. It belonged to a genus known  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 15 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: The University of Hawaii was awarded $2.3 million by the Harold K.L. Castle Foundation to help increase the number of low-income and first generation middle and high school students in the Windward Oahu community to succeed in postsecondary education. The Soar Higher grant will support activities to build college and career aspirations, increase academic readiness, and provide support to students in navi more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 17 (TNSRes) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: An asteroid that is estimated to be as large as the Golden Gate Bridge will make a close pass by Earth on March 21 when it is about 1.25 million miles (2 million kilometers) away or about five times the distance of the Moon. Astronomers on Maunakea are using the opportunity to improve their tracking of hazardous objects that threaten the planet. The University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy (If more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 15 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release on March 14, 2021: When people think of sea-level rise, they usually think of coastal erosion. However, recent computer modeling studies indicate that coastal wastewater infrastructure, which includes sewer lines and cesspools, is likely to flood with groundwater as sea-level rises. A new study, published by University of Hawaii at Manoa Earth scientists, is the first to provide direct evidence th more PR