HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 31 (TNSRes) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: The State of Hawaii received an economic boost during the COVID-19 pandemic thanks to the world class research at the University of Hawaii. Funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) directly supported 1,298 jobs and generated $191 million in economic activity, according to a March 24 news release by the federal agency. NIH is the nation's medical research agency and part of the U.S. Dep more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 1 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release on March 31, 2021: Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors today joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general, led by Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro and Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, in issuing a letter to the U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona urging additional reforms to ease the process of paying student loans and protect student loan borrowers from paying  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 30 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release on March 29, 2021: Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors announced today that Holly T.M. Shikada and Gary H. Yamashiroya have been selected as the new First Deputy Attorney General and Special Assistant to the Attorney General, respectively. Shikada is a 30-year veteran with the Department of the Attorney General, having served the past 18 years as the Supervising Deputy Attorney General more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 31 (TNSPer) -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Gov. David Ige announced the appointments of William Haning, III, M.D., Wayne Higaki and Diane Paloma to the University of Hawaii Board of Regents. Dr. William Haning, III (City & County of Honolulu seat) is currently the director of the Addiction Psychiatry/Addiction Medicine Training programs, and deputy program director for the Psychiatric Residency Training program at the University of Hawai more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 1 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Gov. David Ige has appointed Milton Kotsubo and Carol Matayoshi to the Hawaii Paroling Authority board. Milton Kotsubo began his career with the Department of Public Safety (PSD) nearly 30 years ago, working in various capacities as a pre-trial officer at the Oahu Community Correctional Center, and case manager and unit manager at the Halawa Correctional Facility (HCF). While at HCF, Kotsubo was also assi more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 31 (TNSPol) -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) Airports Division has received authorization for $46.3 million in Coronavirus Relief and Response Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA) for 12 state airports. CRRSA funds provide continued support for the operational costs of reducing health hazards at airports. The CRRSA concessions grant funds will be used to provide aid, such as economic relief fro more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 1 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: The Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) is asking its District Health Offices on the neighbor islands to expand vaccine eligibility as needed to ensure all available vaccination slots are filled. Every island has its own unique characteristics including population, population density, healthcare resources and enthusiasm for COVID-19 vaccine. With more vaccine coming into Hawaii this week than any previous w more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 1 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: The Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) is issuing guidance to a Maui church and its congregation because of the imminent health threat posed by a large cluster of COVID-19 cases. King's Cathedral in Kahului is encouraged to cancel all upcoming in-person events and conduct only virtual services until the cluster is contained. People who attended events hosted by King's Cathedral and Chapels in the past 14  more PR

WAILUKU, Hawaii, March 30 -- Kaiser Permanente issued the following news release: Kaiser Permanente Hawaii, the state's largest integrated health care provider, held a mass vaccination event March 27, 2021, at its Wailuku Medical Office. More than 1,000 eligible individuals, both Kaiser Permanente members and nonmembers, were vaccinated at this one-day event. All shots were by appointment only. This is the latest in Kaiser Permanente's vaccination efforts. The health care provider has held 3  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 2 (TNSRes) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: A visionary educational tool aimed at fostering dialogue about future planning along the south shore of urban Honolulu, which stretches from Diamond Head to Pearl Harbor, is the result of a two-year, state-funded applied research, analysis and proof-of-concept design project by the University of Hawaii Community Design Center. The completed "South Shore Promenade and Coastal Open Space Network Stu more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 1 (TNSRes) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: The first imaging of substantial freshwater plumes west of Hawaii Island may help water planners to optimize sustainable yields and aquifer storage calculations. University of Hawaii at Manoa researchers demonstrated a new method to detect freshwater plumes between the seafloor and ocean surface in a study recently published in Geophysical Research Letters. The research, supported by the Hawaii EP more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 30 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Two campus leaders who have worked to build a partnership between the University of Hawaii at Manoa and the local community have won the prestigious 2020 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community-Campus Partnerships for Health Award. Jane Chung-Do, an associate professor with the Office of Public Health Studies of the Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health, and Ilima Ho Lastimosa, the com more PR