HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 19 -- The Hawaii Department of Education issued the following news release on June 18, 2021: The Hawaii State Board of Education today unanimously approved the appointment of Keith Hayashi as interim superintendent of the Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE). The long-time principal of Waipahu High School will transition into the position no later than Aug. 1, and will serve until the start date of a new superintendent to be appointed by the Board. The Board has  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 18 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Gov. David Ige has appointed Lynn DeCoite to fill the State Senate (District 7) seat that has been vacant since the May 1 retirement of Sen. Kalani English. State Senate District 7 includes Hana, East and Upcountry Maui, Moloka'i, Lana'i and Kaho'olawe. DeCoite has represented much of the area in the State House of Representatives (District 13) since her appointment to that position by Gov. Ige in Feb. 20 more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 16 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Hawaii's first lady Dawn Amano-Ige, together with state and non-profit partners, has expanded the 'Ohana Readers program on Kauai. 'Ohana Readers is a literacy program that focuses on reading with family. The program will offer high-quality, age-appropriate Imagination Library books each month to children on Kauai who are four years old and younger. Children who register for the program will receive one b more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 19 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Gov. David Ige announced today that starting June 21, 2021 travelers from French Polynesia may bypass the State of Hawaii's mandatory 10-day quarantine if they take a COVID-19 test from a trusted testing partner in French Polynesia. The test must be taken no earlier than 72 hours prior to departure and the test result must be negative. The Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) has approved the use of th more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 18 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Gov. David Ige has appointed Gloria Chang as deputy director of the Department of Budget and Finance, effective July 1. Chang joins the state after a 43-year career with First Hawaiian Bank, where she worked in corporate banking, managed assets, and commercial loan documentation and compliance. Chang received her M.B.A. from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa and her B.A. from Mount Holyoke College in Mass more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 16 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Black-tailed deer in Hawaii? Where do squirrels thrive best? Unlike for birds, which have multiple large-scale monitoring programs, mammals have not had a standard way to monitor their populations on a national scale. To address this challenge, scientists from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute collaborated with more than 150 scientists more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 18 (TNSOps) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Despite Hawaii's progress in controlling the spread of COVID-19 infections and in administering vaccinations, significant gaps remain in the state's underserved communities, further widening health disparities. But a Wai'anae charter school's success this spring as a pilot project for free weekly SARS-CoV-2 antigen testing of its teachers and staff could lead to safer school reopenings in the fall  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 17 (TNSMon) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: A University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Education (COE) early childhood instructor has been awarded $1.3 million from the Early Educator Investment Collaborative (EEIC). Under the direction of Theresa Lock, who is in the Institute for Teacher Education (ITE), the two-year grant program, Hawaii Early Childhood Educator Excellence and Equity (Hawaii ECE3) Project, will develop, expand and implemen more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 15 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: The first study to characterize the frequency of several atmospheric disturbance types in Hawaii and the magnitude of rainfall associated with them aims to help inform future water management decisions in the state. The study by researchers from the University of Hawaii, East-West Center and the University of Albany was recently published in American Meteorological Society's Monthly Weather Review more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 15 (TNSOps) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: The world's deepest cabled observatory--the University of Hawaii's ALOHA Cabled Observatory (ACO)--celebrated 10 years of continuously providing data directly from the seafloor to shore-based scientists on June 6. During the milestone cruise, researchers and students participating in the Research Experience for Undergraduates joined the deepsea action via live streaming video from the UH remotely o more PR