HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 6 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release: The Department of the Attorney General would like to alert the community of a "spoofing" scam using the Department's Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center's main phone number (808) 587-3100. According to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), "spoofing" is when a caller deliberately falsifies the information transmitted to your caller ID display to disguise their identity. Scammers of more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 11 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2021: Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general led by Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring in filing an amicus brief in Planned Parenthood South Atlantic v. Wilson arguing that South Carolina's "fetal heartbeat" abortion regulations harm women's healthcare as a whole and a lower court's ruling blocking the law should be upheld. Addi more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 9 -- The Hawaii Department of Education issued the following news release: The Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) announced that 89% of its salaried employees are fully or partially vaccinated against COVID-19. The vaccination rate is as of Aug. 31 and represents 19,559 out of 21,980 active salaried employees at schools and offices statewide. The HIDOE imposed a requirement beginning Aug. 30 that all employees be tested once a week for COVID-19 to comply with  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 9 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on Sept. 8, 2021: Gov. David Ige and Doug Murdock, chief information officer, Office of Enterprise Technology Services today unveiled the state's Hawaii SMART Health Card. The card will enable individuals who received their COVID-19 vaccinations in Hawaii to create a state-issued digital Hawaii SMART Health Card that may be used to confirm their vaccination status to businesses and venues that require it.  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 10 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Marine protected areas (MPAs) are locations designed to protect the oceans' valuable resources. New guidelines co-authored by a University of Hawaii at Manoa expert aim to assist stewards of the world's oceans, including in Hawaii, with establishing and maintaining effective MPAs. There are nearly 18,000 MPAs reported to the World Database of Protected Areas. However, experts say very few MPAs ac more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 9 (TNSRes) -- The University of Hawaii Cancer Center issued the following news: Bardia Konh, PhD, associate member of the University of Hawaii Cancer Center and assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, has received over $700,000 in funding over a four-year period to study the use of medical robotics in prostate brachytherapy, a common treatment for prostate cancer. Brachytherapy is one type of radiation therapy, which involves  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 11 (TNSRes) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: From 2012 to 2016, prostate cancer was the most common cancer among men in Hawaii. This year, it is estimated that there will be 880 new cases of prostate cancer in the state, with 180 deaths. A University of Hawaii at Manoa researcher has been awarded more than $700,000 from the National Institutes of Health over a four-year period to study the use of medical robotics in prostate brachytherapy, a more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 9 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: A University of Hawaii at Manoa assistant professor is making literary history. This month, No'u Revilla became the first 'Oiwi (Native Hawaiian) poet to win the National Poetry Series (NPS) competition. In fall 2022, Revilla will most likely become the first openly queer 'Oiwi woman to have a full-length collection of poetry published by a leader in the industry. Milkweed Editions, one of the coun more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 9 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Flash-frozen sperm collected from corals in Florida and Puerto Rico was used to fertilize coral eggs from hundreds of miles away in CuraCao. The juvenile corals raised from this trans-Caribbean coupling demonstrate the reproductive compatibility of coral colonies that would otherwise be too far apart to produce offspring in the wild and they represent the largest wildlife population ever raised fro more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 10 (TNSOps) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: The notice for accepting public comments on the Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA) for the decommissioning of the University of Hawaii at Hilo Hoku Ke'a teaching telescope on Maunakea is posted for public review and comment. A DEA is required under Hawaii's environmental laws for proposed uses of state lands or funds and uses within the state conservation district. The Hoku Ke'a decommissioning more PR