HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 25 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Gov. David Ige signed an emergency proclamation to allow continued Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to continue in line with the federal COVID emergency. The emergency proclamation is for the limited purpose of administering the available federal program that provides SNAP emergency allotment relief to alleviate food insecurity for individuals and families of the state during the more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 26 -- The Hawaii Department of Health issued the following news release: The Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) has issued a formal notice to Maui Wellness Group, LLC dba Maui Grown Therapies (MGT) that authorizes the company to open its third retail store. The retail store will be located in Pukalani at 7 Aewa Place, Unit 3 in Makawao and expects to begin sales on March 25. The formal notice was issued after MGT passed its final onsite inspection for the retail sto more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 24 -- The Hawaii Department of Health issued the following news release: The Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) is investigating two cases of Legionnaires' disease in guests who stayed at The Grand Islander by Hilton Grand Vacations located in Waikiki. DOH is aware of two confirmed cases of non-Hawaii residents diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease following a stay at The Grand Islander. The first case was diagnosed in June 2021 and the second case was diagnosed on March  more PR

SALISBURY, Maryland, March 26 -- Salisbury University issued the following news release: Drs. Yvonne Hanley, M.B.A. director in Salisbury University's Franklin P. Perdue School of Business, and Sherry Maykrantz, assistant professor of public health in the School of Health Sciences, recently presented at the Western Academy of Management's annual conference in Hawaii. Their presentation, "Broken Engagement: The Role of Grit and LMX in Enhancing Faculty Engagement," examined how perseverance and more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 25 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following statement on the death of Ex-U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright: * * * "Madeleine Albright's story is an inspiration to many in Hawaii - she was a refugee and immigrant who believed in the ideals of our nation and dedicated her life to upholding them. "Her leadership as the nation's top diplomat and first female Secretary of State changed the course of world history. "During her years of unwavering servic more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 25 (TNSRes) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: The University of Hawaii at Manoa accounted for $49,613,708 million in research funding awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the federal fiscal year 2021 (October 1 2020 and September 30, 2021), according to the annual report by United for Medical Research released on March 21. Sixty-eight of the 82 NIH grants awarded in Hawaii, totaling $57,370,429, went to UH Manoa biomedical re more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 21 (TNSRes) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: A four-year, $1.29-million grant from the National Science Foundation has been awarded to University of Hawaii at Manoa researchers from the School of Life Sciences to study subterranean biodiversity associated with lava tubes in Hawaii. The grant was awarded to Assistant Professor Rebecca Chong and Associate Professor Megan Porter, and collaborator Professor Annette Engel at the University of Ten more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 23 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Hawaii graduating high school seniors saw a small recovery of college-bound enrollment compared to the previous year, however the second year of the pandemic continued to hamper efforts to attend a post-secondary campus. Overall, 51% of Hawaii's public school graduates from the Class of 2021 went on to college in the first fall after graduation. This is a slight increase from the 50% enrollment rate seen  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 25 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release on March 24, 2022: Many regions of the world will enter nearly permanent drought or pluvial (wet) conditions in the coming decades, according to researchers from half a dozen institutions, including the University of Hawaii at Manoa, who investigated what the future might hold in terms of rainfall and soil moisture. The findings, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, reveal  more PR