HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 8 -- The Hawaii Department of Health issued the following news release: The Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) conditionally approved the U.S. Navy's unpacking plan to remove existing fuel from the three pipelines at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility. The Navy's Unpacking Plan is the first phase of its overall plan to defuel the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, as required under DOH's May 6, 2022 Emergency Order. "The Department of Health is focused on ensuring  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 8 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2022: Hawaii Gov. David Y. Ige proclaimed October 2022 as Civics Awareness Month with a ceremony today at the State Capitol. "Our democracy depends on every citizen staying informed, understanding how government works, identifying misinformation, and holding their elected leaders accountable," said Governor Ige. "That starts with students learning about our system of three branches of government, more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 5 (TNSrpt) -- The Hawaii Department of Health issued the following news release: The Department of Health (DOH) published a COVID-19 Wastewater Report on Thursday, September 29. The report shows COVID-19 cases have declined since early June and the Omicron subvariant BA.5 is the dominant strain of COVID-19 in Hawai'i. "Data from wastewater testing aligns with other data sets," said State Laboratories Division (SLD) Administrator Edward Desmond, Ph.D, D (ABMM). "Results  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 7 -- The Hawaii Department of Health issued the following news release: The Department of Health (DOH) published a COVID-19 Wastewater Report on Thursday, September 29. The report shows COVID-19 cases have declined since early June and the Omicron subvariant BA.5 is the dominant strain of COVID-19 in Hawaii. "Data from wastewater testing aligns with other data sets," said State Laboratories Division (SLD) Administrator Edward Desmond, Ph.D, D (ABMM). "Results from COVID more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 6 (TNSres) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: The University of Hawaii at Manoa will welcome a new research vessel Imua in fall 2023. The 68-foot semi-displacement aluminum catamaran will be used by a team of 12 researchers at the UH Manoa Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB), including two Coast Guard-certified captains who will operate the vessel. The All American Marine, which specializes in constructing vessels, was awarded the contrac more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 4 (TNSfund) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: With the aim of increasing the number of underrepresented, wahine (women) faculty in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields, the University of Hawaii at Manoa began a new project funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) for more than $300,000. The highly competitive NSF ADVANCE Catalyst award will support a team of UH Manoa administrators and faculty to develop a UH Ma more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 7 (TNSconf) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Leading expert in family law, constitutional law, and reproductive rights and justice, Melissa Murray has been selected as the Dan and Maggie Inouye Distinguished Chair in Democratic Ideals at the University of Hawaii at Manoa for fall 2022. Murray will headline a presentation titled "Unpacking the Court: What Does a Conservative Super-majority Mean for the Court and America?" on October 19 at noon more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 7 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Corals live symbiotically with a variety of microscopic algae that provide most of the energy corals require, and some algae can make coral more resilient to heat stress. In assessing one of the main reef builders in Hawaii, Montipora capitata or rice coral, researchers from the University of Hawaii at Manoa found that the symbiont community in those corals varied significantly in different parts of more PR