BURBANK, California, April 21 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release on April 20, 2023: * * * MONDAY, APRIL 17 8:00-10:00 p.m. EDT - AMERICAN IDOL: "611 (Disney's Aulani Resort in Hawaii Part #2)" (611) Logline: Idol waves aloha to Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa in Ko Olina, Hawaii, wrapping up two nights of incredible performances. GRAMMY(R) Award-nominated artist Noah Cyrus serves as mentor, offering advice to contestants hoping to earn America's vote. (TV-PG, more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 19 (TNSpp) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: The Hawaii Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) approved the Conservation District Use Application (CDUA) submitted by the University of Hawaii at Hilo Center for Maunakea Stewardship (CMS) for the decommissioning of the UH Hilo Hoku Kea Observatory on the summit of Maunakea. The CDUA was approved by the BLNR at the board's April 14, 2023 meeting. The decommissioning of Hoku Kea is tentativel more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 19 -- Gov. Josh Green, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Governor Josh Green, M.D., DOE Superintendent Keith Hayashi and Osa Tui Jr., president of the Hawai'i State Teachers Association (HSTA), announced the successful conclusion of talks leading to a tentative, four-year contract settlement for 13,500 teachers represented by the union. The deal proposes approximately 14.5% pay increases over the four-year contract. "This is another great step forward in rais more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 22 -- The Hawaii Department of Health issued the following news release: The Emergency Medical Services Injury Prevention System Branch (EMSIPSB) of the Hawai'i Department of Health (DOH) announces a new medication dosing system for county Emergency Medical Services (EMS), which prevents medication dosing errors in children. "We are excited to bring this cutting-edge technology to front line EMS clinicians in Hawai'i. EMS personnel will now have access to the latest lif more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 20 -- Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: As co-chair of the Annual State Employees' Food Drive, Lieutenant Governor Sylvia Luke welcomed all state employees and the public to her office for the inaugural Food Drive Fest, which took place on April 13th and 14th. The community event was held to support the Hawai'i Foodbank and featured local vendors and small businesses. "Hawai'i has the 2nd highest rate of child food insecurity in the nati more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 22 -- Hawaii State Auditor issued the following report on April 21, 2023, entitled "Financial and Compliance Audit of the Department of Human Services." Here are excerpts: * * * AUDITOR'S SUMMARY Financial Statements, Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2022 THE PRIMARY PURPOSE of the audit was to form an opinion on the fairness of the presentation of the financial statements for the Department of Human Services, as of and for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022, and to compl more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 22 -- Hawaii State Auditor issued the following report on April 20, 2023, entitled "Single Audit of Federal Financial Assistance Programs of the Hawaii Public Housing Authority." Here are excerpts: * * * AUDITOR'S SUMMARY Financial Statements, Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2022 THE PRIMARY PURPOSE of the Hawaii Public Housing Authority Single Audit for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022, was to comply with the Title 2, U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, Part 200, Unifor more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 22 -- Hawaii State Auditor issued the following report on April 20, 2023, entitled "State of Hawaii Single Audit Report": Here are excerpts: * * * AUDITOR'S SUMMARY Single Audit of Federal Financial Assistance Programs of the State of Hawaii Financial Statements, Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2022 THE PRIMARY PURPOSE of the State Single Audit for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022, was to comply with the Code of Federal Regulations, Uniform Administrative Requirements more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, April 21 (TNSeco) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release on April 20, 2023: Construction on a new student housing facility on the University of Hawaii at Manoa campus is expected to begin in September 2023 after the UH Board of Regents (BOR) approved today (April 20, 2023) an amended agreement with the private developer. The approximately $156.9 million facility on Dole Street across from Frear Hall is expected to be completed in time for the f more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The National Congress of American Indians issued the following news release on April 21, 2023: The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) commends the bipartisan group of U.S. Senators who have urged universities and museums to comply with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 (NAGPRA). U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Vice Chairman of the Committee more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 19 (TNSpro) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: During the COVID-19 pandemic, Janice Yonamine, like many, was working from home and found her 15-year career as a state auditor was no longer fulfilling--she needed to make a change. Through her job search, she discovered a position for a clinical trials support specialist at the University of Hawaii Cancer Center. Although she did not have clinical research or medical experience, Yonamine decide more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, April 21 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: To help in the future monitoring efforts of an endangered population of resident false killer whales in Hawaiian waters, where only 167 individuals are estimated to remain, researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa Health and Stranding Lab examined blubber samples of a false killer whale that died as bycatch in a fishery interaction, and published the findings in Frontiers. Blubb more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, April 19 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: The high seas have been colonized by a surprising number of coastal marine invertebrate species, which can now survive and reproduce in the open ocean, contributing strongly to the floating community composition. This finding was published Monday in Nature Ecology and Evolution by a team of researchers led by the University of Hawaii (UH) at Manoa and the Smithsonian Environmental Resear more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, April 20 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release on April 19, 2023: Over the past 200 years, the ocean and atmosphere have been accumulating massive amounts of carbon dioxide as factories, automobiles, airplanes and more churn out the powerful greenhouse gas. Two articles published in Nature by University of Hawaii at Manoa oceanographers provide a reality check on the limitations of carbon dioxide removal and a warning that marine heat more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 22 (TNSfund) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: To address rampant marine debris issues in Hawaii and develop urgently needed, innovative solutions that can be shared worldwide, the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program (Hawaii Sea Grant) and its partners were awarded $5,120,959. The funding will primarily focus on derelict fishing gear that has been abandoned, lost or discarded. This kind of debris devastates threatened and endanger more PR