HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 26 -- Hawaii State Auditor issued the following report (No. 23-07) on June 23, 2023, entitled "Financial and Program Audit of the Department of Health's Deposit Beverage Container Program, June 30, 2022." Here are excerpts: * * * AUDITOR'S SUMMARY SECTION 342G-17, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES, requires the Office of the Auditor to conduct a management and financial audit of the Department of Health's (DOH) Deposit Beverage Container Program (Program) in fiscal years ending  more PR

MAUI, Hawaii, June 29 -- Dirks, Van Essen and April, a merger and acquisition firm, issued the following news release: The Ogden Newspapers announced Monday that it is exploring options for the possible sale of their Maui Publishing group and is planning to accept offers from interested parties over the next few weeks. "Our ultimate goal is the long-term health of The Maui News and to find the best model to allows us to continue to serve readers, visitors, and local businesses as the key sourc more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 1 -- Gov. Josh Green, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on June 30, 2023: Governor Josh Green, M.D., today signed legislation to provide sweeping income support to Hawai'i's working families, and to fund state operations for the coming fiscal biennium. HB954 (Act 163) gives $104 million of income support to local taxpayers, many of whom will receive tax refunds worth thousands of dollars that will flow back into their household budgets to help make ends meet. T more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 30 -- The Hawaii Department of Health issued the following news release: The Hawai'i Department of Health (DOH) issued a Notice of Violation and Order (NOVO) to the City and County of Honolulu (CCH) for discharging effluent in exceedance of National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit limits from the Kailua Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant into Kailua Bay. Between April 2023 and May 2023, CCH discharged effluent from the wastewater treatment plant in more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 26 -- The Hawaii Department of Health issued the following news release on June 24, 2023: The Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) conditionally approved the Joint Task Force-Red Hill (JTF-RH) defueling plan, setting the framework to begin defueling about 104 million gallons of fuel from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility. "We value the community's voice and EPA's partnership to get us to this point. Today's conditional approval is an important step forward to de more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 26 -- The Hawaii Department of Health issued the following news release on June 24, 2023: The Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) has released an Exposure Assessment providing further details on the November 2021 contamination of the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) drinking water system that was caused by the release of JP-5 jet fuel at the U.S. Navy's Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility. The Exposure Assessment is intended to provide additional information on the e more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 30 -- The Hawaii Department of Health issued the following news release: The Hawai'i State Department of Health (DOH) is reporting that low levels of 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) was recently detected for the first time during routine sampling collected at the Haleakala National Park (HNP) drinking water system (Public Water System HI0000222). The HNP water system is a small community system which serves approximately 1,200 persons in Kula, Maui. According to t more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 30 (TNSrpt) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Hawaii residents face the highest housing costs in the nation. High housing costs lower the standard of living for residents and can hinder the ability to attract workers to the state. To inform discussions and potential policy decisions on the way forward for housing in Hawaii, the University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization (UHERO) released the first edition of an annual report on the sta more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, June 30 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: Using unoccupied aerial system (UAS), or drone photography, researchers from the University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) are now able to determine the age-structure of free-ranging dolphin groups. This work will aid monitoring the health of dolphin populations and inform timely conservation efforts. The findings of the study that developed an more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 29 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: When our Sun reaches the end of its life, it will expand to 100 times its current size, enveloping the Earth. Many planets in other solar systems face a similar doom as their host stars grow old. But not all hope is lost, as astronomers from the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy (IfA) have made the remarkable discovery of a planet's survival after what should have been certain demise at  more PR