HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 31 -- Alaska Airlines, a subsidiary of Alaska Air Group, issued the following news release: Alaska Airlines has promoted Daniel Chun to regional vice president - Hawai'i, in a move that underscores the airline's enduring commitment to the Aloha State. In this newly created role, Chun serves as the senior executive for Alaska Airlines in Hawai'i, leading the long-term strategy for the company's growth in the Islands and continuing to deepen Alaska's longstanding support an more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 1 -- Gov. Josh Green, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on Aug. 31, 2023: Governor Josh Green, M.D., today announced a tentative agreement with the Hawai'i State Department of Education (HIDOE) and Hawai'i Government Employees Association (HGEA), to strengthen recruitment and retention efforts for critical positions supporting student achievement. The proposal, which still needs to be ratified to take effect, would increase pay for educational assistants and v more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 30 -- The Hawaii Department of Health issued the following news release: The Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) conditionally approved the Joint Task Force-Red Hill (JTF-RH) repacking plan on August 24. Repacking is the next step toward defueling about 104 million gallons of fuel from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility. Conditional approval means that DOH's approval required JTF-RH to address any issues identified during the facility walkthroughs that DOH staff more PR

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Aug. 29 -- Laramie County Community College issued the following news: The Laramie County Community College Ag & Equine Pathway was selected as the Region I winner of the National Association of Agricultural Educators (NAAE), Outstanding Postsecondary Agriculture Program Award. Region 1 includes Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, Alaska and Hawaii. NAAE places high value on continuing education in agriculture. The Outstanding Pos more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, Aug. 29 (TNSres) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: Researchers have achieved a breakthrough in the fight to save the world's coral reefs from climate change annihilation. In a paper published in Nature Communications, lead authors E. Michael Henley and Mary Hagedorn, research biologists at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa's Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB), and other co-authors describe the first successful technique for cryop more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, Aug. 29 -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: The University of Hawai'i at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law has named Professor Susan K. Serrano as the Fred T. Korematsu Professor of Law and Social Justice. Awarded earlier this month, the three-year professorship honors the late Fred T. Korematsu, whose courage in the face of racially biased World War II government policies of detaining and imprisoning Japanese Americans inspires a more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, Aug. 29 (TNSres) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: The atmospheric flow over the tropical Pacific Ocean, termed the "Pacific Walker Circulation," is changing, with important implications for El Nino and La Nina (cold and warm states of the tropical Pacific) events, according to a study published in Nature by an international team of researchers. As a result, El Nino and La Nina events that persist for multiple years may become more common more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 31 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Firefighters who battled the deadly Lahaina wildfires on August 8 have earned immense gratitude for their efforts to fend off the historic inferno fed by hurricane force winds and large swaths of fire prone bone-dry brush.* Chris Frueh (pronounced: Free), a psychology professor at the University of Hawaii at Hilo provides insight into short- and long-term medical, psychological and social risks firefighte more PR

GALLATIN, Tennessee, Sept. 1 -- Welch College issued the following news release: Mrs. Brenda Spruill, longstanding administrative assistant in the Business Office at Welch College, retired in June, according to Mr. Craig Mahler, vice president for Financial Affairs. Mrs. Spruill has served Welch College for twenty-one years. Mrs. Spruill began working at Welch as secretary for then-academic dean Dr. Charles Thigpen in the mid-1970s for approximately two years. She and her husband Wayne had bot more PR