DALLAS, Texas, May 1 -- Southwest Airlines issued the following news release: Southwest Airlines is continuing its celebration of its fifth anniversary of Hawaii service, with Hawaii Heart Beats, a program and concert focused on connecting the people of Hawaii to one of the things that is important in their lives--music. Through Hawaii Heart Beats Southwest encouraged Hawaii residents to sign up for a Rapid Rewards account and enter a sweepstakes to win concert tickets, airfare, and a hotel st more PR

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: DNC Chair Jaime Harrison and DNC AAPI Caucus Chair Bel Leong-Hong released the following statement marking AANHPI Heritage Month: "The Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander community is an integral part of American society with a rich and impactful history. During AANHPI Heritage Month, we honor and celebrate that history and the trailblazing people who helped mold our nation into what it  more PR

WAIPIO, Hawaii, April 30 -- The Hawaii Department of Education issued the following news release on April 28, 2024: The Hawai'i Elementary and Middle School Administrators Association (HEMSAA) named Pauoa Elementary School Principal Dale Arakaki the state's 2024 National Distinguished Principal at an awards event Sunday, citing his "unwavering commitment to the betterment of education." The National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) award annually recognizes elementary and mi more PR

WAIPAHU, Hawaii, May 1 -- The Hawaii Department of Education issued the following news release: Waipahu High School is celebrating the recent release of two published books featuring stories multilingual students penned over the past two years about their unique experiences and diverse cultures. In all, some 175 students in the school's English Learner (EL) Program -- students with limited English language proficiency -- participated by writing stories reflecting their heritages from Chuuk, Po more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 30 -- Gov. Josh Green, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: In a significant step forward in addressing the urgent housing needs of the Maui wildfire survivors, Governor Josh Green, M.D., was joined today by Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen; Hawaii Community Foundation (HCF) Senior Vice President of Maui Recovery Lauren Nahme, and Kuhio Lewis, CEO of the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA), to present keys to the first family who will call Ke Ao Maluhi more PR

MAUI, Hawaii, May 1 -- Gov. Josh Green, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on April 30, 2024: Today, Governor Josh Green, M.D., alongside community partners and local leaders, officially broke ground on Ka Lai Ola, a pivotal housing project on Maui designed to support wildfire survivors ineligible for FEMA aid. This project brings together the state of Hawai'i, Maui County, the state Department of Human Services (DHS), the Hawai'i Community Foundation (HCF) and HomeAid Hawai'i (HAH) to more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, May 1 -- The Hawaii Department of Health issued the following news release: The Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) has disapproved the Navy's Red Hill Consolidated Groundwater Sampling Program. The DOH ordered the Navy to implement a modified version of the program, which includes additional conditions relating to groundwater monitoring to support the Navy's request to reduce the amount of water being discharged into Halawa Stream from 4.5 million gallons a day to 1.8 million g more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, May 1 -- Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on April 30, 2024: Today, Lieutenant Governor Sylvia Luke, leader of Connect Kakou, Hawaii's high-speed internet initiative, and Benji Robinson, Director of Asia Pacific Network Planning and Acquisition for Google, unveiled plans for the construction of a $1 billion project to create new fiber-optic internet subsea cables. The cables will connect Hawaii with Japan, the continental U.S., the Commonwealth more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 30 -- Hawaiian Electric issued the following news release: Hawaiian Electric has developed an online tool designed to facilitate the installation of electric vehicle charging stations by showing available capacity on the electric grid at the circuit level. The Electric Vehicle Charger Siting Tool is geared toward users such as EV service providers, fleet operators and government agencies who can use the tool's map to determine which areas may be more suitable for the in more PR

KAHULUI, Hawaii, May 4 -- Hawaiian Electric issued the following news release: Suspension of service disconnections for all Hawaiian Electric customers on Maui has been extended through at least July 2, 2024, in accordance with the extension of Gov. Josh Green's emergency proclamation. Maui customers who are financially challenged by the devastating wildfires will not have to worry about potential disconnection of their electric service. This extends the disconnection moratorium which was prev more PR

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Holland and Knight, a law firm, issued the following news release: Marine Money recognized Holland & Knight with its 2023 Jones Act Deal of the Year award for its work representing Centerline Logistics in connection with its $425 million debt refinancing. The firm worked as Centerline's Jones Act and maritime counsel in the transaction. Centerline is a leading provider of marine transportation services in the U.S. Jones Act market, with operations along the U.S. West Coast more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, May 1 -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: The University of Hawaii at Manoa is one of the prettiest colleges in the nation, according to a new ranking by Architectural Digest in April 2024. UH Manoa was the first institution named on the list of 64 schools selected out of nearly 3,900 nationally. The list noted UH Manoa's "many beautiful buildings" and the view of Le'ahi (Diamond Head). UH Manoa also topped the list in 2022. Several UH Man more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, May 2 -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: The University of Hawaii Cancer Center has received a gift of $100,000 from UH Manoa alumnus and philanthropist businessman Jay H. Shidler to help the center increase public awareness of its work as it moves to its next phase as an advanced research and patient care facility with the opening next year of its Early Phase Clinical Research Center. For more than 50 years, the UH Cancer Center has focu more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, May 3 -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: An information and computer sciences degree is the ticket to some of the nation's fastest growing occupations. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, data scientists (35% growth rate), information security analysts (32%), software developers (26%) and computer and information research scientists (23%) are four of the top 13 booming jobs projected for 2022-32. To help train and inspire th more PR