HONOLULU, Hawaii, May 3 -- The Hawaii Department of Health issued the following news release: The Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) Office of Health Care Assurance (OHCA) issued a Notice of Violation and Order (NOVO) today to Nenita Mauricio, Private Home Duty LLC, for operating an unlicensed adult residential care home (ARCH) at 91-1046 Muiona Street, 'Ewa Beach, Hawaii. As a result of multiple complaints alleging the operation of an unlicensed adult residential care home, health department i more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, May 10 -- The Hawaii Department of Education issued the following news release: Chloe Yu, a sixth-grader at Stevenson Middle School, created the winning design for the Hawai'i State Department of Education's mascot design contest for its "Here to Help" initiative, hosted by the Department's Student Services Branch. The initiative is aimed at supporting student mental health. Yu's artwork was one of over 60 student submissions for the contest, which was timed to coincide with  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, May 2 -- Gov. Josh Green, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Governor Josh Green, M.D., today signed Senate Bill 582 into law, allocating $362 million in emergency appropriations to support relief efforts on Maui, following the August 8, 2023 wildfires. This significant funding package includes provisions to assist efforts by the state and the County of Maui to support families and individuals impacted by the August 2023 wildfires, as well as bolstering the state's O more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, May 9 -- Gov. Josh Green, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Governor Josh Green, M.D., his Federal Funds Team and the Department of Transportation are hosting a federal funds summit from July 16-18 under the Governor's Investing in Hawaii's Future, a collaboration between federal, state, and community partners to maximize federal funding for the state. The federal funds summit will bring together federal, state, county, and community partners for three days of disc more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, May 10 (TNSres) -- The Hawaii Department of Health issued the following news release: The Department of Health (DOH) has released findings of lead screening conducted at a series of community events between December 2023 and February 2024, among people impacted by the Maui wildfires. DOH Public Health Nurses and Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Hawaii (HMHB) collaborated on the project. While wildfire ash contains significant concentrations of lead, the screening re more PR

KAHULUI, Hawaii, May 10 -- Hawaiian Electric issued the following news release: A critical transmission line that serves as a back-up route of power to approximately 11,000 customers in West Maui is now online after Hawaiian Electric rebuilt the line along former routes in the Lahaina area with new steel and wood poles and electrical equipment. This rebuilding of interim overhead infrastructure is a major milestone in the ongoing recovery efforts in West Maui. The transmission line helps to ma more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, May 10 -- The Hawaii Department of Education issued the following news release: Three Hawai'i high school seniors - two of them from Hawai'i public schools - have been named as Presidential Scholars by the U.S. Department of Education, one of the nation's highest honors for high school students. Ahryanna P. McGuirk from Kalaheo High School and Maile-Lei Ji of Kealakehe High School were both named U.S. Presidential Scholars from Hawai'i. This is the first year that two student more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, May 7 (TNSres) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: Olelo Hawaii (Hawaiian language) students on Hawaii Island have named a new instrument at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope that will help astronomers study the universe in greater detail. The Hawaiian naming project is part of the A Hua He Inoa program at Imiloa Astronomy Center at University of Hawaii at Hilo. The instrument's name, Wenaokeao, meaning "earliest glow of light," was given more PR