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The State completed work on a Draft Environmental Impact Statement on a planned Advanced Technology Solar Telescope atop Haleakala.  The project is proposed for location at the High Altitude Observatory site and is subject to a 45 day public comment period.  There will be a series of hearings to discuss the findings in June.  The […]

IAO TANK SITE WELL DEVELOPMENT The county of Maui completed an environmental assessment for the development of a Tank Site Well at Iao.  The site is located approximately 2 and a half miles southwest of Wailuku at the already existing 3 million gallon Iao Tank site.  The purpose of the proposed outfitting of the site […]

Moloka’i High School graduate and University of Hawai’i at Hilo student Kaycee “Nahe” Kawano has earned the prestigious summer scholar award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The research award is designed to recruit highly qualified minority students into the field of substance use prevention and treatment careers. Kawano will continue her work on […]

Governor Linda Lingle announced the formation of a committee to coordinate state and county government efforts toward obtaining a complete count of Hawai’i’s population next year. The committee is charged with increasing awareness about the importance of Hawaii’s 2010 census.  The census data will be used to distribute billions of federal dollars to states and […]

The Maui County Democratic Party elected new officers at its convention held over the weekend.  Lance Holter returns as party chair. Holter will be joined by newly elected Vice Chair Todd Craine, Treasurer Dorothy Binder, Corresponding secretary Inez Okamura, Recording Secretary Jody Yoshina, and vice chair of information technology Karen Chun. About 150 Maui Democrats […]

UH STUDENT IDENTIFIED AS 6TH CONFIRMED H1N1 PATIENT IN HAWAII (Updated 4:30 p.m. May 8, 2009) The Hawai’i State Department of Health (DOH) today confirmed one additional case of novel H1N1 Influenza A (swine flu) in an adult resident of Oahu. The individual is a student at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa and school […]

The Maui AIDS Foundation in Wailuku will receive a $1,381,163 supportive housing renewal grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The announcement was made today by Senate Appropriations Chairman Daniel K. Inouye and Senator Daniel K. Akaka. The funding will allow the Maui AIDS Foundation to continue serving 60 households on […]

The Hawaii Congressional Delegation today reintroduced a version of the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act which passed the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, the House Natural Resources Committee, and the full House of Representatives in 2007. Senators Daniel K. Akaka and Daniel K. Inouye introduced the bill in the Senate, and Representatives Neil Abercrombie and Mazie […]