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UH SYSTEM FALL 2009 ENROLLMENT REACHES ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH OF 58,157
The fall 2009 opening enrollment for the University of Hawaii System reached an unprecedented 58,157, the highest in the institution’s history. It surpasses fall 2008’s record enrollment of 53,5 09 by 8.7 percent.  For the second year in a row, UH’s fall opening enrollment has experienced an increase after remaining at 50,000 for five years. […]
TRANSCRIPT: GOVERNOR LINGLE UPDATE ON BUDGET & UNION LABOR NEGOTIATIONS
Posted by Wendy Osher, Information provided by the office of the Governor. Below is a transcript of the web address Governor Linda Lingle made this afternoon to update the public on the State Budget, public employee union labor negotiations and binding arbitration with the Hawaii Government Employees Association (HGEA) and United Public Workers (UPW). GOVERNOR […]
FIRE WEATHER WATCH; MOLOKAI BLAZE STANDS AT 8,000 ACRES
By Wendy Osher UPDATE @ 3:45 P.M. Thursday, September 03, 2009 Firefighters continue to maintain their posture in fighting the 8,000 acre Molokai fire that has been burning for six days. County Civil Defense Administrator Gen Iinuma tells us crews have been doing an exceptional job of maintaining the perimeter of the fire, but continue […]
MAUI HOSTS INAUGURAL KO’I AWARDS / AHU DEDICATION
The Maui Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce hosts its third annual Hui Holomua Business Fest this Friday at the Grand Wailea Resort. The festivities also feature the inaugural Ko’i Award ceremony. The day begins with the arrival of a fleet of canoes and ceremonial Hawaiian protocol at the beach fronting the hotel at dawn.  There […]
WEATHER INCREASES FIRE DANGER: FRESH LAHAINA CREW ROTATES INTO FIREFIGHTING EFFORT
UPDATE: 10:30 A.M. Wednesday, September 02, 2009 By Wendy Osher Firefighters now have 50% containment on a 5-day old fire on Molokai that has burned 8,000 acres since Saturday afternoon. Two TH-47 Chinook Helicopters from the National Guard are being used today to assist as crews work to get a better handle on the forestry […]
MOLOKAI BLAZE 50% CONTAINED; FIREFIGHTERS DEAL WITH DROP IN HUMIDITY
3:30 P.M. UPDATE: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 By Wendy Osher Firefighters continue to maintain their hold on a fire that has burned between 7,800 and 8,000 acres since it started Saturday afternoon. The blaze is now 50% contained overall, but the upper portion of the fire in the forestry area remains active, and is not […]
MOLOKAI FIRE BURNS 7,800 ACRES; 70 FIREFIGHTERS ON SCENE
UPDATED @ 4:00 P.M. MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 2009 More than 70 state and county firefighters are on the scene of a three day old fire on Molokai that has now burned an estimated 7,800 acres. Crews are being assisted by 5 helicopters, 7 bulldozers, and 5 water tankers. Bulldozer activity remains heavy as equipment operators […]
MOLOKAI FIRE NOW IN ITS 3RD DAY BURNS AN ESTIMATED 7,200 ACRES
UPDATED @ 12:30 P.M. MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 2009 County and state fire crews continue their third day of battling a brush fire on Molokai that has increased in size to 7,200 acres since it was first reported Saturday afternoon. On the ground, 40-plus County firefighters are joined by 28 wildland firefighters from the State’s Division […]
FIREFIGHTERS FACE CHANGING WINDS AND PRE-EXISTING DRY CONDITIONS; 4 SCHOOLS CLOSED
UPDATE: 6:45 A.M. MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 2009 FIRE FORCES SCHOOL CLOSURES:Â The department of Education closed four schools on Molokai today because of the ongoing fire above Kaunakakai. Closures today include Molokai High, Molokai Middle, Kaunakakai Elementary and Kualapuu Elementary Public Charter School. DROUGHT CONDITIONS ON MOLOKAI:Â The island of Molokai has been having especially […]
RESIDENTS OF KALAMAULA MAUKA EVACUATED, FIRE GROWS TO 6,000 ACRES
UPDATE TO KAUNAKAKAI FIRE SUNDAY 8/30/09 4:15 p.m. RESIDENTS OF KALAMAULA MAUKA ON MOLOKAI EVACUATED A change in wind conditions has caused the brush fire on Molokai to switch from a mauka direction to makai. In response, Maui Police ordered residents in the Kalamaula Mauka area to evacuate at around 4:15 this (Sunday, August 30, […]
JOHN LEGEND GIVES MAUI THE GREEN LIGHT: CONCERT SEPT. 10, 2009
The Maui Arts & Cultural Center today confirmed a date for the upcoming John Legend concert. The five-time platinum album selling Legend will perform on Maui at the Castle Theater on September 10, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. The venue has listed a six ticket limit with sales to the general public beginning this Saturday, June […]
UPDATE: MOLOKAI BRUSH FIRE BURNS 2,500 ACRES
A brush fire burned an estimated 2,500 acres since it was first reported shortly after noon, Saturday, August 29, 2009. The fire was located above the town of Kaunakakai and continued to burn in the mauka direction at nightfall. Three helicopters assisted crews from the Molokai’s Kaunakakai, Hoolehua and Pukoo fire stations. Air operations included […]
LINGLE CALLS HGEA OFFER UNACCEPTABLE; NON-UNION LAYOFFS MOVED FORWARD TO SEPT. 16
Governor Linda Lingle will hold an emergency meeting with her cabinet directors over the weekend to identify additional spending reductions needed to close the growing budget shortfall. Â Today, Lingle said reductions will likely include additional layoffs in order to realize labor savings. The meeting comes on the heels of a reduced revenue forecast that is […]
MAYORS JOIN SPECIAL CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE HAWAII TOURISM
Hawaii’s four county mayors will join state and county tourism officials next week for a special marketing campaign in Los Angeles to promote Hawaii as a visitor destination. The special promotional campaign is entitled “Hawaii: A Thousand Reasons to Smile,” and was organized in part by the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau, and is set […]
WEST MAUI LAWMAKER FIGHTS PROPOSAL TO CLOSE LAHAINA LIBRARY
West Maui Lawmaker, Angus McKelvey testified Wednesday before the Board of Education to reject a proposal by the State Librarian that seeks the closure the Lahaina Library. McKelvey says the library serves the entire area of West Maui, which on any given day has a population of about 20,000 people. State Librarian Richard P. Burns […]
MAUI NUI BOTANICAL GARDENS HOSTS NATIVE PLANT SALE
The Maui Nui Botanical Gardens hosts a Native Hawaiian Plant Sale on Saturday, August 29, 2009. Maui residents will have the opportunity to purchase Hawaiian plants to help support the ongoing conservation and educational programs at the Gardens. Come and learn about water conservation, plant care and plant maintenance from top experts. Participating vendors include: […]
STUDENTS TO SELECT GRAND MARSHALL FOR MAUI COUNTY FAIR
The Maui County Fair will host two new contests this year created exclusively for students. The Parade Grand Marshall Contest will honor outstanding educators by inviting students (grades K-12) to nominate their favorite teacher as 2009 Maui County Fair Parade Grand Marshall. The winning educator in each category (Elementary I, grades K-2; Elementary II, 3 – 5; Intermediate, grades 6 […]
MAUI COUNCIL CHAIR MATEO NAMED OUTSTANDING FILIPINO
Maui Council Chair Danny Mateo is being honored as one of 20 Outstanding Filipinos Abroad in 2009 by the national Filipino Image Magazine. Mateo is recognized as the first person of Filipino descent to be elected as chair of the Maui County Council. Mateo is the eighth born of nine children and was raised in […]
Supercomputer, “MANA” Tasked with the Power to Perform
By Wendy Osher The Maui High Performance Computing Center dedicated a new Supercomputer today that doubles the center’s computing power. The Dell platform system has 103 TeraFLOPs (103 trillion Floating operations per second), That’s 13 thousand times the computational capability of the original 8-giga FLOP (8 billion Floating Point Operations per second) system that was […]
WAILUKU PARKING GARAGE & KIHEI RENEWABLE ENERGY CENTER GET FUNDING
Two Maui projects are set to receive more than a million each in federal funding. Maui is set to receive a total of $2.2 million in federal funding for the design of a Municipal parking garage in Wailuku and the construction of a renewable energy resource center in Kihei. The grant awards were announced this […]
