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UH student-led project selected as finalist in a national NASA competition
University of Hawaiʻi students developed a project that could help support sustained human activity on the Moon, Mars and beyond.
Two Maui medics deploy to help Hurricane Helene survivors
Two Maui-based American Medical Response paramedics have deployed for two weeks to the Carolinas on the US East Coast to help survivors of Hurricane Helene. The hurricane has killed at least 220 people on the US East Coast, including 98 deaths in North Carolina.
Pearl Harbor Medal of Honor recipient to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery
Seventy-six years after valiant service during the Pearl Harbor attack, the remains of Seaman 1st Class James Ward were identified and he will be reburied with full honors at Arlington National Cemetery.
Hawaii-Based Coast Guard Aircrew Evacuates 60 Haitian-Americans to Florida
A Hawaii based air crew from the Coast Guard evacuated more than 60 Haitian-Americans Sunday from Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The mission was conducted aboard a C-130 Hercules fixed aircraft from the Coast Guard Air Station at Barbers Point. The group of Haitian-Americans, which included several infants and toddlers, are U.S. citizens who were in Port-au-Prince when […]
Two Schofield Soldiers Killed Supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom
Two Schofield Barracks soldiers were killed this week while supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. 29-year-old Chief Warrant Officer Mathew C. Heffelfinger of Kimberly, Idaho and 24-year-old Chief Warrant Officer Earl R. Scott III of Jacksonville, Fla., died November 8, 2009 in Tikrit. The men sustained injuries when their OH-58D helicopter crashed. They were assigned to the […]