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The concept of “Surf Blocks” was born about eight years ago when David Sellers, an amateur surfer but pro architect, came across a dumpster filled with EPS styrofoam chunks of surfboards outside his office from neighboring Quatro. Naturally, Sellers wondered how many houses could be built from it.

Three Hawaiʻi state departments were honored at the National Association of State Chief Information Officers 2024 State IT Recognition Awards in New Orleans Oct. 1 for their technology project entries, including one taking the top award in the Emerging & Innovative Technologies category.

Hawaiian Airlines generated the equivalent of $9.3 billion in economic benefit for the state of Hawai‘i and supported more than 60,000 jobs in 2018, according to an independent report conducted in recognition of the airline’s 90th year of service.