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$6 Million Grant Secured to Address Coffee Leaf Rust
Hawaiʻi’s congressional delegation announced more than $6 million in funding to address Coffee Leaf Rust.
Volcano Watch – Stressed Out: Hawaiian Volcanoes Are Heavy
Many people living in the Hawaiian Islands are accustomed to feeling occasional earthquakes since the State of Hawai‘i is one of the most seismically active locations in the United States. Unlike some other earthquake-prone places in the U.S., for example California, where the earthquakes are related to tectonic plates sliding past each other, our earthquakes are related to volcanoes.
Haleakalā is “Clean Green Fuel” for Local Economy
A new report shows that 1,105,606 visitors in 2010 spent nearly $75 million in Haleakalā National Park and in surrounding communities. That spending, Park officials say, supported 861 jobs in the local area.
Donald Straney appointed UH Hilo chancellor
The University of Hawaii at Hilo has a new chancellor. Donald Straney was named to the post today with the three year appointment to officially begin on July 1, 2010. Straney comes to Hawaii after serving as the dean of the College of Science and a professor of biology at California State Polytechnic University in […]