Hawaii Alzheimer’s Patient Count Expected to Increase 20%
Alzheimer’s disease is caused by damage to nerve cells (neurons) in the brain. Neurons are essential to thinking, walking, talking...
Planet Fitness offers free workouts for Hawaii teens May 15 through Aug. 31
HONOLULU — Planet Fitness brings back its High School Summer Pass program, encouraging teens between the ages of 14 and 19...
City crews remove two swastikas from Hawaii Kai sidewalk after complaints
HONOLULU — City crews removed two swastikas from the pavement in Hawaii Kai this week after receiving complaints from a local...
Experts recommend earlier mammograms, especially for women in Hawaii
A national health panel is recommending that women begin getting regular mammograms at age 40, rather than 50, citing an...
Pilot hiring events to address shortage in industry
A pilot shortage has been rippling across the United States in the aftermath of the pandemic. FULL STORY
Saving history
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Kona’s coffee belt gets an early wet season
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2023/05/15/hawaii-news/konas-coffee-belt-gets-an-early-wet-season/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Community: 5-14-23 Captain Cook Man Critically Injured in Hit and Run
Hawaii Police Department committed to preserving the spirit of aloha Community: 5-14-23 Captain Cook Man Critically Injured in Hit and Run...
Neighbor Offers Helping Hand To Struggling Mom After Her Husband Leaves
Neighbor Offers Helping Hand To Struggling Mom After Her Husband Leaves A neighbor showed a struggling mother that love and...
Journalists To Get More Protection Under Shield Law Passed By Hawaii Legislature 0 Confidential sources and unpublished notes will be covered under the measure.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2023/05/journalists-to-get-more-protection-under-shield-law-passed-by-hawaii-legislature/
Community Groups Are Trying To Learn Just How Clean — Or Dirty — Maui’s Beaches Really Are 0 The public is filling in the gaps because the government lacks the resources to regularly test most beaches.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2023/05/community-groups-are-trying-to-learn-just-how-clean-or-dirty-mauis-beaches-really-are/
Hawaii softball team loses doubleheader to UC Davis on senior night
An up-and-down 2023 season ended with a thud for the Hawaii softball team. UC Davis swept a senior night doubleheader...
Maui County to raise salaries for PALS program workers
WAILUKU, Hawaii — On Friday, Maui Mayor Richard Bissen announced salaries for summer PALS seasonal employees will increase in order to...
Ellison Onizuka: First Asian American Astronaut
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Ellison Onizuka’s may not be the first name you think of when you hear about...
Hawaii bankruptcies go up 29% on heels of rising rates
Bankruptcy cases in April hit a monthly high for the year, as rising interest rates and high inflation finally appear...
Mastering an ancient skill…..The event took place at Kupu Hawaii’s Ho ‘okupu Center, where students from Pahoa and Kohala High School on Hawaii island and the Honolulu district presented their projects, along with poi and other dishes made from the kalo they grew. Each project was scored by a panel of judges who determined the winner based on a variety of factors including students’ slide show presentation, the taste of their dishes and the size of each group’s kalo.
Students from Kohala High School took home the winning prize in the state Department of Education’s Alternative Learning Programs, Supports...
Proposed fishing changes draw community ire
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2023/05/14/hawaii-news/proposed-fishing-changes-draw-community-ire/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Community mourns death of UH-Hilo student
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Station operations to move
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FOUR MAUI FISHERMEN CITED FOR ILLEGAL ENTRY TO WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
FOUR MAUI FISHERMEN CITED FOR ILLEGAL ENTRY TO WILDLIFE SANCTUARY (LĀNAʻI) – Four men, all with Maui addresses, were...