While Gov. Josh Green has proclaimed Jan. 21-27 as Hawai‘i School Choice Week, officials say the proclamation does not indicate that he supports a policy shift toward school vouchers or other systems allowing public education funds to follow students into private schools. Read more
Despite many testifiers’ pleas to include University of Hawaii faculty, students and staff as well as community members on the selection committee that will choose the next UH system president, the UH Board of Regents opted Thursday to stick with a “committee of the whole” composed exclusively of the 11 regents. Read more
Ending racism, combating climate change and ensuring generations ahead can live comfortably in Hawaii can feel to some like insurmountably massive goals. Read more
A donation of $3.5 million to the University of Hawaii Music Department by the Barbara Barnard Smith Foundation is the largest ever to that department and will fund its first-ever endowed chair. Read more
Here’s your guide to what’s open and closed this Christmas on Oahu. Read more
Veteran state Rep. John Mizuno, who has used his own money to fly homeless people back to reunite with families on the mainland, was named by Gov. Josh Green on Wednesday to be the state’s new homeless coordinator. Read more
Gov. Josh Green appointed Tyson Miyake — a Maui High School graduate and former chief of staff to then-Mayor Michael Victorino — to the state House representing Wailuku-Waikapu on Maui. Read more
For the University of Hawaii at Manoa commencement ceremony on Saturday, officials are issuing a traffic advisory, and reminders against clamshell lei containers and certain types of shoes that might damage the athletic fields. Read more
When Haleiwa resident Kanani Oury first conceived the idea of the “Makana no na Keiki” holiday gift drive benefiting kids who have survived the Maui wildfires, she vowed that every one of the hundreds of children preregistered for the culminating “family fun fair” this Saturday would get at least one gift. Read more
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Late February or March is the earliest that a new temporary school being built to replace the King Kamehameha III Elementary School campus lost in the Lahaina fire will be ready for students and teachers to occupy, based on an Army Corps of Engineers timeline. Read more
University of Hawaii teams are launching two research projects supported by a combined $519,000-plus in federal grants to examine the environmental effects of the Maui wildfires and develop stronger solutions. Read more
A proposal to raise the salary of state schools Superintendent Keith Hayashi by $10,000, to $250,000, was held back in a state Board of Education committee Thursday, but a separate proposal to expand the criteria used to evaluate him was amended and approved. Read more
The proposals are on the agenda of the meeting of the board’s Human Resource Committee, scheduled for 10:30 a.m. at the Queen Liliuokalani Building, 1390 Miller St., Room 404. Read more
Four University of Hawaii campuses will hold midyear commencement ceremonies this month, so drivers should expect heavy traffic in nearby areas before and after. Read more
The UH Board of Regents is scheduled at 9 a.m. Thursday to discuss and act on a recommended presidential search plan during a special meeting at UH-Manoa. Read more
Kim Fuller, an aquatic biologist with the state DLNR’s Division of Aquatic Resources, said department divers today will continue to assess the damage to the reef. Read more
Kim Fuller, an aquatic biologist with the state DLNR’s division of aquatic resources, said department divers today will continue to assess the damage to the reef. Read more
Seventeen-year-old Michella Cabingas’ voice still catches slightly when she recalls not only how close her family came to losing their home and lives to the Lahaina fire, but also how the tightknit Lahainaluna High School music program and a wave of community support have since lifted the spirits and helped the healing process for scores of young fire survivors like her. Read more
Starting at noon Tuesday, the Kahului library will begin offering limited services and access to materials. Read more
Elected officials and environmentalists have been asking the Navy and Marines to extract the plane as quickly as possible. Read more
Elected officials and environmentalists have been asking the Navy and Marines to extract the plane as quickly as possible. Read more
