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Researchers assessed the age of critically endangered, free-ranging dolphins in Greece.

Residents must continue to carry their physical cards.

“If you don’t deal seriously with climate change … If we don’t have some kind of ability to deal with the impact of climate, we’re gonna see this again,” Green said of the 2023 wildfires on Maui.

Because the Waimea and Kapa‘a swimming pools are closed on Mondays, staff will observe the holiday on Sept. 3.

The Materials Research and Education Consortium will focus on challenges including reliance on costly imported fuels, resource and waste management, mitigation of the effects of soil erosion and ocean contamination.

Suicide is the second-leading cause of death for Hawai‘i residents. On average, almost 4 people die from suicide every week. A total of 1,050 island residents died because of suicide from 2019 to 2023.

The highly interactive workshop will focus on a chronic disease self-management program.

The Eha Street water service shutdown was initially scheduled for Aug. 28 to conduct new fire line and service lateral work.

This is the first rural health report targeted specifically for Hawaiʻi that measures data at the individual level.

Every market vendor will donate a portion of their proceeds to the Kaua‘i Humane Society.

The Kaua‘i Police Department has identified the missing person as 50-year-old Gary Gushiken.

The sunset summit proposal was recorded by the unmanned observatory’s front door camera at about 6:30 p.m. Aug. 13. The whole engagement event took about a minute or so, and Laychek said at the end of the time lapse, the future groom stood up, the couple hugged and then kissed.

Normal operation and hours will resume from 12:45 p.m. to 4 p.m., that day.

The man was snorkeling about 100 yards offshore at 6:40 p.m. on Saturday, when he was separated from his party and went missing, according to the county report.

As of 11 p.m., the storm was 180 miles southwest of Honolulu and about 185 south of Līhu‘e, Kaua‘i.

UH and five other universities have been awarded $26 million to establish a research center to create sustainable refrigerant technology.

Tremor is characterized by slowly emerging seismic waves that can last for minutes to many days when there are ongoing eruptions. It is important to identify tremor because this signal can be associated with fluid movement, which can sometimes indicate an increased chance of eruption.

“Our DNA is trying to keep the lights on, but the world’s changed and we’re trying to adapt with it,” said Kauaʻi Island Utility Cooperative President and CEO David Bissell.

Several weather advisories are in place as a result of the hurricane churning toward the Garden Isle.

Kaua‘i is the first stop for the Hōkūleʻa along its seven-month Pae ‘Āina Statewide Sail around the Hawaiian Islands.