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The RISE makerspaces were inspired by the “make space” at the University of Utah’s Lassonde Studios.

Native Hawaiians shared their stories about securing suitable housing and offered valuable perspectives to government officials about how to better address these pressing issues for current and future generations of Native Hawaiians.

The bills the governor signed Thursday included measures focused on a range of issues, including vehicle weight, Safe Routes to School, driver’s license renewal and others.

Water advocates – including over three dozen community organizations – are raising the alarm, questioning who is advising the Green Administration, and emphasizing the unintended consequences his vetoes could have – including on housing for local residents.

Governor Josh Green will nominate a successor to Circuit Judge Christine E. Kuriyama, who recently retired in June 2023.

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Edward “Luna” Kekoa, the recreational fisheries program manager with Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Aquatic Resources, was honored with the 2023 Hawaiʻi Conservation Alliance Outstanding Leadership Award.

Hawaiʻi Gov. Josh Green on Wednesday signed seven bills into law to help combat climate change and work toward the state’s zero-emission goal of 100% clean energy by 2045.

Gov. Josh Green signed 10 bills into Hawaiʻi law that support local agriculture, including a bill that expands the coffee labeling and advertising requirements.

A 20-year-old man from Kailua-Kona died on the Fourth of July from a head injury following a fireworks incident on the Big Island.

The National Education Association, the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association’s parent organization, held a Freedom to Learn rally to demand that politicians stop banning books and politicizing public education.

A redevelopment challenge of Honolulu Harbor’s Pier 7 has been what to do with the Falls of Clyde, the historic vessel that was gifted to the museum but is now deteriorating in the harbor.

The announcement of the new Ka Lei Momi Redevelopment Project master developer follows Hawai‘i Gov. Josh Green signings bills that offer relief to the housing shortage, support for people facing homelessness and a supportive housing pilot program.

A University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researcher leads an international team of scientists to create a new approach to selecting key coral species for reef restoration.

The Hawai’i State Capitol will add metal detectors to its security measures on July 10, joining 37 state capitols that already have them.

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers in the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology are now using drone photography to study the age-structure of free-ranging dolphin groups.

After twelve years of planning, the European Space Agency on July 1 launched its Euclid satellite from Cape Canaveral, Fla., with the goal of answering those and many other questions, and it will get a big — and colorful — helping hand from three observatories in Hawai‘i.

The National Marine Sanctuary Foundation recently gave its prestigious 2023 Leadership Award to Case, who continues the fight for ocean-based climate solutions, sustainable climate ready fisheries management and international cooperation and coordination in saving the world’s oceans.

The report is based on applications submitted by 343 women from five different Hawaiian islands in the summers of 2021 and 2022.

A 71-year-old clinical psychologist of Kailua-Kona was indicted on Friday for sexually assaulting a minor he was treating between June and December in 2019.