Maj. Gen. Kenneth Hara has spent 38 years handling disaster response for Hawai‘i, but he said COVID-19 has been “the hardest and most challenging of my career.” Hara wears several ...
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Over the past eight years — especially in 2018 — the Ige administration responded to more natural disasters than any other period in state history. But with each incident, ...
Read More Resilience in the face of floods, hurricanes and volcanoes
The Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility sits 100 feet above O‘ahu’s sole-source groundwater aquifer, which supplies 77% of the island’s drinking water. In late 2021, the release of an ...
Read More Holding the Navy accountable on closing Red Hill
“People have said they’ve lived here all their lives but never had the chance to visit Washington Place. I wanted more people to see the home, to experience it,” said ...
Read More Perpetuating the queen’s legacy and Washington Place
Governor Ige and First Lady Dawn Amano-Ige traveled to Japan last month for sister-state missions in Hiroshima and Yamaguchi prefectures. Besides signing the first sister-state agreement with Yamaguchi, the trip ...
Read More Building bridges between Japan, Hawai‘i
Latex allergy is a unique health condition that affects up to 6% of the U.S. population. People who live with latex allergy face a constant threat to their lives from ...
Read More Latex Allergy Awareness Week (October 2-8, 2022)
Gandhi inspired human rights movements around the world with his philosophy of passive resistance, Satyagraha, to achieve political and social progress, seek truth in a spirit of peace and love, ...
Read More Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Day (October 2, 2022)
Pharmacists are the most accessible health care providers delivering critical services to patients and contributing to the health and well-being of all people.
Knowledge of civics is imperative to understanding what government is, how it works, the principles upon which it was founded, how it affects each individual, and how individuals can influence ...
Read More Civics Awareness Month (October 2022)
The State of Hawaiʻi recognizes that it has a vital role in identifying and responding to cybersecurity threats and protecting citizens from phishing, viruses, malware, and loss of sensitive data ...
Read More Cybersecurity Awareness Month (October 2022)