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date: 2024-11-18, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
The program will expand nationwide, offering a concierge platform and specialized AI resources.
The post $500K to broaden AI program for equitable healthcare access first appeared on University of Hawaiʻi System News.
https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/11/18/ai-for-equitable-healthcare-access/
date: 2024-11-18, from: University of Hawaiʻi News
The new pre-engineering pathway program allows students to begin their engineering studies at UH Hilo before transferring to UH Mānoa to complete their degrees.
The post Hilo native returns home to build statewide engineering pipeline first appeared on University of Hawaiʻi System News.
https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/11/18/trevor-shimokusu-engineer/
date: 2024-11-18, from: HIKI NŌ ON PBS HAWAIʻI
In this episode of HIKI NŌ on PBS Hawai‘i, learn about the different kinds of production studios at schools on Oʻahu and Kauaʻi and revisit some memorable stories from our archives. We visit Honowai Elementary School’s new recording studio at their campus on Oʻahu and discover how far their program has come. Waiʻanae High School […]
The post Celebrating Student Production Studios appeared first on PBS Hawai‘i.
https://www.pbshawaii.org/celebrating-student-production-studios/
date: 2024-11-18, from: Hawai’i Pacific Review (HPU Literary Magazine)
by Connor Donovan We don’t speak of it anymore: the hilltop bonfires holding natural light, bottlenecking the cans & burning them green. The cathedral clock tower above us like a jaundiced eye. Being passed an apple packed with burnt nubs … Continue reading
https://hawaiipacificreview.org/2024/11/18/self-portrait-with-wellbutrin-pig-roast/
date: 2024-11-18, from: Pacific Island Times
The first tranche of U.S. Marines stationed in Okinawa is anticipated to arrive on Guam in the next few weeks, commencing the troop realignm
https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/post/small-detachment-of-marines-expected-to-arrive-on-guam-soon
date: 2024-11-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>WASHINGTON — Somehow disruption doesn’t begin to cover it. Upheaval might be closer. Revolution maybe. In less than two weeks since being elected again, Donald Trump has embarked on a new campaign to shatter the institutions of Washington as no incoming president has in his lifetime.</p>
date: 2024-11-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>SAN FRANCISCO — After Donald Trump won the election this month, his supporters gravitated to a panoply of online destinations to celebrate.</p>
date: 2024-11-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The ashes of last summer’s devastating fire in Lahaina on Maui, which killed 102 people and destroyed the town, were still smoldering when talk turned to how fraught the rebuilding process would be.</p>
date: 2024-11-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>One person has died and 39 people have become ill in an E. coli outbreak linked to organic carrots, federal regulators said Sunday.</p>
date: 2024-11-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>East Hawaii residents are invited to attend three upcoming Coffee With a Cop events in Papa‘aloa, Hilo, and Volcano, to get to know their district police officers.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/11/18/hawaii-news/have-coffee-with-a-cop-in-east-hawaii/
date: 2024-11-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>BERKELEY, Calif. — Berkeley, California, long associated with the counterculture of the 1960s, has a reputation for erring on the side of compassion when it comes to addressing drug use and homelessness. The city is such a liberal outlier that Vice President Kamala Harris downplayed her origins there as she tried to appeal to moderate American voters this year.</p>
date: 2024-11-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>New York state issued the first voluntary evacuation for residents affected by the Jennings Creek wildfire Saturday night after gusty winds blew the flames northeast, breaching a line firefighters had put in place to contain the blaze.</p>
date: 2024-11-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>KYIV, Ukraine — Russia renewed its campaign to destroy Ukraine’s battered power grid Sunday, targeting facilities across the country with missiles and long-range drones in one of the largest and most complex bombardments of the war, Ukrainian officials said.</p>
date: 2024-11-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Actress Betty White, who is known to generations of viewers for her memorable characters in television shows such as “The Golden Girls” and “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” will be getting her own postage stamp.</p>
date: 2024-11-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>A wave of offensive text messages and emails has gone out to Hispanic and LGBTQ+ people in recent days, according to the FBI, coming on the heels of a barrage of racist texts that were sent to Black people in the wake of the election.</p>
date: 2024-11-18, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>The quest for fusion energy — the clean, potentially limitless source that could end mankind’s power woes — began as an answer to an old question, one we’ve been asking since we first raised our heads toward the sky.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/11/18/features/the-quest-to-build-a-star-on-earth/
date: 2024-11-18, from: Pacific Island Times
The Consolidated Commission on Utilities is inclined to explore the nuclear energy option for Guam to supplement the island’s renewable mix,
https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/post/ccu-commissioner-recommends-nuclear-energy-for-guam
date: 2024-11-17, updated: 2024-11-18, from: Marianas Variety
500 Sails celebrated its first decade as a nonprofit organization with a fundraising gala on Friday, Nov. 15 at Crowne Plaza Resort.
date: 2024-11-17, updated: 2024-11-18, from: Marianas Variety
ALL four contestants in the Voice of the Marianas Foundation’s Harmony in the Community singing contest brought home $100 each after winning the competition at Kagman Community Center on Saturday.
date: 2024-11-17, updated: 2024-11-18, from: Marianas Variety
THE offices of outgoing U.S. Congressman Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan on Saipan, Tinian and Rota will remain open to the public through Dec. 13, 2024.
date: 2024-11-17, updated: 2024-11-18, from: Marianas Variety
SUPERIOR Court Presiding Judge Roberto C. Naraja on Friday, Nov. 15, recused himself from Shayne Villanueva’s contempt of Legislature case.
date: 2024-11-17, updated: 2024-11-18, from: Marianas Variety
(DNLR) — The CNMI Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Animal Health, is enacting immediate measures to protect local poultry and wildlife from the risk of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza or HPAI, following its recent detection in Hawaii. As HPAI can spread rapidly through migratory birds and the movement of poultry, these proactive steps aim to prevent the virus from reaching our shores.
date: 2024-11-17, updated: 2024-11-18, from: Marianas Variety
FAHA Digital Media is officially soliciting proposals in the form of regrant applications by CNMI-based/resident storytellers to conceptualize, develop, create, produce and film three-piece film series (each film shall be at least three minutes and up to five minutes long) or one short film (up to 15 minutes long) that showcase the unique life, culture, history, language, and/or nature of the Northern Marianas.
date: 2024-11-17, updated: 2024-11-18, from: Marianas Variety
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Office of the American Samoa Congressional Delegate) — U.S. Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming the announcement that President-elect Trump will nominate former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, who was born in American Samoa and represented Hawaii in Congress, to be director of national intelligence, a position in the cabinet of the President of the United States.
date: 2024-11-17, updated: 2024-11-18, from: Marianas Variety
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of Tulsi Gabbard as U.S. intelligence chief has sent shockwaves through the national security establishment, adding to concerns that the sprawling intelligence community will become increasingly politicized.
date: 2024-11-17, updated: 2024-11-18, from: Marianas Variety
LAOLAO Bay Golf & Resort features some of the most superb views of the Pacific Ocean on Saipan. It’s no exaggeration to say it is a golfer’s paradise.
date: 2024-11-17, updated: 2024-11-18, from: Marianas Variety
THE former Hyatt Regency Saipan in Garapan will reopen as Marianas Beach Resort on Monday, Nov. 25, according to MB Capital LLC general manager Gloria Cavanagh.
date: 2024-11-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>WASHINGTON — Locked out of power next year, Democrats are hatching plans to oppose President-elect Donald Trump that look nothing like the liberal “resistance” of 2017.</p>
date: 2024-11-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Work to restore the lava-covered Highway 137 remains on schedule, despite a minor snag.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/11/17/hawaii-news/county-provides-update-on-highway-137/
date: 2024-11-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Gov. Josh Green has “severe reservations” and is strongly criticizing President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.</p>
date: 2024-11-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>A man and woman, both from Puna, face criminal charges after allegedly leaving a dog alone inside a car in a Kona parking lot earlier this month.</p>
date: 2024-11-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to cut wasteful government spending, fire what he considers rogue bureaucrats and overhaul federal agencies once he is back in power.</p>
date: 2024-11-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>I love exploring the world of ancient Rome, with its grand architecture, fascinating culture, and stories of larger-than-life leaders. But since many of the 2,000-year-old empire’s landmarks are reduced to ruins, it can be hard to make sense of the stones and rubble left behind.</p>
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/11/17/features/pompeii-italys-frozen-in-time-roman-city/
date: 2024-11-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>Native Hawaiian oral traditions record a rich history of the changing volcanic landscape in Hawai‘i. Interweaving cultural knowledge with scientific disciplines can provide a more complete understanding of past events, including the largest known lava flow eruption of Kilauea. </p>
date: 2024-11-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>To his detractors, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s Cabinet looks like a rogues’ gallery of people with dubious credentials and questionable judgment.</p>
date: 2024-11-17, from: Hawaii Tribune Harold
<p>TEL AVIV, Israel — The Israeli military pressed on Saturday with its dayslong bombing campaign targeting an area near Beirut dominated by Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite militia, while in the country’s south, Israeli airstrikes killed two paramedics, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry.</p>
date: 2024-11-17, from: Pacific Island Times
Did you know that betel nut chewing was a social activity that played an impor tant part in the daily lives of the early Micronesians?…
https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/post/the-social-aspect-of-betel-chewing-in-micronesia
date: 2024-11-17, from: Pacific Island Times
While most Guam wartime stories are told from the point of view of CHamoru survivors and American marines, Peter R. Onedera flips the narrat