WASHINGTON, June 13 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following article from the Economics Daily: Unemployment rates were higher in April 2020 than a year earlier in all 389 metropolitan areas. A total of 52 areas had jobless rates of less than 10.0 percent and 12 areas had rates of at least 25.0 percent. View chart at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2020/unemployment-rates-higher-in-all-389-metropolitan-areas-from-april-2019-to-april-2020.htm Kahului-Wailuk  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: The Department of Defense has named seven U.S. military installations as the latest sites where it will conduct fifth-generation (5G) communications technology experimentation and testing. They are Naval Base Norfolk, Virginia; Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii; Joint Base San Antonio, Texas; the National Training Center (NTC) at Fort Irwin, California; Fort Hood, Texas; Camp Pendleton, California; and   more

F.E. WARREN AFB, Wyoming, June 13 -- The U.S. Air Force (90th Missile Wing) issued the following news: Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Manning assumed command of the 90th Communications Squadron during an assumption of command ceremony, June 10, 2020, on F. E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming. Before his current position, Manning was the deputy for the strategy and architecture branch at Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii. Colonel Carolyn Ammons, 90th Mission Support Group commander, presided over the ceremony.  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 8 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded nearly $3.7 million to the Hawai'i Emergency Management Agency (HI-EMA) for expenses incurred from the COVID-19 response. The funding was made available under a presidential disaster declared on April 1, 2020. This expedited award reimburses the 75 percent federal cost share associated with perfo  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 11 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Pacific Islands Area office issued the following news release: New self-service features on farmers.gov will help farmers and ranchers manage their conservation activities online and request assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). "These conservation features join a number of others already available through farmers.gov, including   more

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii, June 11 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: Over the past several months, U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers and B-52 Stratofortresses conducted bilateral training with Koku-Jieitai, or Japanese Air Self-Defense Force assets. During the month of May B-1s, deployed to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam from the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, 7th Bomb Wing, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, supporting Pacific Air Forces' Bomber Task Force missions.   more