CHANTILLY, Virginia, Nov. 7 -- Amentum, a provider of technical and engineering services, issued the following news release: Amentum has been awarded a five-year contract with a maximum value of $441.3 million by USINDOPACOM to deliver critical command, control, communication, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C5ISR) systems. Amentum will provide complex analysis, experimentation, and testing, to optimize the effectiveness of DoD missions and advance USINDOPACOM p  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Nov. 7 -- First Insurance Co. of Hawaii issued the following news release: First Insurance Company of Hawaii (FICOH) has promoted Lance Kishimoto and Joni Nham to Assistant Vice President effective October 1, 2023. During his 15-year career with FICOH, Kishimoto has held positions of increasing seniority in the Commercial Underwriting department, most recently serving as manager. Kishimoto, a native of Aiea, earned his Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Hawaii  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Nov. 8 (TNSres) -- Florida State University's National High Magnetic Field Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * "We're opening up the world at a molecular level to understand how these fires are going to impact us." * * * Scientists at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory will be analyzing soil and water samples from the site of the wildfires that devastated parts of Maui in early August. Water samples just arrived at the MagLab. Researchers are w  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Nov. 10 -- The Hawaii Department of Education issued the following news release: Dozens of one-of-a-kind art pieces created by local artists, including eight Lahainaluna students and a Lahainaluna teacher, will be featured in an art auction fundraiser organized to support the schools impacted by the Aug. 8 wildfires. Judd Levy, a science teacher at Lahainaluna and in his spare time, a digital artist with an online gallery, offered one of his artworks to Island Art Gallery in   more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Nov. 10 -- The Hawaii Department of Education issued the following news release: In celebration of October as National Farm to School Month, nearly 60 Hawai'i public schools incorporated locally grown 'uala (sweet potato) in school lunches for students and staff. The meal featured a Halloween-inspired "monster mash" recipe featuring Okinawan sweet potatoes. This effort builds on the Hawai'i State Department of Education's goal of increasing local menu offerings to students.   more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Nov. 10 -- Gov. Josh Green, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on Nov. 9, 2023: Governor Josh Green, M.D., today appointed Representative Troy Hashimoto to the Senate seat left vacant by the departure of Senator Gil Keith-Agaran October 31. Hashimoto was born and raised on Maui and has served in the Legislature for five years. Among his more than 10 years in public service, he previously served the Maui County Council Chair as executive assistant, focused on matters   more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Nov. 9 -- Gov. Josh Green, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on Nov. 8, 2023: Governor Josh Green, M.D., announced a significant initiative today toward a collective path forward to recovery from the catastrophic Maui wildfires of August 8, 2023. A new recovery fund which will exceed $150 million, will distribute money to families of those who died, and to those who suffered severe personal injuries in the Maui wildfires. The settlements will allow those who have al  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Nov. 9 -- The Hawaii State Public Charter School Commission issued the following news: Cheyenne and Arapaho tribal and education leaders recently visited several Hawaiian focused and immersion charter schools to observe and learn how Hawaii charter schools integrate culture and language into all aspects of their curriculum. The tribes received a step grant from the U.S. Department of Education which allows them to plan and create a charter school. Cheyenne and Arapaho Departm  more

MANOA, Hawaii, Nov. 7 (TNSres) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: Feathered Gods and Fishhooks: The Archaeology of Ancient Hawai'i by renowned archaeologist Patrick V. Kirch has been reimagined and expanded in a new and updated 2023 edition. The first edition was described nearly 40 years ago as a "pioneering synthesis of ancient Hawaiian civilization from an archaeological perspective." The new edition is a complete rewrite of the 1985 book and provides  more

CANYON, Texas, Nov. 9 -- West Texas A&M University issued the following news: Japanese Zero planes suddenly and without warning filled the sky on a sleepy Sunday morning in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941. The Japanese surprise attack at Pearl Harbor caught the American Navy, Army and Marines tragically unaware. Japanese torpedoes and bombs damaged or sunk key battleships of the Pacific Fleet. At nearby Hickam Field, pilots scrambled to get airborne in a futile effort to combat the Japanese Zeroes, who  more