BURBANK, California, March 26 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: * * * MONDAY, APRIL 8 8:00-10:01 p.m. EDT - American Idol: "709 (Top 24 at Disney's Aulani Resort in Hawaii Part #2)" (709) Logline: Filmed at Aulani, a Disney Resort and Spa in Ko Olina Hawai'i, 12 of the Top 24 hit the stage for another night of star-making performances as America votes for the Top 20. Jelly Roll mentors, performs and joins the judges on the panel. (TV-PG,  more

MILILANI, Hawaii, March 29 -- The Hawaii Department of Education issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: Mililani Middle School Vice Principal Jeffrey Horstman was recognized today at a campus ceremony for being named Hawai'i's 2024 Assistant Principal of the Year and a finalist for the national assistant principal of the year award. The National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) Assistant Principal of the Year program annually recognizes outstanding middle level   more

HONOKOWAI, Hawaii, March 26 -- The Hawaii Department of Education issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: Federal, state and local officials came together Monday to mark the opening of a temporary replacement campus for King Kamehameha III Elementary School, which was damaged beyond repair in the Aug. 8 Lahaina wildfires. "It is a small miracle that in just 95 days a school has been created. We need some small miracles here after the fire that we suffered," Gov. Josh Green, M.D.,  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 28 -- Gov. Josh Green, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: Governor Josh Green, M.D., today updated the timeline of the state of Hawaii's Maui wildfire recovery plan. Governor Green announced his plan for moving impacted survivors and their families from FEMA- and state-funded non-congregate shelters into more permanent and secure housing communities, as well as a detailed recovery timeline showing where the state is on the path to recovery. Pr  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 28 -- Gov. Josh Green, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Governor Josh Green, M.D., has named several community and business leaders to a number of important state boards and commissions. "Our administration has been working extremely hard on moving our state forward on affordable housing, education, energy, and protecting our cultural resources," said Governor Green. "We are proud to appoint a wide breadth of leaders with diverse backgrounds of experience to   more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 30 -- Gov. Josh Green, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on March 29, 2024: Governor Josh Green, M.D., today announced the opening of the Paepae Hou kauhale. This kauhale embraces people who are experiencing homelessness and have substance abuse disorders. It provides a safe, healing space where there is access to treatment, peer support, and other wrap-around services. Governor Green was joined in today's blessing by the Institute for Human Services, which wi  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 29 -- The Hawaii Department of Health issued the following news release: The Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) confirmed that water quality at Hickam Elementary School remains safe, following an investigation into the cause of a single, unvalidated test result that exceeded DOH's incident-specific parameter (ISP) for total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH). The Navy notified the Hawaii Department and Education (DOE) and the DOH on March 8 that a preliminary, unvalidated test  more

HILO, Hawaii, March 26 -- Hawaiian Electric issued the following news release: * * * Read frequently asked questions on Hawaii Island's need for conservation (https://www.hawaiianelectric.com/safety-and-outages/frequently-asked-questions-on-hawaii-islands-need-for-conservation) * * * Hawaiian Electric is asking all Hawaii Island customers to reduce or shift their electricity use over the next month. This is an unusual situation, driven mainly by the unavailability of several large generator  more

KAUAI, Hawaii, March 30 -- Lockheed Martin issued the following news release: The USS Preble (DDG 88) successfully completed Flight Test Aegis Weapon System-32 (FTM-32), using the Aegis Combat System to successfully intercept a Medium Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM) target using SM-6 Dual II Software Upgrade. Supported by the Missile Defense Agency, United States Navy, and Lockheed Martin, FTM-32 tested a real-world scenario, and the results of these flight tests continue to prove the versatili  more

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, March 30 -- Northrop Grumman issued the following news release: Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) successfully launched a ballistic missile target vehicle to support the Missile Defense Agency's Flight Test Aegis Weapon System 32 (FTM-32), in cooperation with the U.S. Navy. * Northrop Grumman launched the Medium-Range Ballistic Missile Type 3 Configuration 2 (MRBM T3c2) Target Vehicle, a threat-representative two-stage, solid rocket-fueled ballistic missile, from  more

MANOA, Hawaii, March 29 (TNSres) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: Two employees of the University of Hawaii at Hilo have been selected to participate in the American Association of State Colleges and Universities' (AASCU) Stewardship of Public Lands program, an initiative of AASCU's American Democracy Project. The Stewardship of Public Lands program aims to foster innovative regional collaborations, responsible stewardship practices, and experiential l  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 29 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Two employees of the University of Hawai'i at Hilo have been selected to participate in the American Association of State Colleges and Universities' (AASCU) Stewardship of Public Lands program, an initiative of AASCU's American Democracy Project. The Stewardship of Public Lands program aims to foster innovative regional collaborations, responsible stewardship practices, and experiential learning by bringin  more

MANOA, Hawaii, March 29 (TNSres) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: A University of Hawaii at Hilo faculty member will be featured on the PBS Kids series Wild Kratts Monday, April 1, 2024 in an hour-long premier focusing on Hawaii's humpback whales. "Our Blue and Green World" airs at 3 p.m. HST on PBS Hawaii. Adam Pack, Ph.D., professor of psychology and biology, who is also founder and director of the UH Hilo Marine Mammal Laboratory and co-founder of   more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 29 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: A University of Hawai'i at Hilo faculty member will be featured on the PBS Kids series Wild Kratts Monday, April 1, 2024 in an hour-long premier focusing on Hawai'i's humpback whales. "Our Blue and Green World" airs at 3 p.m. HST on PBS Hawai'i. Adam Pack, Ph.D., professor of psychology and biology, who is also founder and director of the UH Hilo Marine Mammal Laboratory and co-founder o  more

DARTMOUTH, Massachusetts, March 26 (TNSres) -- The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth campus issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: * * * Students learn about a new area of law from speakers and panelists representing industry, law, and government * * * After working with Visiting Assistant Professor Garrett Halydier, Esq. at the University of Hawaii at Manoa on two of his articles about cannabis regulation, editors at UMass Law Review decided to bring him to campus as the k  more

MANOA, Hawaii, March 29 -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: The University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Arts, Languages and Letters (CALL) is set to pioneer a venture into environmental justice within Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, thanks to a game-changing $1.25-million grant from the Mellon Foundation. This funding will propel the establishment of a cutting-edge interdisciplinary initiative, complete with two new faculty positi  more

MANOA, Hawaii, March 26 -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: In response to the devastating Maui wildfires in 2023, University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Architecture students are learning to digitally restore individual buildings in Lahaina using cutting-edge technologies such as virtual 3D modeling and artificial intelligence (AI). The course, ARCH 490: Rebuilding Lahaina in Mixed Reality, focuses on "preservation through memory and engagement throug  more

MANOA, Hawaii, March 28 (TNSres) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: Hawaii is not the only Pacific island where wildfire is a concern. Using fire histories, vegetation and soil maps, University of Hawaii at Manoa wildfire expert Clay Trauernicht led new research that examined the relationships between historical human land use, climate, and fire occurrence across nine Micronesian islands spanning close to 2,000 miles over the Pacific Ocean. The geographi  more