WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The Aspen Institute issued the following news release: * * * - State of Play Hawaii shows that 26% of Native Hawaiian youth meet the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's recommended 60 minutes of physical activity per day * * * A new report released today by the Sports & Society Program at the Aspen Institute analyzes the state of youth sports in Hawaii and offers recommendations to grow access to quality sport options for all children. State of Play Hawaii is   more

WAILUKU, Hawaii, Sept. 9 -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: * * * - In the 11th hour, the Maui Council Committee agree to recommend settlement to the full council at the end of the month * * * Late Friday night, a majority of the Maui County Council voted in favor of a settlement to withdraw the county's appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court challenging the federal Clean Water Act's protections against ocean pollution from the county's Lahaina wastewater plant. The council's Gover  more

KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii, Sept. 13 -- The Marine Mammal Center issued the following news release: Just weeks after proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act were announced, The Marine Mammal Center admitted four endangered Hawaiian monk seals from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands to Ke Kai Ola, its hospital and visitor center in Kailua-Kona, Hawai'i. The successful rescue, made in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and other partner agencies, demonstrat  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 9 -- The Society for Advancement of Hispanics-Chicanos and Native Americans in Science news: * * * - President Hilda Heine will be the first head of state to address the country's largest STEM diversity conference * * * As the leader of an atoll nation on the front lines of the climate crisis, Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine is working to fight climate change before her homeland becomes uninhabitable. The first female head of state of any independent Pacific Is  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Sept. 12 -- The Telecommunications Industry Association issued the following news release: The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech communications networks, today announced that David Stehlin has been named the organization's new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective September 23, 2019. Stehlin succeeds Wes Johnston who after leading the association's transformation over the last   more