WASHINGTON, March 4 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that it expects to award up to 13 cooperative agreements for flood hazard identification and risk assessment programs in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Guam, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $3.5 million. The agency said the grant was associated with disaster   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 4 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on the employer-reported workplace injuries and illnesses in Hawaii for 2018: Over 13,000 nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses were reported among Hawaii's private industry employers in 2018, resulting in an incidence rate of 3.3 cases per 100 full-time equivalent workers, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. (See table A  more

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii, March 7 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: The P-8A was operating in international airspace in accordance with international rules and regulations. The PRC navy destroyer's actions were unsafe and unprofessional. Additionally, these acts violate the Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea (CUES), a multilateral agreement reached at the 2014 Western Pacific Naval Symposium to reduce the chance of an incident at sea. CUES specifically addresse  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper announced today that the president has made the following nomination: Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. has been nominated for appointment to the rank of general, with assignment as chief of staff, U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia. Brown is currently serving as commander, Pacific Air Forces; air component commander for U.S. Indo-Pacific Comman  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper announced today that the president has made the following nominations: Air Force Lt. Gen. Jon T. Thomas for appointment to the rank of lieutenant general, with assignment as deputy commander, Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Thomas is currently serving as deputy commander, Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Air Force Lt.   more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on March 5: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is paving part of Factory Street as the last activity in the removal of lead-contaminated soil in the Kalihi-Palama neighborhood of Honolulu. On January 20, work began to remove and dispose of soil and other project debris. EPA ensured that proper dust control measures were in place during the excavation and monitored and sampled t  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 3 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: Despite an unprecedentedly hot summer and the plume of wildfire smoke that engulfed Anchorage, Alaska, it was a typical work-day for Senior Airman Alaina Armentrout. As a Cryptologic Language Analyst for the 381st Intelligence Squadron, she was helping the Alaska Learning Center prepare lesson materials. On this particular Monday afternoon, July 8, 2019, Armentrout noticed a civilian contractor in the class had  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 7 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: U.S. Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten, the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Ramon "CZ" Colon-Lopez visited Eielson Air Force Base during a United Service Organizations (USO) tour March 2-4, 2020. During their visit the group Hyten and Colon-Lopez interacted with Airmen of all ranks and discussed the future of Department of Defen  more