WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: * * * - New reimbursable services agreements will help promote cross-border trade and facilitate essential travel * * * U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced 10 tentative selections for new reimbursable services agreements that will promote cross-border trade and facilitate essential travel to the United States. These public-private partnerships will all  more

FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii, April 4 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the following news release: In response to the spread of coronavirus in Hawaii, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Honolulu District technical survey team conducted five initial planning and site assessments of facilities on the island of Hawaii April 1 for potential conversion into alternate care facilities (ACFs). The team evaluated locations chosen by the state in Hilo and Kailua-Kona. "Our District and engineeri  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA announced that federal emergency aid has been made available for the state of Hawaii to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic beginning on January 20, 2020 and continuing. Public Assistance Federal funding is available to the state and eligible local governments and certain p  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency - Hawaii Field Office issued the following news release: * * * - Program Helps Offset Cost for Farmers and Ranchers Outside the Contiguous U.S. * * * The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) in Hawaii announced that fiscal year 2019 payments for the Reimbursement Transportation Cost Payment Program (RTCP) will begin on April 6, 2020. State Executive Director AL Frenzel said RTCP w  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 1 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Pacific Islands Area office issued the following news release: * * * - Natural Resource Planning Professional * * * In partnership with NRCS Pacific Islands Area, up to $124,000 will be awarded to projects in Hawaii that facilitate implementation of conservation practices that will conserve, restore and enhance priority landscapes and habitats. Priority landscapes and habitats are those t  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following statement by Commissioner Michael O'Rielly: Re: Rules Governing the Use of Distributed Transmission System Technologies, MB Docket No. 20-74; Authorizing Permissive Use of the "Next Generation" Broadcast Television Standard, GN Docket No. 16-142. Under the existing distributed transmission system (DTS) rules, fewer than two dozen DTS facilities have been deployed, with about half of them in Puerto Rico, Hawaii, o  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The White House issued the following news release on April 1: Today, President Donald J. Trump declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Hawaii and ordered Federal assistance to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic beginning on January 20, 2020, and continuing. The President's action makes Federal funding available to State and eligible local governments and certain private nonpr  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 2 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news on April 1: Gen. Robert Abrams, U.S. Forces Korea commander, addressed thousands of Korean National employees about the recent furlough due to a lapse in the Special Measures Agreement during a video, April 1. "Today, approximately half of the USFK Korean National employee workforce has been furloughed due to a lapse in the Special Measures Agreement. This is an unfortunate day for us...its unthinkable...it's h  more