Community Features

  • Dollars and sense
    Nov 8, 2009  - PUHI — Investment in early childhood education makes good sense, said Gregg Yamanaka, the Good Beginnings Alliance board treasurer. “Investment in early childhood education benefits the Department of Education in reducing the number of Special Education students (through early intervention), grade ... More
  • St. Damien relic coming to Kaua‘i
    Oct 26, 2009  -     An image of St. Damien, a mosaic done by Sister Dorothy Santos, hangs at Immaculate Conception Church in Kapaia. Contributed photo LIHU‘E — A heel bone of St. Damien de Veuster, the “leper priest of Moloka‘i,” will make stops at five Catholic churches next week as part of a statewide tour. ... More
  • Candice Novak earns Scholarship to work in Germany
    Oct 20, 2009  - Candice Novak was selected to participate in this year’s Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals (CBYX) program.  She is currently in Germany undergoing intensive language training and working at a weekly newpaper in Berlin. Candice stopped in Washington, DC, on her way to Germany ... More
  • Punaluu man honored for Vietnam service
    Sep 1, 2009  - Like many other Vietnam-era veterans, Punaluu's Ronald Ebert has had to wait most of his life to be recognized for his military service. That injustice ended Monday when the former Navy radioman received medals he earned more than four decades ago. "This is an awareness that we have now," Eber... More
  • 2 Hawaii Teachers among best in U.S.
    Jul 10, 2009  - Two Hawai'i public school teachers were among more than 100 science, math and engineering teachers and mentors honored yesterday by President Obama with Presidential Awards for Excellence. Liane Tanigawa, who teaches science at Pearlridge Elementary, and Seanyelle Yagi, math coordinator at Ka'... More
  • Congresswoman: Federal stimulus will help Hawai‘i
    Jul 1, 2009  - U.S. Rep. Mazie Hirono on Tuesday criticized Gov. Linda Lingle’s furlough plan to balance the state budget, saying it will be a “huge hardship” on Hawai‘i’s workers and “will have a ripple effect” across the Islands’ economy. “I would do everything possible to avoid furloughs,” Hirono said in an ... More
  • "More greens for green buses"
    Apr 15, 2009  - U.S. Rep. Mazie Hirono chats with senior transit driver Robert Ota and bus driver Colette Cleveland at the Roberts Hawaii baseyard in Kahului on Tuesday. Hirono was on Maui to announce the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act had approved nearly $1 million to buy three new buses for Maui County... More
  • W.S. Merwin is awarded the 2006 Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry
    Oct 31, 2007  - On October 31, 2007 William Stanley Merwin, visited Congresswoman Hirono in her Washington DC office to share with her his book of poems called, Present Company.    Later that day, Merwin was honored with the 2006 Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry for his book Present Compa... More

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