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OHA Awards Over $1M in Grants to 6 Hawaiʻi Island Programs

May 31, 2019 (BigIslandNow.com)—The OHA Board of Trustees approved $6 million in grants to 24 programs on Thursday, May 30, 2019. The programs will provide critical services to Native Hawaiians in the key areas of housing, income, health, education and culture. Among these grant awardees are six Hawaiʻi Island programs that will receive a total […]

Food For Thought: Hawai‘i’s Public School Lunches Are Changing in a Big Way

May 30, 2019 (Honolulu Magazine)—Beef stew with ‘ulu, chicken burgers made from scratch and classic kālua pork with cabbage: These dishes sound like they came off the menus of local neighborhood restaurants. Instead, they’re winning students’ hearts (and stomachs) at Mililani High School, thanks to an ambitious initiative called the ‘Aina Pono: Farm to School Program. […]

Hawaii County Officials Close Bay to Assist Coral Spawning

May 22, 2019 (New York Times)—A Hawaii county has closed a bay to prevent disruption of coral spawning that scientists predicted would occur over two days, officials said. Hawaii County officials closed Kahaluu Bay to allow the spawning event on Monday through Tuesday on the Big Island, West Hawaii Today reported. The bay reopened on […]

Kahaluu Bay closure intends to spark life beneath the surface

May 21, 2019 (West Hawaii Today)—Coral submerged in the typically crowded Kahaluu Bay is amid a reprieve from human traffic, which began Monday morning and continues through today. The purpose of the county-imposed closure is to allow for a coral spawning event scientists predicted was most likely to occur on those two days. West Hawaii […]

Raw Elements Helps Found 1st World Reef Day

May 20, 2019 (happi.com)—World Reef Day organizers have announce a series of activities to be held in and out of Hawai‘i on June 1, 2019, the inaugural event to that has been designed to engage individuals, organizations, and corporations alike to come together, raise awareness, and activate positive change for the long-term health of our […]

Testing finds extremely high oxybenzone levels at Kahaluu Bay

April 28, 2019 (West Hawai‘i Today)—The Kahaluu Bay Education Center last April commissioned testing to measure bay waters for the presence of oxybenzone, a chemical compound found in sunscreens and known to be harmful to coral ecosystems. The results returned last weekend were alarming. »Read more