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  The State of Hawaii is in the process of developing a Business Resource Center to aid businesses before, during and after a disaster. The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, partnered with the University of Hawaii's West Oahu College, has wrapped...

A young ʻuaʻu stretches its wings in preparation for its first flight out to sea. The ʻuaʻu, or Hawaiian petrel, is a federally endangered native seabird that nests at high elevations on Mauna Loa volcano. To learn more about the...

Homeland Security urges Americans to report suspicious activity, but what does that mean exactly? To learn more visit Homeland Security at https://www.dhs.gov/see-something-say-something/what-suspicious-activity    

Boy scouts camping at Halape Beach on the Big Island in 1975 were hit by a locally generated tsunami in the middle of the night. The scout leader and a local fisherman were killed. Take a trip back in time...

  It’s called Pele’s Hair and consists of long glass fibers the color of golden grain. The fragile strands form from lava fountains and rapidly moving lava flows. To learn more about Pele’s Hair visit the US Geological Survey’s Volcano...