Here’s some good news for people who’ve been unemployed seven months or more. This week the state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations announced that the U.S. Department of Labor had given it an “emergency” grant for $1,769,095 to “expand the service capacity of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Dislocated Worker training and employment program.” Though the … [Read more...] about State Workplace Training Program Gets Emergency Grant For Long Term Unemployed
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Hawaii State Library Boosts Ebooks With Big Library Read Program
In a move to promote its growing eBook collection, the Hawaii State Public Library System (HSLPS) is inviting kids to borrow an eBook and/or audiobook version of Jane O’Connor’s Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth (which deals with the rarely heard-of problem of crime in the middle school classroom) later this month as part of the Big Library Read program. “Big Library Read is an … [Read more...] about Hawaii State Library Boosts Ebooks With Big Library Read Program
Hawaii Cops Get Big Raise While Maui Police Get Armored Truck And Maui County Council Votes To Investigate Old Wailuku Post Office Demolition
HAWAII COPS TO GET MONSTER RAISE As I’m sure most people on Maui have noticed, we live in delicate economic times. The Hawaii Tourism Authority has released regular reports for the last year showing ever greater numbers of visitors coming to Maui and the rest of the state, but for many individuals and small businesses that aren’t tied to the big resorts, times are definitely … [Read more...] about Hawaii Cops Get Big Raise While Maui Police Get Armored Truck And Maui County Council Votes To Investigate Old Wailuku Post Office Demolition
Tom Cannon Stays Classy While Resigning From WMSA And Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa Apologizes For Old Wailuku Post Office Mess
TOM CANNON STAYS CLASSY AS HE RESIGNS FROM WMSA It’s hard to remember now, but there was a time when the non-profit Wailuku Main Street Association (WMSA) was a respected, helpful voice in the development of Maui’s small towns. But these days, with the state Attorney General’s investigation of the organization (which began after WMSA officials refused to give a clear … [Read more...] about Tom Cannon Stays Classy While Resigning From WMSA And Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa Apologizes For Old Wailuku Post Office Mess
Lahaina Market Place Axes Its Trees While State Of Hawaii Throws Book At Mortgage Broker Tricia Morris As The Kihei Upcountry Road Goes Nowhere
LAHAINA MARKET PLACE CUTS DOWN ITS TREES And now we’re going to talk a bit about trees–or rather, the act of going up to very old, very beautiful trees and chain-sawing them into sawdust and toothpicks. This is happening, or by this point has happened, at the Lahaina Market Place on Front Street. That little courtyard of shops has been an oasis of shade for decades in Lahaina … [Read more...] about Lahaina Market Place Axes Its Trees While State Of Hawaii Throws Book At Mortgage Broker Tricia Morris As The Kihei Upcountry Road Goes Nowhere