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Emma Caires

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
37
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Sep 30, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Emma Caires

    Hawaiʻi medical school takes home top ranks for commitment to community (opens the original)

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    The University of Hawaiʻi’s John A. Burns School of Medicine was ranked first in the nation by the American Association of Medical Colleges for its community engagement. School officials said the 2026 Spencer Foreman Award for Outstanding Community Engagement School is one of the association's highest honors. “It serves a state whose geography, cultural diversity, and unique health care needs shape its approach to medical education, research, and clinical care,” the AAMC award statement reads. “

  2. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Emma Caires

    High metal concentrations found in some Maui residents 3 years post-wildfire (opens the original)

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    The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Maui Wildfire Exposure Study tracked the urine of 1,400 Maui adults 6 to 18 months after the August 2023 wildfire, finding that the concentration of metals in some participants was substantially higher than those on the continental U.S. Fires can burn homes, vehicles, and electrical systems that can create toxic contaminated mixtures that last long after the fire is put out, and the contaminants can remain in ash, dust, soil and debris and be transferred during

  3. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Emma Caires

    Another high rise could be coming to Oʻahu's skyline (opens the original)

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    A proposed project that would overhaul a part of the Ala Moana Shopping Center to add a 38-story hotel, as well as more than 200 residential units, is moving through the Honolulu City Council. The project, 1588 Ala Moana, would replace an existing parking structure in the shopping center. About 35% of the residential units would be considered affordable housing units for families earning 80% or below the area median income for the next 30 years, which would be $123,200 annually for an average fa

  4. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Emma Caires

    Honolulu building permit backlog grows despite AI processing tools (opens the original)

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    Honolulu’s Department of Planning and Permitting said new digital and AI tools will help attack the backlog of residential and commercial building permit applications, but under the new system, the backlog has appeared to grow. The City and County of Honolulu adopted the platform HNL Build last year to streamline permitting processes. Since its launch, the number of building permit applications has increased by 34%. Starting this month, applicants for residential permits will be required to use

  5. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Emma Caires

    ‘Nourished back to life’: Kauaʻi couple cooks up community after the storms (opens the original)

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    After noticing that some Kauaʻi kūpuna weren’t able to get their regularly scheduled home-delivered meals following Hurricane Lowell, one Līhuʻe couple stepped up and prepared hot food for dozens of vulnerable residents. Damian and Donna Loo both care for seniors on Kauaʻi as part of their full-time jobs — Damian is a contractor with the county’s Agency on Elderly Affairs where he transports kūpuna to and from medical appointments, while his wife, Donna, co-founded Laulima Nō Na ʻOhana, a nonpro

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