The Navy said last week that it has detected petroleum in water from its Red Hill shaft. As a precaution, Oʻahu’s water authority shut down a shaft pulling from the same aquifer, HPR’s Jason Ubay reports. The water utility has reviewed data from the Navy’s monitor wells in the lower access tunnel and found that fuel has affected the aquifer.
Reece Jones, the chair of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Department of Geography and the Environment, explores race and America's immigration policy in his new book, "White Borders: The History of Race and Immigration in the United States from Chinese Exclusion to the Border Wall."
New president takes charge at Maryknoll School
Maryknoll School in Honolulu has a new president and she has a long history with the school. Shana Tong stepped up to serve as the interim head of school after the previous president, Perry Martin, departed this past summer. Tong’s very familiar with the school she attended Maryknoll from kindergarten through 12th grade and graduated in 1983. She also worked as a teacher and principal at the school for 30 years, and was most recently the Vice President of Academic Affairs. She spoke with HPR’s Jason Ubay about school operations during the COVID-19 pandemic, including an update on their Chinese immersion program.
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New grants seek to expand telehealth throughout the state
Due to stay-at-home orders and limited in-person doctor appointments, telehealth has become a literal lifeline for some patients during the pandemic. But challenges like lack of broadband access, technology, and training have comprised many clinics attempts at implementing a telehealth program.
Chris Van Bergeijk, senior vice president and chief impact officer at Hawaii Community Foundation, wants to change that. Along with HMSA and the Freeman Foundation, her organization has provided $1.3 million in grants to get telehealth service off the ground in fourteen federally qualified health centers across the state.