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Summer interns build their research skills in UH Cancer Center’s CREATE program
The CREATE program stands for cancer research education, advancement, training and empowerment.
Crews to begin removal of fallen banyan tree that killed 2 women
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The state is set to begin work to remove a fallen banyan tree that killed two women in Hilo. The ...
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State releases $1 million for feasibility study, redevelopment planning of Waiākea Peninsula, Banyan Drive in Hilo
The $1 million was secured in last year’s legislative session by the late Rep. Mark Nakashima, which could be used over three ...
Hawaii Tribune-Herald20h
Tropical Gardening: Use bamboos for hedges, windbreaks and more
Photo by Voltaire Moise Clumping bamboos like this variegated Bambusa ventricosa do not run but make dense growing culms ...
The Garden Island20h
2 women killed in Hilo banyan tree fall likely homeless, officials say
Hawaii County’s fire chief says his department did what it could to discover if there were any victims — alive or dead — in the rubble of a banyan tree that collapsed July 13 in Hilo. The bodies of ...