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 1.13.22
TOP STORYUH Mānoa breaks ground on $70 million “Rise” facilityHoused in the former Atherton YMCA across the street from UH Mānoa, the dormitory and entrepreneurship center will be home to nearly 400 UH students by the start of the 2023 school year. UH leaders said it was a project that has been in the works for decades. SUBSCRIBE TO HAWAIʻI REAL ESTATE NEWSPlease subscribe to Hawaiʻi Real Estate News – a free weekly email from Hawaii Business Magazine that provides insights and news on local real estate. Coming to your inbox every Tuesday. Click here to subscribe! LOCAL NEWSHawaiʻi’s low booster rates, looking at top-ranked Vermont to compareData from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Hawaiʻi ranked 49th out of 50 states for booster shot rates. Although the state health department disagrees with the CDC’s numbers, the state by state ranking is still concerning. DLRN Aerial assessment of Molokaʻi axis deer illustrates extent of overpopulationDuring a flyover in December, James Espaniola, a Forestry and Wildlife Technician with the DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife, pointed out massive herds of deer in west Moloka‘i that looked like a colony of fast-moving ants from the air. The non-native axis deer continue to devastate private agricultural land and are pushing higher and higher into forested lands on both Maui and Molokaʻi according to DLNR officials. 3,392 new coronavirus infections, 4 more deaths reported statewideThere are 2,443 coronavirus cases on O‘ahu, 162 on the Big Island, 201 on Kaua‘i, seven on Lana‘i, 522 on Maui, 16 on Moloka‘i and 41 diagnosed out of state.
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