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DOI Opens Comment Period on Deep-Sea Mineral Mining
Talanei
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June 13, 2025
The Interior Department has taken the first formal step toward mineral leasing in federal waters near American Samoa. KHJ News Washington DC correspondent Matt Kaye reports… Interior has announced a Request for Information to consider possible...
CMS Terminates KCF Model and Finalizes Significant Revisions to CKCC Participation and Payment Framework
JD Supra - California
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June 27, 2025
On May 28, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) Innovation Center formally announced the early termination of the Kidney Care First (“KCF”) model effective December 31, 2025, and issued a suite of substantial revisions to the...
DOI streamlines offshore mineral polices
Talanei
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June 26, 2025
The Department of the Interior has announced new policy steps to speed up the search and development of critical minerals offshore. DOI says these actions support the Trump administration’s efforts to strengthen American leadership in this area by...
‘Voice of the Sea’ wins record 10 Telly Awards
KITV - Hawaii
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HONOLULU (Island News) — The University of Hawaiʻi’s “Voice of the Sea” television series earned a record 10 Telly Awards in 2025, its highest honor in the 12-season history of the show. Produced by the University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant College...
Ocean is not a resource to exploit…it’s part of our identity as Samoans
Talanei
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June 11, 2025
At the meeting of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council in Honolulu on Monday, a statement opposing deepsea mining in American Samoan waters was presented by Utumapu Dr. Andrew Pati Ah Young. Utumapu has a PhD in Biological...
Program record 10 Telly Awards for UH’s ‘Voice of the Sea’ TV series
University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
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June 26, 2025
Reading time: 3 minutesKanesa Duncan Seraphin, host and co-producer of “Voice of the Sea,” interviewing Ikaika Plunkett, poʻokumu (principal) of Kahuku Elementary School The “Voice of the Sea” television series, produced by the University of...
Concern in Samoa about deep sea mining around Am Samoa
Talanei
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June 9, 2025
Samoa Conservation Society President James Atherton has called for great care after the United States government announced plans to consider a lease for deep sea mining off shore of American Samoa. Samoa Observer newspaper reports Atherton said...
How the reorganization of the US Department of Health impacts the US Territories
Pasquines
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June 26, 2025
In late March, United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. unveiled a sweeping restructuring plan to streamline the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and cut an estimated 10,000 full-time jobs. This...
Farmers.gov local dashboard adds new information to help producers
1340 AM WBIW - Indiana
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June 26, 2025
INDIANA – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced significant updates and new features to its farmers.gov local dashboard, building on its mission to provide easily accessible, farmer-focused resources. These enhancements, stemming...
Interior Department Streamlines Offshore Critical Minerals Development Process
gCaptain
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June 25, 2025
The Department of the Interior has announced new policy measures to accelerate the exploration and development of offshore critical minerals essential for the nation’s energy, technology, and defense sectors. These changes aim to streamline the...
Council supporting a review of monument fishing restrictions
The Guam Daily Post
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The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council is backing federal efforts to examine commercial fishing prohibitions in marine national monuments, including the Marianas Trench, as part of a broader push to expand fishing opportunities...
9 stunning destinations Americans can explore without a passport
The Times of India
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Airports are more crowded than ever, and while international terminals are bustling with activities, many travelers aren't leaving the country. According to the US Department of State, only half of the US population has a valid passport. However,...
The One Food Tulsi Gabbard Never Eats And Why
KINY - Alaska
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June 23, 2025
Director of National Intelligence and former presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard often makes headlines for her political moves, but many people don't know much about her personal life. She served in Hawaii's National Guard and eventually became a...
Sports Absolutely Do Not Need Politicians More Involved
Reason Magazine
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June 24, 2025
Hello and welcome to another edition of Free Agent! Why not try getting a little creative with your wedges today? Congratulations to the half of you that were rooting for the Oklahoma City Thunder and the half of you that were rooting for the...
Head Start may be the unkindest cut of all
Lake County Record Bee - California
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June 24, 2025
A little-hyped effort to gut and likely shut down Project Head Start composes one of the oddest and perhaps cruelest spending cuts mandated by President Trump and his unofficial – but very active – Department of Government Efficiency. This is a...
Military bill neglects Hawaii’s needs, Case says
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii
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June 13, 2025
U.S. Rep. Ed Case is blasting military appropriation legislation that is moving through the House of Representatives as “shortchanging” priorities critical to Hawaii, including environmental cleanup and military infrastructure. On Wednesday,...
Global, Regional, and National Burden of Iodine Deficiency in Reproductive Women From 1990 to 2019, and Projections to 2035: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study in 2019
Dove Medical Press
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June 21, 2025
1Department of General Surgery, Cancer Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, 830011, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of General Surgery, Xiangya Hospital Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, People’s...
Swanson to focus on strategic plan, improving GDOE facilities
The Guam Daily Post
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The Guam Department of Education is in its third year of implementing the state strategic plan, a “benchmark year” for the department to reevaluate whether it is meeting the goals and objectives that the plan established for public school...
Works by 2 Alaska authors selected for National Book Festival
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Debbie S. Miller’s “Glaciers are Alive,” and Michael Engelhard’s "Arctic Traverse, A Thousand-Mile Summer of Trekking the Brooks Range" have both been selected to represent Alaska in the National Book Festival in September in Washington, D.C. A...
Census: Guam farms grow by 319, sales value up by 60% in 5 years
Pacific Daily News
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Guam saw its number of farms grow from 264 in 2018 to 583 in 2023, while the sales value went up by 60% or from $3.842 million to $6.162 million in five years, based on the newly released Census of Agriculture. In five years, the island saw 319...