HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Increasing high pressure in the north will generate breezy to strong trade winds through Tuesday.

Short-term showers are mainly expected over windward and mountainous areas.

The current wind warning was extended in good time until Monday 6 p.m. The wind advisory has also expanded in coverage to include new areas in Maui County and parts of Oahu.

A cold front will sweep west-east down the island chain from Wednesday night into Thanksgiving, bringing a spell of showers to all islands, followed by another bout of strong and gusty northeast winds that will ease by next weekend.

These strong northeast winds are likely to exceed our wind recommendation thresholds and cause problems.

A sustained northwesterly swell is currently building up across the islands and will peak today just below recommended levels.

The peak of that swell could reach warning levels and coincide with the spring tide in the early hours Thursday.

Surfing along the east-facing shores will see a steady surge over the next few days as trades strengthen.

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Visiting Hawaii has been on my bucket list since I found out the islands existed. The beauty, the history and the people seemed like something to be seen, experienced and met. We had the fortunate opportunity to visit the archipelago last month Honolulu pride.

Our best Friday flight option from the East Coast was a 6:00am EST flight from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Los Angeles (LAX) for a 10:00am PST flight from LAX to Honolulu (HNL). Get that window seat because as you approach Honolulu you see other islands. The views are breathtaking and just the beginning of the geographic eye candy that is Hawaii.

WHERE TO SLEEP –

We picked up our Avis rental car and made the short drive to Prince Waikiki Honolulu, our beautiful home in the sky with an amazing view for the next three nights. In addition to a great room, we enjoyed the breakfast buffet at the property’s restaurant, 100 Sails Restaurant and Bar, there was also the late light meal. We also enjoyed the hospitality at the poolside Hinana Bar and the live music they offered. The hotel was a great retreat from walking, shopping and traveling and yes I miss those views, those sunsets, the relaxation and the service.

HONOLULU PRIDE –

But we were there for PRIDE yes all caps as that was the first Pride in years!

This is the first in-person Pride celebration since 2019, and this year’s theme is “Rooted in Pride” – an expression of Hawaii’s culture of diversity and inclusion. The focus will cover the history of LGBTQ culture in Hawaii over the years.

*The parade starts from Magic Island and follows its traditional route Waikīkī along Ala Moana Boulevard and Kalākaua Avenue to Waikīkī sleeve.

The Pride parade was supposed to run from 10:00am to 11:30am but was a little longer, but really it was still the perfect amount of parade. The energy, the diversity of the participants, the amount of people excited to be there and to watch was amazing. I met many people on my walk to see the parade and when I said hello the conversation turned to pride. “Are you going? See you there!” And they were all straight couples and straight couples with their families. Everyone was thrilled to have PRIDE back. And I was excited to see all the beautiful, happy people. Here is an Instagram post I made on my personal account about the footage I took during the parade.

WALK HONOLULU & WAIKIKI –

I walked down to the festival, listened to great music, danced and then meandered my way back to the hotel while I shopped and sight-seeing and of course people-watching. With a 4% sales tax, much lower than most states, Hawaii is a great place to shop.

EXPLORE MORE –

We had a little more time and with the rental car from Avis we explored different things on the island. One thing I wanted to do was just drive and see the beauty of the island. If you could tar the road, you could just stop and go to a beach. There were beaches everywhere and many were simply uninhabited. I mean yes it’s an island and you expect beaches to be there but they were just everywhere and were beautiful, accessible and you just didn’t want to leave. The island’s beauty really became apparent on this little drive around Oahu. Waikiki Beach is visible, but it’s quite crowded and right in town. So if you don’t have a car, yes go there, but explore if you can. I think it took me about an hour and fifteen minutes to drive along the windward side (east coast) to the north part of the island and then about the same to drive down the middle of the island. I didn’t go down the leeward side (west coast) as many said it wasn’t that touristy, not much to see and well the locals didn’t really want this island to be that touristy or a draw for outsiders. I was okay with what I saw. One issue is that if there’s an accident or a delay on the road, you might get stuck for a while like I did, but it cleared up quicker than the GPS warned.

HOLLYWOOD, HAWAI’I –

I also made a reservation to go there Kualoa Ranch. I’m a movie geek, a lover of Jurassic Park/World movies, and I knew I wanted to check this out. Only a very short drive from Honolulu (about 20 or 30 minutes but I kept stopping to take photos) this was a highlight of the trip. We’ve seen where so many movies and TV shows have been filmed. I did the 90 minute Jungle Jeep Expedition Tour. I would love to go back and do the 2.5 hour tour or the UTV Raptor tour, but that would require 4 people in total as per the registration rules. Who wants to go?!?

When I come back, I’ll take note of that Recommendations by Mark Kanemura. He was the Hawaiian Airlines guest of honor on the Hawaiian’s Rainbow Runway float at the Honolulu Pride Parade and Festival. We actually had the chance to talk to Mark about Hawaii and will mention that in a future post. In the meantime you can see him on Instagram and follow him @mkik808 since its content is very entertaining.

This year, Hawaiian Airlines tapped Hawaiian-born dance star Mark Kanemura to open #RainbowRunwayChallenge for National Pride Month in June in a vibrant celebration of inclusivity and Aha. Most notable for his multi-year stint as a dancer on Lady Gaga’s “Monster Ball World Tour” and Born This Way Ball World Tour, Kanemura encouraged his followers to create their own #RainbowRunwayChallenge dance or walk inspired by his video.

in the Mark Travel Guide to Oahu, he recommends his picks for the best beaches, activities, designers, artists, restaurants, karaoke spots, gay bars and more.

THE HIGHLIGHT, PURE HISTORY –

Meeting Mark was a highlight and he is proud of his heritage, but I would say THE highlight of the trip for me, a former social sciences teacher and sociology professor, was my visit to the Bishop Museum. I was lucky enough to make it during the final days of The Healing Stones of Kapaemahu exhibition at the Bishop Museum. The exhibition explored the Māhū culture, legendary dual-spirited individuals who brought healing arts from Tahiti to Hawaii.

Simply put, the Bishop Museum devoted an entire building to this exhibition. It brought to light the story of the two spirited individuals throughout Hawaiian history. It also immersed visitors in a more modern story, telling of the ordeal of the LGBTQ community in the ’60s and ’70s and through to the present day. It was a pleasure to spend hours in the Bishop Museum, especially this exhibition. It was inspirational and sad how you could learn about the history, but then you realized that there is nothing quite like it on the mainland among Native Americans/Indigenous Peoples. We all know they had two similarly spirited individuals, but it got washed away and wasn’t really talked about anymore. It was so refreshing and moving to see that a state really has no problem broadcasting such a story for all to see and embrace that story and point out the wrongdoings of the state, government and culture. Here is a link to a longer PBS coverage (56 minutes) of “The Healer Stones of Kapaemahu”. This PBS video also covers many parts of the exhibit, such as one where drag performers or men in drag could be arrested for wearing women’s clothing, for deceiving others unless they wore a pin that read ” I Am A Boy”. I’m including the shorter (9 minutes) video that played in the museum exhibit for all to see, a shorter and easier to consume version. It’s so well done and really educational and moving.

Again, this exhibit is no longer in the Bishop Museum, but I honestly think it would be a great exhibit to do a national tour, maybe even a different major US city each year for Pride. Luckily we have them longer PBS coverage.

RETURN –

would i go back In a heartbeat. Next time I do, I’ll plan more Hawaii-specific adventures, more outdoor activities, and maybe even visit more than one island.

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I leave you with a few more pictures from the Bishop Museum.

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That fall, organizers from the O’ahu water conservationists in Hawaii made the long journey to the White House to demand an immediate closure of Red Hill’s fuel storage facility growing frustration with the Department of Defense’s current plans to fully defuel the facility by July 2024.

In November 2021, thousands of gallons of kerosene stored at the facility began leaking into Oahu’s largest water supply and contaminating Oahu’s drinking water almost 100,000 inhabitants. A survey of residents whose water was contaminated conducted by the CDC found that 87% of respondents reported worsening health symptoms after contamination and that more than a third of respondents required medical attention.

Despite Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s commitment Many Hawaiians continue to view the US military with extreme suspicion — and with good reason. Organizers and community members in Hawaii have raised safety concerns about Red Hill for years; However, these concerns were routinely ignored until it was too late. A detection Conducted by Rear Admiral Christopher Cavanaugh, the report finds a damning array of failures that contributed to the disaster, including limited oversight of the facility, discrepancies in reporting, and a “lack of critical thinking, intellectual rigor and self-assessment by key leaders in crucial moments. ”

The Red Hill disaster is just one of many instances in which the US military is causing extreme damage to both the environment and the people of Hawaii and throughout the Asia-Pacific region. This summer’s RIMPAC games, the largest maritime commodity exercises in the world, is a prime example of this. Even though RIMPAC’s spokesman assured local Hawaiians that the military would be “good stewards of this environment” and that active efforts would be made to protect training grounds, all of which would prove to be lip service in the end, as the use of live fire, missiles and sonar continued to have adverse effects on have the marine fauna.

Even more alarming are the increasing cases of sexual violence that have accompanied such a military presence. The Hawai’i State Commission on the Status of Women has found that “major events such as RIMPAC pose a significant risk of commercial sexual exploitation of women and girls in Hawaii,” with “Hawaiian Natives, immigrants, and LGBTQ people” being particularly vulnerable to prostitution and sex trafficking.”

While this trend is worrying, it is by no means unique. The Okinawa-based organization Okinawa Women Act Against Military Violence has reached similar conclusions regarding the US military’s role in sexual exploitation. Recorded over 350 sex crimes in their report on US military crimes in Japan after World War II.

About 4,000 miles off the coast of Hawaii in another US-occupied territory, Guam, we can see similar trends of environmental degradation and disregard for Native American livelihoods by the US military. Despite ongoing efforts by indigenous activists on the island to demilitarize the island and seek alternative political statuses (full independence among them) the Department of Defense has made it clear that it will continue to use Guam for its own political agenda, regardless of the negative impact. The NDAA 2023 has earmarked around $1 billion for the integration of an air and missile defense infrastructure on the island. Additionally, Construction started last month for live-fire training sites and support facilities in close proximity to the North Guam Lens Aquifer, the island’s main source of drinking water – a staggering sign of the damage that events at Red Hill may cause.

The construction project in Guam, which will uproot some 200 hectares of forest that is home to numerous endangered species, is ironically part of a Agreement between the US and Japanese governments to move 5,000 Marines from Okinawa to Guam in response to anti-militarist protests in Okinawa. While this is a win for Okinawa residents and organizers, the battle is definitely not over as the US military has made it clear that it will put its own interests ahead of the health and well-being of the local population, wherever it goes goes. Major General Dennis Larsen even states that Guam “is not Okinawa” and that “here we can do whatever we want and make huge investments without fear of being thrown out…” The United Nations got through the treatment of the Chamorro in Guam criticized the US, citing the lack of “free, prior and informed consent” to military expansion efforts.

The US military has ignored the voices of the people affected and the international community for long enough. It is time for progressives to raise our voices and call for demilitarization so the people of Hawaii, Guam, Okinawa and elsewhere can live free from the environmental and human destruction imposed by the US military.

The holidays are here, and that means the countdown to this year’s holiday snaps has already started. Oof!

If you’re racking your brains every year to find cool new backgrounds for your photo card or annual Instagram post, don’t worry. We’re here to help you with a list of new locations (the stairs of your house are So last year!), courtesy of some of our favorite professional photographers.

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Ho’omaluhia Botanical Garden & Nu’uanu Valley Park

“Ho’omaluhia Botanical Garden (below) features a few different background options and beautiful views of the Ko’olau Mountains and has tons of seasonal flowering plants. It also has good mature tree growth so you won’t have to deal with harsh sunlight from above. You can take photos there at any time of the day and you don’t have to worry about it. A big tip: please do not take your photo on any of the roads in the park.

I also shot quite a few portraits and covers Nu’uanu Valley Park (bottom left). There is a beautiful clearing at the back of the park that is quite magical. It’s a nice place to take good photos and the lighting is forgiving there.” – Aaron K. Yoshino, @honozooloo

Kahala Beach

“My favorite place for family photos is Kahala Beach (top right) near the Kāhala Hotel. It is one of the few places on the island that is always sunny. Even if it rains everywhere else on the island, it seems to be sunny there. It gets nice light from both sides both in the morning and late afternoon. It’s very photogenic because of all the shorter palm trees. And when you have children, there are many things for them to interact with and enjoy.” — IJfke Ridgley, @ifjkeridgley

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Downtown Honolulu & Wa’ahila State Park

“I like Kaufmannsstrasse area (below) in Downtown Honolulu. A lot of the buildings there are older and historic and have this type of architecture. And the road has a curve that makes for a more visually interesting background.

Downtown Honolulu / Photos: Tommy Shih

I also like the wooded area in Wa’ahila State Park (below) atop St. Louis Heights. It feels like the Pacific Northwest, but it’s not hard to get to.” – Tommy Shih, @tommyshih

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Kuli’ou’ou Beach Park & ​​Kapi’olani Park

“Kuli’ou’ou Beach Park in Hawaii Kai is great when the tide is out so you can get out and feel like you’re far from shore. It’s calm and serene. Kapi’olani Park (below) near the mountainside tennis courts and the fountain when it is on can be interesting. It has wonderful banyan trees for texture.” – Steve Czerniak, @steve_czerniak_photo

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Koko Head Botanical Garden & Spit Caves

“Koko Head Botanical Garden (below) is free, easily accessible, and has tons of trees and plants.

and Spitting caves (below) at Portlock is a bit of a hike, but well worth the effort as there are sweeping, unobstructed views of the sea.” — Olivier Koning, @olivier.koning

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Kualoa Regional Park

“Kualoa Regional Park (below) gives you the beautiful Koolau Mountains as one backdrop and the beach as another.” — Kristen Reyno, @kristenhookfotografie

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Barber’s Point Lighthouse & Pu’u ‘Ualaka’a State Park

“That Barber’s Point Lighthouse Area (below) in Kapolei is rustic yet beautiful.

and Pu’u ‘Ualaka’a State Park (below) atop Tantalus Drive offers stunning views of Waikīkī and Honolulu.” —David Croxford, @magphotoguy

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Affinity group Aloha United Way, known as Women United, awarded three grants this fall to nonprofits that serve women and women-led families. The chapter is part of a global group of more than 70,000 women dedicated to creating a world of opportunity by focusing on health, education and financial stability.

Dee Lim, President of AUW Women United, notes the importance of the investment for 2022.

“We are directly impacting the growth of women and families on Oahu. Families are fed, housed and supported to grow thanks to the grants provided. This is an investment that will pay off for generations to come,” Lim said.

The group’s signature fundraiser, Chocolate, Champagne, and Couture-for-a-Cause, returned in April 2022 after a two-year hiatus. Hundreds of women attended the fundraiser at the Four Seasons Resort Oahu in Ko’olina and raised funds to make these grants possible.

“We are extremely grateful to our members and the hundreds of women who supported the fundraiser last spring. The sense of camaraderie and hope in the room was palpable and the opportunity to present these awards comes full circle,” said Emmaly Calibraro, Vice President, Resource Development and Donor Relations.

The three nonprofit organizations are well known in the community, but the programs they fund vary significantly. Waimanalo Health Center receives $25,000 Improving access to healthy food and produce in rural, underserved areas of O’ahu. The program will allow the organization to expand access to existing WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) support and the existing Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program, which provides local produce and meal prep information for women, that are considered unsafe.

The Institute for Human Services The Holomua Na Wahine program received a $15,000 grant and aligns with Women United’s focus on education. The program empowers female employees to increase their economic mobility through post-secondary education and training.

“HIS frontline employees work every day to help our customers move forward in their lives. This grant also allows them to invest in their own successes. Additionally, the educational paths they typically choose, such as social work and counseling, are focused on helping people and giving back to our community,” said Jill Wright, IHS director of philanthropy and community relations.

The last scholarship for $25,000 was awarded to the Domestic Violence Action Center and serves to accommodate and care for three families and a total of nine children. These tools will transform their lives and create a stable path to recovery from the trauma of domestic violence.

For those in the community looking to impact their community through volunteerism and fundraising, Women United welcomes new members year-round. The group will hold its signature fundraiser on March 4, 2023 and will award grants again later this fall. Anyone with questions about Women United or the grants process can email [email protected] or visit auw.org/women-united.

Methamphetamine remains the deadliest drug on Oahu, bucking a national trend of rising deaths linked to fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid, according to a new state dashboard that tracks metrics related to substance abuse and mental disorders.

Overall, there were 131 overdose deaths during the 2020-21 biennium, of which 107 were at least partially attributable to methamphetamine. Opiates contributed to another 37 deaths. Many of the overdose deaths involved more than one drug.

The data also lists cannabis as a factor in 28 overdose deaths during this period. The University of Hawaii, which was one of the partners who helped create the dashboard, did not respond to questions asking about the role cannabis played in the deaths.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which collects federal data, says that while a fatal overdose caused solely by cannabis is unlikely, smoking or ingesting too much leads to a rapid heart rate, elevated blood pressure, and hallucinations can.

While the dashboard says it tracks statewide data, the published numbers for overdose deaths relate only to Oahu, and the website warns they’re likely underestimated as some deaths are still being processed.

The online portal was created with the help of a $4.4 million grant from the CDC, according to a press release from UH, the state Department of Health and Human Services and 14 other partner organizations. Data on overdose deaths come from death certificates, coroner reports, and post-mortem toxicology reports.

The dashboard also includes numbers on substance abuse-related emergency room visits. Alcohol was by far the largest factor, and is listed as a cause in 33,854 substance abuse-related ER visits in 2018-21. Stimulants, including methamphetamine, are listed as the cause of 6,287 visits and cannabis for 3,684 visits. Many of the visits involved multiple drugs.

The data also tracks what proportion of patients suffered from substance abuse and mental disorders.

In addition, the portal monitors the number of calls to Hawaii CARES Crisis Relief, which helps people who need help with substance abuse or mental health issues. Between April and September, the center received 53,000 calls.

“This behavioral health dashboard is meaningful to Hawaii because it encourages the use of public health surveillance data to improve interventions for substance use and mental disorders,” said Treena Becker, the lead researcher and researcher at the Center on Aging at UH Manoas Thompson School of Social Work and Public Health, in a press release. “Additionally, this dashboard provides information for the health community and non-profit groups supporting those suffering from and/or recovering from these conditions, along with their ‘ohana’.”

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Vanessa Lachey‘s children have a heartfelt meaning behind their Halloween costumes.

In photos shared on Instagram on Sunday, the NCIS Hawaii Actress poses with her husband and as a prisoner love is blind co-host, Nick Lachey. In front of them, their three children – Phoenix Robert, 5, Brooklyn Elisabeth, 7, and sons Camden John, 9, – smile happily while dressed so small NCIS agents.

“Orange, you’re glad we escaped!” She joked in the caption

“Seriously, when Brooklyn said she wanted to ‘be like mom,’ my heart melted! I’ve always dreamed of this moment, but I never knew what it would feel like,” she said of her heartwarming decision to channel her character. “I’ll cherish that forever!”

The mother-of-three added: “Now let’s go get some candy!!! Be safe folks…because the cuffs aren’t comfortable!”

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TIED TOGETHER: Nick and Vanessa Lachey take a family photo while traveling in Hawaii with their 3 kids

The Lacheys have shared many happy family moments during their time in Oahu as an actress, 41. In July, Vanessa shared a photo of the family of five sitting on the beach in front of a beautiful sunset.

Nick and his sons wore matching Hawaiian shirts, while Vanessa and her daughter both wore dresses.

“Sunday dinner, island style! ,” Vanessa wrote, who also included photos of her children admiring a rare sight in nature.

Vanessa Lachey on Instagram

The 98 Degrees singer, 48, and Vanessa appeared on an episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show Earlier this year, where the father of three explained to the innkeeper Stephen “tWitch” boss that his kids didn’t think he was cool until he competed The Masked Singer.

“Do your kids understand who you are? Do they know you’re famous?” asked boss.

“I think they’re starting,” Nick said. “But they don’t care. I sing all over the house and my son is like, ‘Dad stop singing, stop singing.'”

“And you’re like, ‘My singing put a roof over your head,'” Vanessa quipped.

“It’s funny, they don’t care about 98 Degrees, they don’t care about all that stuff. But when I did The Masked Singer, that’s when Dad got cool with the kids,” Nick continued. “I had to dress up like a pig and sing on national TV to be cool with my kids. Whatever is necessary.”

Hawaii residents protested the Wai Kai Wave Pool, which would use potable water.”/>

During one of the worst water crises in HawaiiIn Oahu history, protests are mounting as the world’s largest wave pool is slated to open in Ewa Beach on Oahu in February 2023 — the first of many.

Called the Wai Kai Wave, the wave pool is part of the $100 million Wai Kai Waterfront recreational project created by Tokyo-based developer Haseko. It’s part of Hoakalei Resort Shared apartment, steps from the sea.

The 100-foot-wide, deep-water wave pool costs $40 million and allows surfers to stop by for 45 minutes sessions. In partnership with the California-born X Games champion surfer Shane Beschenit will use 1.7 million gallons of it potable drinking waterwhich has alarmed lawmakers and community members alike.

“This is capitalism destroying the natural world in its vain attempts to replicate it,” resident Mikey Inouye wrote on twitter. “Oahu doesn’t need a wave pool during a water crisis.”

Inouye is one of the organizers of the Oahu water protector, a movement fighting for clean, safe drinking water. It was formed in 2021 after 19,000 gallons of jet fuel leaked from the US Navy’s underground Red Hill fuel storage facility into one of the county’s aquifers. The spill sickened hundreds of military and civilian families, and the group has pressured public officials and the Department of Defense to defuel the tanks.

Some of these civilian families live less than 15 minutes from Wai Kai. The Oahu Water Protectors, in association with the group Close Red Hill Mutual Aidsome of the many who still complain about their water have given out bottled water contaminated almost a year later.

“Right now, at least we’re not on Red Hill water, but if this disaster worsens, we won’t have our precious water,” Ewa Beach Sen. Kurt Fevella told KHON.

According to Larry Caster, Commercial Development Director at Wai Kai, the developers worked with the Board of Water Supply to get that permits on the 1.7 million gallons.

The Board of Water Services could not be reached for comment regarding these permits.

“Oahu’s water and the consumption needs of projects that serve the tourism industry, such as the wave pool, are creating an unlivable future for Oahu residents, including Kanaka Maoli [Native Hawaiians]said Healani Sonoda-Pale of the Ka Lahui Political Action Committee, one of several organizations that have appeared at one Protest on October 13th.

A petition circulated to close the wave pool.

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The public is encouraged to turn in their unused or expired medication for safe, anonymous disposal during the National Take-Back Initiative program.

The Department of the Attorney General and the Department of Public Safety’s Narcotics Enforcement Division, in cooperation with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and other law enforcement agencies, operate collection sites on Oahu, Maui, Kauai and the island of Hawaii Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

This is the second and final redemption for 2022. This service is free and anonymous – no questions asked. All forms of medication are accepted.

The April event resulted in the collection and disposal of 4,000 pounds of unused and expired prescriptions for the DEA District of Hawaii, which includes Guam. A total of £60,000 has been raised since 2010, according to a press release.

Most NTBI locations are run as drive-thrus.

Labels do not need to be removed and pills do not need to be removed from containers. Just toss them in a disposable bag and drop them off at the drive-thru locations.

Syringes are not accepted. Vaping devices with batteries removed are accepted.

“The National Take Back Initiative began as a way to properly dispose of potentially hazardous medications to help keep our ohana and our environment safe.” said Victor Vazquez, deputy special agent for the US Drug Enforcement Administration, Honolulu District Office.

So said Hawaii Attorney General Holly T. Shikada “Safe storage and disposal are ways we help prevent misuse and accidental overdose of prescription drugs.”

Nationwide, two-thirds of teens who have abused painkillers say they got them from family and friends, including medicine chests, Shikada said.

“Let’s work together to protect our young people and community.” She added.

Unused or expired medicines should be disposed of properly when they are no longer needed for what they were prescribed for:

• Medicines can lose their effectiveness after the expiration date.

• Improper use of prescription drugs can be just as dangerous as using illegal drugs.

• Having unused or expired medicines at home increases the risk of accidental poisoning.

• Households with children or the elderly are particularly vulnerable to this hazard.

• People can confuse one type of medicine with another; or children may mistake medicine for sweets.

• Medicines should not be thrown in the trash or flushed down the toilet. Proper disposal reduces the risk of prescription drugs entering human water supplies or potentially harming aquatic life. Visit dea.gov for more information.

A list of collection points can be found at takebackday.dea.gov.

For those unable to participate in the National Take Back Initiative, a list of drug return boxes is available at hawaiiopioid.org.

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(Kihei, HI) – Hop Cargo Fresh Hop IPA is now available at Maui Brewing Company’s Kihei restaurant. Crafted in an epic collaboration with Bale Breaker Brewing Company, Yakima Chief Hops and Alaska Air, this freshly hopped beer offers the opportunity to brew with wet hops for the first time in MBC history.

The window of opportunity to start brewing with fresh versus dried hops is incredibly short. So short that freshly hopped beers are usually only made by breweries in close proximity to a hop yard. For this project, and with the help of Alaska Airlines Air Cargo, both Maui Brewing Company and Alaska’s 49th State Brewing received a bulk shipment of fresh hops less than 24 hours after harvest at Loftus Ranches in Yakima, Washington.
After landing at Maui’s Kahului Airport and being inspected by the Hawaii Department of Agriculture, this shipment of hops went straight to Kihei Brewery, where the MBC brewing team stood ready and waiting to begin brewing. (Photo Credit: Ingrid Barrentine / Alaska Airlines)

India Pale Ale boasts juicy, pine and stone fruit flavors with sweet malt and subtle, pleasant bitterness to balance the boldest hops. The beer has an alcohol content of 7.2% vol. at 30 IBU.

Hop Cargo Fresh Hops IPA is currently available by the keg at MBC Kihei and will be arriving soon at MBC’s Lahaina, Kailua and Waikiki restaurant locations.

The MBC team consists of stewards of their communities and the ‘aina, and curators of the craft beer way of life. Their beers are recognized worldwide for quality and innovation.

For more information visit MauiBrewing.com or follow @MauiBrewingCo on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

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About Maui Brewing Company

Founded in 2005, Maui Brewing Company is Hawaii‘s largest craft brewery. MBC is based on Maui with its off-grid production brewery, full-service restaurant and tasting room in Kihei, and restaurants in Lahaina, Maui, Kailua, Oahu and Waikiki, Oahu. Maui Brewing Company is available in 26 states, 1 district and 3 international countries, with more territories to come.