Alumni News

Please join Extension agents Russell Galanti and Hannah Lutgen on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 3:00 p.m., as they present the first in a planned series of webinars on the local green industry. The first webinar will look at small and minority-owned businesses in the green industry and programs that will improve their economic situation and help them recover from COVID-related economic effects.

The coffee berry borer has spread to Kauaʻi, a new “trap-jaw” nuisance ant species and pest snails have arrived, and invasive sugar-feeding ants and subterranean termites need managing. Who you gonna call? How about an Invasive Pest Mini-Conference?

“Life was going well before the stay-at-home orders,” says Sonia. “I was making a good living, working at two different restaurants in Waikīkī. My parents instilled a strong work ethic in me, so I feel like something is wrong if I can’t work.” But these days, Sonia has been unemployed. Both restaurants, which largely serve tourists, opted to close their doors rather than keep take-out services going.

The only fire-risk alert system actively in place in Hawaiʻi is the National Weather Service’s “Red Flag Warning System” – which is based on a single weather station on Oʻahu. The danger, of course, is that warnings may not represent conditions across the state. Or, a warning may not be declared, despite high-risk conditions elsewhere.

Lower Puna has felt the stinging triple punch of hurricane, lava, and now, pandemic. Enter Mike DuPonte and a new deep-litter piggery.