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On Monday, Navy officials announced a clinic to address long-term health issues possibly associated with jet-fuel exposure.
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The first phase of defueling the U.S. Navy’s Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility is removing about 1 million gallons of fuel currently sitting in the pipes. This process called unpacking is supposed to begin in the coming weeks.
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In a July 22 letter to the Department of Defense, the state Department of Health rejected the Navy’s initial framework plans for defueling the Red Hill bulk storage facility. HPR's Sabrina Bodon reports.
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The state Department of Health has rejected the U.S. Navy’s defueling plan for the Red Hill fuel storage facility, saying the plan lacks detail. HPR's Sabrina Bodon reports.
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Back in full force after a downsized version in 2020, U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Michael Boyle said these amphibious exercises are a way of connecting and training allied nations. But ongoing tension between the military and civilians exacerbated by the Red Hill water crisis looms over the event. HPR's Sabrina Bodon reports.
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U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz talks about the Navy's decision to permanently shut down the Red Hill fuel storage facility; the Defense Department's press secretary discusses what will happen with Red Hill going forward; the great-granddaughter of the first Chinese woman to practice Western medicine in Hawaiʻi shares her legacy; and we talk to some of those who recently worked on a new mural that went up on the Wo Fat building
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We revisit the construction and early days of the Navy's Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility through the stories of the two men who drafted the application to designate it as an engineering marvel and National Historic landmark.
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The U.S. Navy is investing $6 million to continue, and expand, wave energy research at the University of Hawaiʻi.
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A weekend fuel line leak of an estimated 100 gallons at Pearl Harbor has been contained, the Navy said. The latest marine diesel fuel leak occurred Friday, but Hawaiʻi Public Radio has learned of a larger fuel leak dating back to March 2020.
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Asian Americans, veterans and civilians in the U.S. and the Philippines are campaigning to name a Navy warship for a Filipino sailor. Telesforo Trinidad rescued two crew members when their ship caught fire more than a century ago, earning him a prestigious and rare Medal of Honor.