On the air Listings are for Oceanic and Hawaiian Telcom analog/digital. *—premium station. **—retelecast. ***—delayed. Check your TV guide for latest updates. Today   TIME TV CH HT Baseball: COLLEGE Coastal Carolina at NC State Read More

Pacific Marine and MDG have announced the addition of Jeffrey Griffin as director of program management, effective Feb. 14. He will be based at MDG’s corporate office in Hawaii, reporting directly to Jon Hayward, senior vice president of programs, and working closely with CEO Daniel Brunk. He also assumed responsibilities as director of military and government affairs for Pacific Marine. Griffin is a career U.S. Navy surface officer with extensive program management experience in the military and private sector.

A bill arising from concerns about surging numbers of visitors to the Pupukea Marine Life Conservation District on Oahu’s North Shore will be heard today by the state Senate Ways and Means Committee.

A bill to establish a five-year pilot program to combat feral chickens throughout the islands is moving through the Legislature.

It’s (almost) the most wonderful time of the year — March Madness, the culmination of my very favorite sports season.

Hawaii and its people should be among the first to show solidarity with the Ukrainian people. Hawaii has known what it was like to be under threat of invasion. The 100th Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team fought for the freedom of the people of Europe in World War II. Hawaii also has a special reason to protest the Russian transgression of territorial boundaries. No, I am not only speaking of Russian forts established on Kauai in 1816. Rather, Soviet and Russian warships have been threatening Hawaiian waters for years.

The fighting between Russia and Ukraine might be thousands of miles away, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t affecting us in Hawaii.

Among the lineup of art events at this week’s First Friday festivities in Chinatown, a new novel also will be on exhibit.

Smiling as she sat in her wheelchair beneath the trees of Ala Moana Regional Park, Aiko Kaneshige, 96, her slight, trim figure clad in the blue and yellow of the Ukrainian flag, held a sign that said “Putin get out” in Japanese.

Worry about bigger issues than chickens

The irony of this week is that Saturday, the day when Safe Access Oahu will end, is very nearly the same day when, two years ago, Gov. David Ige issued Hawaii’s first emergency proclamation for COVID-19.

The Pacific West Conference basketball awards were announced on Tuesday, with a number of athletes and staff from schools around Hawaii hearing their name called.

HENDERSON, Nev. >> In Las Vegas’ neighboring city, the most popular long shot belonged to Hawaii’s Amy Atwell.

Calendar Today BASEBALL OIA East: Castle vs. Kalani at Kahala Field; Kaiser vs. Roosevelt at Stevenson Intermediate Field; Kailua at Moanalua. Games start at 3 p.m. OIA Division II: Kalaheo at McKinley; Waianae at Kahuku; Read More

CALENDAR Today BASEBALL PacWest: Holy Names vs. Hawaii Pacific (DH), 2 p.m., at Hans L’Orange Park. SOCCER HHSAA Division I Boys: 5th place semis, Punahou vs. Kapolei, 3 p.m. at Field 15; Mililani vs. Aiea, Read More

Did you spot a sign of Hawaiian life on your travels? To submit photos, check out our new, simple online submission form at staradvertiser.com/signs. You must fill out all required fields in order to be considered for publication. Photos must have a person in them and contain a “sign” of Hawaiian life. Email submissions and mailed photos are no longer accepted.

On the air Listings are for Oceanic and Hawaiian Telcom analog/digital. *—premium station. **—retelecast. ***—delayed. Check your TV guide for latest updates. Today   TIME TV CH HT BASEBALL: ILH Damien vs. Maryknoll 6 p.m. Read More

Hilo’s Tysen Kaniaupio turned in about as complete a game as possible for a goalkeeper Friday.

There’s a powerful new tool for Hawaii researchers, resource managers, educators, students or anyone else trying to figure out what’s happening to the islands under the spell of climate change.