Scholarship available

An annual scholarship award recognizing students with a disability for his or her superior scholastic performance and who plans to enroll or is enrolled at University of Hawaii Hilo for the spring 2018 semester is available.

Students may be enrolled either full- or part-time, have a 3.0 GPA, and a qualified student with a disability. Application deadline is Dec. 15.

Info: Disability Services office at 932-7623, 932-7002, or email: uds@hawaii.edu.

Warning issued over energy scam

HONOLULU – Utilities United Against Scams and the Hawaiian electric companies marked the second Utility Scam Awareness Day Wednesday by educating electric customers about aggressive phone scammers.

Utilities United Against Scams, a consortium of more than 100 U.S. and Canadian electric, water, and natural gas utilities that includes the Hawaiian electric companies, launched a week-long advocacy and awareness campaign focused on exposing the tactics of scammers intent on stealing money from utility customers.

Locally, the companies have recommended customers “Just hang up!” to combat a recent spike in aggressive phone scams targeting electric customers.