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| New TMT team changes approach to get community support It’s been five years since thousands of protesters blocked the start of construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope planned near the summit of Maunakea. Now, a different management team is trying a different approach to try to move the telescope forward. Hawaii News Now.Many Hawaiʻi high school counselors are taking the summer off as school budgets run short Not all campuses have the budget to offer year-round counseling services, and roughly half of high schools in the Hawaiʻi Department of Education offer summer college and career counseling. Civil Beat.Republican primary producing complaints to HPD State Rep. Kanani Souza, an attorney representing Kapolei and Makakilo, filed complaints with the Honolulu Police Department on April 28, May 16 and June 9, is accusing challenger Sheila Medeiros, a 55- year-old retired U.S. Army veteran, of harassing her. Star-Advertiser. Petitioners claim that Lee Loy residences in a different district State failed to conduct proper screening before placing child in same home where girl starved to death |
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| HAWAII BUSINESS MAGAZINE Commentary: Why Is It So Hard to Get a Good Night’s Sleep? Sleep has recently joined good nutrition and exercise among the broadly accepted foundations of physical and mental well-being. You’ve probably heard that lack of sleep is the new smoking,.. read more. |
| OʻAHU |
| EPA to disband Red Hill oversight group amid Navy complaints A community-led group formed to provide public oversight of the Navy’s Red Hill fuel facility will be shut down after the committee refused to cede control of the meetings to the military. Civil Beat.City gains 400 acres of former Navy-owned land for public recreation The City and County of Honolulu took ownership of approximately 400 acres of former Navy-owned land at Kalaeloa that will go toward public recreation use, Mayor Rick Blangiardi announced at a ceremony outside Honolulu Hale on Wednesday afternoon. Star-Advertiser. Hawaii News Now. KHON2.City expands homeless services at new facility With an aim to get Oʻahu’s chronically homeless off the streets and into permanent housing, the city’s new Leahi Behavioral and Medical Respite facility has officially opened near the slopes of Diamond Head. Star-Advertiser. Home-buying subsidy at new Kapiolani high rise targets doctors, teachers and police officers Miske defense hints at alternate theories for alleged murder victim’s disappearance. |
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| HAWAIʻI ISLAND |
| Work on Nanue project could begin early next year The Nanue Stream Bridge, located at about the 15 mile marker on Highway 19 — just south of Nīnole — is slated for a three-year repair project that will replace large sections of infrastructure that have become dangerously degraded. Tribune-Herald. |
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| HAWAII BUSINESS MAGAZINE An Affordable Complex to Open in Wahiawā, with Eight More Projects Underway After a slow start, Honolulu’s Bill 7 – designed to get more low-rise rental units built on unused land – is seeing results... read more. |
| MAUI COUNTY |
| Army Corps’ latest mission will provide 169 temporary homes for Maui fire survivors The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ newest mission is the Kilohana Temporary Housing Project – a 34-acre site located off a cane haul road near Wahikuli Road in Lahaina. Hawaii News Now.Pōhākea public land purchase: 250 acres protected in perpetuity at Māʻalaea Mauka A 257-acre parcel at Pōhākea (also known as Māʻalaea Mauka) is now protected in perpetuity with the State Legacy Land Conservation Program and the County of Maui Open Space contributing $1M and $6.2M to fund the conservation purchase, respectively. Maui Now.Pride flag raised last week in celebration of Pride Month was removed twice; police report filed The Pride Flag hung by the County of Maui as a celebration of national June Pride Month was illegally removed twice after it was raised during a Proclamation and flag ceremony last week outside the County building, organization leaders with Aloha Maui Pride said. Maui Now. |
| KAUAʻI |
| Colleague alleges jailed artist’s letter for Kauaʻi councilman was a complaint, not a threat Over a month after local artist Glen Gruenhagen was handed a year-long jail sentence for allegedly threatening Councilman Billy DeCosta through a handmade poster in January, a recently obtained record of a heated private meeting among county staff reveals the man had come to the Historic County Building in Lihuʻe begging for help, claiming DeCosta had been harassing him in Kōkeʻe for years. Kauai Now.Coco Palms bringing Kimpton to Hawai‘i Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants announced Wednesday that it is partnering with the Coco Palms Resort following a historically sensitive restoration of the iconic property in Wailua. Garden Island. Kauai Now.Runway project underway at Lihu‘e Airport The work is expected to run through Thursday, July 18, and requires the installation of new lighting lights to runways and taxiway edges, including LED lighting to airfield signage and conduits along with cabling. Garden Island.
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