Suspect in Trump assassination attempt lived in Hawaiʻi

Oʻahu business owner Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, who was arrested Sunday in connection with an alleged attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump in Florida was seen as a “rogue” player by some people he worked with in Hawaiʻi to build tiny homes for homeless military veterans.

Star-Advertiser. New York Times. Hawaii News Now.

House Speaker Scott Saiki leaves a legacy of addressing hard issues

It will be left to history to reflect the role of outgoing House Speaker Scott Saiki in legalizing same-sex marriage, helping to steer the islands through the unprecedented COVID-19 epidemic and his response to political corruption in the Legislature.

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HSTA files step 2 grievance with DOE more than 500 teachers remain unpaid

The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association said 533 public and charter school teachers have yet to receive their payments, which is up from the 377 teachers that were initially reported.

KHON2.

More Hawaiʻi schools are offering computer science — but are all students benefiting?

The Hawaiʻi Department of Education is now facing a state mandate from 2021 requiring all Hawaiʻi schools to offer at least one computer science course by the end of the 2024-25 academic year.

Civil Beat.

Students encouraged to join construction industry debt-free

Construction in Hawaiʻi is forecast to generate more than $10 billion over the next three to four years. There are currently 1,523 apprentices working in Hawaiʻi, and 576 are between the ages of 18 to 24.

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O‘ahu Headlines

Pearl Harbor shipyard works on 3 top-class submarines

Four dry docks for ship and submarine maintenance exist at the facility. But one, dating to 1942, is too small and shallow to service Virginia-class subs that the Navy continues to procure as replacements for older Los Angeles-class subs in an effort to modernize more of the U.S. fleet.

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Kapiolani nurses vow to keep fighting after being ‘locked out’ post one-day strike amid contract disputes

Kapiolani Medical Center has locked out its nurses after their one-day strike concluded Saturday morning. About 600 nurses, represented by the Hawaii Nurses Association, attempted to return after the strike ended at 6:59 a.m.

Hawaii News Now.

Rental housing tower for DHHL beneficiaries ready to rise

The $154 million project, dubbed Hale Moiliili, will provide 278 units for state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands beneficiaries.

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HFD contain 50% of Waialua brush fire

Honolulu firefighters are still responding to a brush fire in Kalaeloa after the initial alarm came in just before 12:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon.

Hawaii News Now. KITV4.

‘Day of Aloha’ observed in memory of Twinkle Borge

State and city officials joined the Waianae community Sunday, which would have been Twinkle Borge’s birthday, at Pu‘uhonua o Wai‘anae Farm Village for a memorial service honoring her and dedicating the day as a “Day of Aloha.”

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Hawai‘i Island Headlines

Kīlauea volcano alert level raised to watch

Despite an infrasound signal typical of gas or steam venting, and seismometers recording low frequency tremor, visual evidence of eruptive activity has yet to be seen.

Big Island Video News.

Hawai‘i’s only commercial dairy farm faces potential lawsuit for alleged milk, manure discharge into Big Island’s waterways

The law offices of Charles Tebbutt, representing the Center for Food Safety, sent a letter saying it intends to initiate a citizen’s suit in Hawaiʻi Federal District Court against Cloverleaf Dairy in Hawi.

Big Island Now.

Native Hawaiian convention slated this week

The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, or CNHA, is bringing its 2024 Native Hawaiian Convention to the Hilton Waikoloa Village from Tuesday through Thursday.

Tribune-Herald.

Hurricane Hone ended most of the island’s drought

One effect of Hurricane Hone’s passage to the south of the Big Island late last month was to take almost all of the island out of drought conditions.

Tribune-Herald.

Maui Headlines

Hawaiʻi wildfire victims made it just blocks before becoming trapped by flames, report says

Of the 102 people who lost their lives during the August 2023 wildfires in Lahaina, 80% died in the central part of the town, according to a report released Friday by the Hawaiʻi Attorney General’s office.

Associated Press.

Deadly devastation from the Lahaina fire was ‘years in the making’

State, county and community inaction including years of ignoring the dangers posed by wildfire made the Aug. 8 fire that destroyed Lahaina worse than it should have been. That is the overwhelming message of the Hawaiʻi Attorney General’s “Lahaina Fire Incident Analysis Report,” the second of a three-part investigation into the Lahaina fires that killed 102 people and destroyed more than 2,200 buildings last year.

Civil Beat. Associated Press. Hawaiʻi Public Radio.

Fire intensifies Lahaina community’s push for bypass extension

Fire survivor Shayne Kahahane said many in the community want a finished Lahaina Bypass, and believe that its completion would have saved some of the 102 people who died during the Aug. 8, 2023, fire.

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Kaua‘i Headlines

Navy hosts environmental assessment open house

The U.S. Navy will be hosting a meeting/open house on Tuesday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Kauai Veterans Center located on Veterans Memorial Highway adjacent to the Vidinha Stadium.

Garden Island.

Some hikers blame ‘rancid’ toilet facilities for norovirus outbreak on Kalalau Trail on Kauaʻi

As the Hawaiʻi State Department of Land and Natural Resources continues with its survey to determine the cause of the norovirus outbreak that has affected at least 50 visitors on the Kalalau Trail along the Nāpali Coast on Kauaʻi, some are blaming the virus on the state’s facilities that they say are unsanitary.

Kauai Now.