Kids May Lose After-School Options Under Hawai‘i’s DOE Budget Cuts
Could school learning centers be coming to an end in Hawai‘i public schools? That’s the fear of some teachers as the Hawai‘i Department of Education looks to slash the budgets and staff of these 29 centers, which offer extracurricular after-school and weekend programming that give students opportunities that they wouldn’t otherwise have access to during the week.
Governor Defends Controversial Water Commission Appointment
Governor Josh Green is making a strident defense of his nominee to the state Commission on Water Resource Management, and is calling for compromise on water and development issues.
Rural Hawaiian Homelands Residents Should Be Online by 2025
Most of the 150 households on the Big Island and Maui left without internet and phone service earlier this year after Sandwich Isles Communications said it would disconnect its customers should be back online by the end of the year, officials from the state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and Hawaiian Telcom told state lawmakers Wednesday.
Commerical Harbor Users to Launch Modernization and Resilience Campaign
Over 20 companies make up the Hawaiʻi Harbor Users Group, which will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2025. It’s been planning for rising seas and bigger vessels — all part of becoming more efficient and resilient due to Hawaiʻi’s dependency on harbors for goods and services.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the state of Hawai‘i $59.2 million for the deployment of zero-emission equipment and other climate adaptation projects at its ports.
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Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi hosted city officials and community groups focused on diversity, equity and inclusion on Wednesday to sign Bill 32 into law, updating Honolulu’s nondiscrimination policy that prohibits discrimination in hiring and employment within O‘ahu as well as in the delivery of city services.
O‘ahu’s Next Landfill Site Is Slated to Be Named in November, City Says
But whether that new dump site — which replaces the 35-year-old Waimanalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill in Kapolei — will actually be usable remains to be seen.
Hawaiʻi Gas: a legacy of innovation and a history of firsts
As a critical infrastructure utility located on a remote island chain, Hawaiʻi Gas has pioneered local innovation and new technologies since the very beginning.
Piles of Historic Honolulu Sidewalk and Curb Stones Irk Commission
The O‘ahu Historic Preservation Commission is raising concerns about the lack of a city policy or plans to preserve or reuse granite stone sidewalks that have existed in parts of Chinatown and downtown Honolulu for over a century, as well as historic lava rock curbs that for many years have been disappearing from downtown streets and other old Honolulu neighborhoods.
Pickleball Part of the Hawai‘i’s Long-Game Sports Tourism Strategy
The Hawai‘i Convention Center hosted a blessing Wednesday celebrating the expansion of its sports courts program, which includes 45 new pickleball courts, some 19 of which have been designated for use in the Aloha Pickleball Games & Festival that debuts Friday and runs through Sunday.
Longest-Serving Honolulu City Worker Celebrates 60 Years at the DMV
Sixty years ago this month, a young Howard Okamura applied to be a clerk typist at the Honolulu Division of Motor Vehicles soon after graduating from Farrington High School. The pay was less than $3 an hour — which he thought was a lot of money at the time. He got the job and is still there! Okamura’s office threw him a surprise party on his anniversary.
Number of Students at UH Hilo Down 4% While Most Other UH Campuses See Gains
While the entire UH system overall had a 3% enrollment increase — and some campuses, like Leeward Community College and UH Maui College had increases of 7% and 6%, respectively — UH Hilo’s enrollment fell by 4% from 2023, from 2,781 to 2,668 students.
The Waimea Nature Trail was temporarily closed from Opelo Road to Kahawai Street, police say, after a report of a UXO found in the stream next to the trail.
No criminal charges will result from the state investigation into the wildfires that leveled Lahaina, killed 102 people and destroyed Maui’s visitor industry, according to state Attorney General Anne E. Lopez.
Maui Fire Settlement Cases Inch Toward Victim Payout
A federal class action lawsuit has been holding up a proposed Maui fire settlement. Now that’s off the table after parties to the settlement agreed to dismiss the lawsuit. A proposed settlement could become final by early 2025.
Historians Calling on Community to Help Preserve Lahaina’s Past
The Lahaina Restoration Foundation is calling on the community to send in their photos, videos, documents, even physical items to help tell Lahaina’s story before, during and after the disaster to co-create the 2023 Lahaina Fire Archive.
Home Sales Spike in Final Month of Summer on Kauaʻi
Sales of single-family homes leaped 52.94 percent to 26 in September from 17 in September 2023, according to monthly data pooled from multiple sources by Hawai‘i Realtors in Honolulu.
Efforts to Address Climate Change to Be on Display at Kauaʻi’s First Community Climate Fair
The state is raising awareness about efforts to address climate change and its bringing its public education campaign to Kauaʻi this weekend for the first time.
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