Selection of Kamehameha Schools Trustees Is Under Scrutiny

While new transparency measures are proposed, some groups want more input. The selection process for Kamehameha Schools trustees is undergoing its first review since scandals in the 1990s unearthed deep problems with the 140-year old estate created to educate Native Hawaiian children.

Civil Beat.

OHA Chair Kahele Uses Relationships to Aid Native Hawaiians

After staying out of the political spotlight for the past two years, Kai Kahele said he’s had time to reflect on his earlier political career, earned a master’s degree in strategic studies at the U.S. Army War College and now wants to change the culture at OHA, whose accomplishments were often overshadowed by dysfunction and feuds between trustees and staff.

Star-Advertiser.

The Navy to Hold Public Meetings on Draft EIS for Pacific Training

The service has a federal operating permit for what it calls the Hawaiʻi-California Training and Testing Study Area that expires in 2025, and is required to submit an EIS as part of the renewal process.

Star-Advertiser.

UH Partnership Will Target Disparities in Cancer Outcomes

The University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center and the John A. Burns School of Medicine today are launching a historic partnership called Ka ‘Umeke Lama, which aims to erase the disparities that affect cancer outcomes and ensure all people have access to high-quality cancer care, regardless of background or geography.

Star-Advertiser.

Hawaiʻi Calls for Pause in Bird Movement Due to Avian Flu Detections

State agencies are urging the public to voluntarily pause the interisland movement of poultry and other bird species for 90 days, effective immediately. The State of Hawaiʻi is calling for a voluntarily pause in the interisland movement of poultry and other bird species for 90 days, effective immediately.

Big Island Video News.

O‘ahu Headlines

Honolulu City Council Overhauls Land Use Rules for Housing, Agriculture and Business

The Honolulu City Council passed its massive land use bill that will impact construction, business and housing across the island. The council has been working on the measure for the last two years. It’s over 250 pages and impacts every type of land usage on Oʻahu.

Hawaiʻi Public Radio.

BLNR Sends Strong Message to Private Beachfront Landowners

On Friday, the Board of Land and Natural Resources stood by a decision not to allow private landowners to harden public beaches for their own personal gain.

KHON2.

Family Demands Answers After Burial Site Disturbed at Troubled Pearl City Cemetery

An Oʻahu family is demanding answers after they went to a long-troubled Pearl City cemetery and found a large slab of concrete covering their loved one’s burial plot.

Hawaii News Now.

Hawai‘i Island Headlines

Alameda Joins Board of Maunakea Stewardship and Oversight Authority

The MKSOA is the state body formed in 2022 to eventually take over management of the Maunakea Science Reserve, the land on the summit of the mountain where the Maunakea telescopes are located, from the University of Hawaiʻi in July 2028.

Tribune-Herald.

Mayor Appoints New Hawaiʻi County Directors

Hugh Ono will be returning to lead the Hawaiʻi County Department of Public Works, as one of three newly announced appointments to Mayor Kimo Alameda’s administration.

Big Island Video News.

Queen’s Plans New Hospital in Kailua-Kona with Helipad, Housing

The Queen’s Health Systems plans to build an 80-bed hospital next to the Kailua-Kona Costco on Hawaiʻi island that would include a helipad to cut travel time to its trauma center on Oʻahu and, critically, construct adjacent, below-market-­rate housing to recruit and retain some of the estimated 300 hospital staff, nurses and doctors.

Star-Advertiser.

Maui Headlines

FEMA Continues Debris Removal Mission on Maui

The US Army Corp of Engineers was mission assigned by FEMA to complete both residential and commercial debris clearing for this disaster.

Maui Now.

Lahaina Schools Are Recovering from the Fires, but Challenges Remain

Growing enrollment and providing mental health services remain a top priority for schools, although teachers believe students are better positioned to learn this year.

Civil Beat.

Kaua‘i Headlines

Kauai Coffee Resumes Annual Holiday Event

Coffee Kalikimaka was celebrated at the nation’s largest coffee plantation Saturday, as Kauai Coffee Company revived its holiday Open House at the site of the former McBryde Sugar.

Garden Island.

4 Promoted During Kaua‘i Fire Department, Ocean Safety Bureau Ceremony

Kaua‘i Fire Department and Kaua‘i County Ocean Safety Bureau conducted a ceremony Friday at the Līhu‘e Civic Center to promote three firefighters and one Ocean Safety Bureau officer.

Kauai Now.Garden Island.