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‘An opportunity to start fresh’

By MICHAEL BRESTOVANSKY Hawaii Tribune-Herald The reshuffled Hawaii County Council hopes to improve its relationships with the new county administration to get things done faster. Kona-Kohala Councilman Holeka Goro Inaba became council chair last month, and newly elected Hilo Councilman Dennis “Fresh” Onishi will serve as vice chairman. With one other new face on the council – Kohala Councilman James Hustace – Inaba said he has high hopes for the new council and plans for…Read more

Tsunami museum in trouble

By JOHN BURNETT Hawaii Tribune-Herald The Pacific Tsunami Museum is in dire financial straits, and its organizers hope the community will step up and help it navigateout of troubled waters. According to Carol Walker, the acting board chairwoman, the museum has laid off all its salaried employees, including Director Cindi Preller and Associate Director Josh Bell. Preller, Bell and others remain on as unpaid volunteers. A notice taped to the museum door at the corner of Kamehameha Avenue…Read more

Ponahawai Short-Term Shelter at Kuawa has disbanded

Temporary homeless camp had 15 occupants By MICHAEL BRESTOVANSKY Hawaii Tribune-Herald A Hawaii County homeless shelter establishednear MamalahoaHighway in July has been disbanded. Located on Kuawa Street – a short road connecting Manono Street and Mamalahoa Highway – the “Ponahawai Short-Term Shelter at Kuawa” was a camp set up on an empty lot leased from a private owner to shelter occupants of a previoustemporary shelter that stood on Ponahawai Street in downtown Hilo. That Ponahawai…Read more

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