Hawaiʻi Lawmakers Are Pushing for Car-Free Fun Zones — But Not On Oʻahu

To reduce carbon emissions, encourage sustainable transportation and promote community health, counties could be required to pilot a “Summer Streets” program, closing select roads to traffic and repurposing them for pedestrians and bicyclists.

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Maui Police Chief Named in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Lawsuit as Alleged Co-Conspirator

Maui Police Chief John Pelletier is fiercely denying allegations that he was involved in a cover-up linked to Sean “Diddy” Combs. In a nearly 90-page civil lawsuit filed by Ashley Parham and two unnamed individuals, Pelletier is accused of being hired as security for Combs in 2018.

Hawaii News Now. KITV4.

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20 for the Next 20: Sterling Higa, Policy Compass

The founder and CEO of a new policy-focused consulting venture helped push forward major legislative wins in affordable housing.

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Hawaiʻi Farmers Want Protections for Poi

The Legislature is now weighing how best to safeguard local farmers and the culturally important starch they produce by adding poi to an expanding list of foods and crops the state has stepped in to help in recent years, māmaki tea and Kona coffee among them.

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Crews Clear Debris From Decades-Old Mysterious Kauaʻi Missile

State officials said the debris was discovered back in 2022 in the Niu Valley Ridge area in West Kauaʻi. However, testing shows that the missile crashed into the Niu Valley area over 60 years ago, during a Pacific Missile Range Facility operation.

Hawaii News Now.

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Hawai‘i Tourism: A Century and a Half in the Making

Once a destination for the rich and adventurous, the advent of commercial jets in the 1950s made the Islands affordable to the masses.

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