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Homeowners Rush to Install Solar on Roofs Before Tax Credits Expire
Due to the passage in July of H.R.1, the “big, beautiful bill,” the 30% federal tax credit for residential solar PV panels and batteries ends Dec. 31 instead of the end of 2032.
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This Is What Residents Think the New ‘Green Fee’ Should Be Spent On
The state is deciding how it will spend an estimated extra $100 million a year from the new “Green Fee” tax on hotels and cruise ships that starts next year. More than half of those surveyed touted projects that focus on restoration, recovery and workforce development.
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Kiko Downgraded to Tropical Storm as It Passes North of Hawaiʻi
Kiko weakened to a tropical storm Monday night and is on track to pass well north of Hawaii over the next two days. Once a major Category 4 hurricane just a few days ago, Kiko is now a shallow tropical storm and is mostly a swirl of low level clouds.
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Girls Remain Underrepresented In Hawaiʻi High School Sports
Seven years after the state education department faced a civil rights lawsuit over gender inequality in sports, Hawaiʻi girls remain consistently underrepresented in high school athletics.
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How Small Businesses Are Breaking Into Hawaiʻi’s Big Tourism Markets
Airlines and hotels can provide a lucrative market for Hawaiʻi entrepreneurs, but making inroads with large brands and scaling up production isn’t easy.
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O‘ahu Headlines
HPD Tried To Fire This Cop. He’s Retiring With A Giant Pension Instead
The police department has opened an inquiry into the 2,375 hours of overtime filed last year by Darren Cachola, who is one of the officers being sued along with the department for arresting sober drivers at DUI checkpoints.
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Council OKs 750-Unit Affordable Rental Project in Kapolei
The Council’s approval allows Laulima Affordable Housing LLC, an affiliate of Utah-based the Wasatch Group, to build its project within a part of a 516-acre Kapolei West master-planned development.
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Hanauma Bay Closed for Parking Lot Repaving
Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve is closed for two weeks starting Monday. A city contractor is repaving and restriping the attraction’s two main public parking lots, which includes approximately 280 parking stalls.
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Planning on digging in your yard? Calling 811 first has proven to be the best preventive measure for excavating safely.
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Hawai‘i Island Headlines
Council Committee Passes Bill to Extend Free Bus Rides Through 2028
The move aims to address ongoing staffing shortages within the Mass Transit Agency and give officials time to implement improvements, including a micro-transit program that will better serve rural residents.
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Final EIS For Keauhou Bay Management Plan Published
The documents detail Kamehameha Schools’ proposal to implement the Keauhou Bay Management Plan on approximately 29 acres at Keauhou Bay.
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Hawaii Business Magazine
Businesses Tell Us About Recovery, Hiring and Buying Local
In the BOSS Survey and 808 Poll, Hawaiʻi business owners and executives revealed some surprising opinions on a range of topics
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PETA Weighs in on K-9 Archer’s Death
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said it sent a letter Monday to Hawaiʻi Police Department Interim Chief Reed Mahuna concerning Archer, the West Hawaiʻi Vice Division K-9 that died Thursday after being left unattended in a police vehicle.
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Once Homeless, Man Helps Job Seekers Through the Same Organization That Helped Him
When Kevin Aki Jr. first attended an American Job Center Hawaii community outreach event a decade ago, he and his family were “homeless and low-income.”
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Maui Headlines
State Violated Due Process in Maui Water Case, Hawaiʻi Justices Rule
The Hawaiʻi Supreme Court has ruled that the state Board of Land and Natural Resources violated constitutional rights when it allowed Alexander &Baldwin Inc. to divert streams in East Maui without granting community groups a full hearing on the environmental and cultural consequences.
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Free Building Trades Courses Offered at UH Maui College This Fall
The University of Hawaiʻi Maui College is offering a free eight-week carpentry pre-apprenticeship training beginning next Monday, Sept. 15 and running through Friday, Nov. 14. The tuition value is $6,000.
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Guided Tours Resume at the Remote Hawaiʻi Leprosy Settlement of Kalaupapa
A former leprosy settlement in a remote part of Hawaiʻi will reopen this month for the first time since the pandemic, when it closed to shield the few remaining patients, all of whom are over 80, from exposure to COVID-19, officials said Monday.
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Kaua‘i Headlines
County Strengthens Wildfire Safety in West Kauaʻi Plantation Camp Communities
On Monday, Mayor Derek S.K. Kawakami signed into law Bill No. 2961, an ordinance passed unanimously by the Kauaʻi County Council to advance wildfire mitigation in West Kauaʻi’s plantation camp districts.
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Healthy Coconut Trees Cut Down on Kalalau Trail; State Staff Reprimanded for Not Protecting Natural Resources
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Land and Natural Resources is facing criticism from residents and outdoor enthusiasts after its employees cut down more than a dozen healthy coconut trees along the Kalalau Trail on the Nāpali Coast of Kauaʻi.
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ID Card Production Resumes After Temporarily Being Unavailable on Kauaʻi
The Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) announces that the production of identification cards will resume on Tuesday for Kauaʻi residents.
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