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Hawaii shifts into recovery mode after storm
1+ day, 26+ min ago (1680+ words) The Pali Highway exit remained closed Sunday. Thousands of Hawaiian Electric customers across the state remained in the dark from overnight power outages. A power outage in East Oahu Friday and Saturday forced the Safeway Hawaii Kai to clear perishable…...
Pilot program puts Honolulu police officers in 3 schools
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (1036+ words) JAMM AQUINO / STAR-ADVERTISER The Honolulu Police Department and the state Department of Education announced a pilot school resource officer program Wednesday. HPD School Resource Officer Jayson Kauwenaole spoke at the news conference held at the DOE. The Honolulu Police Department…...
Hawaii Farm to Families program to provide funds to food banks
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (361+ words) As food insecurity continues to affect local families, the Hawaii House of Representatives is pleased to announce the release of funding for the Farm to Families initiative, a Legislature-funded program that enables local food banks to purchase, store and distribute…...
Coast Guard monitors Russian naval spy ship off Hawaii’s coast
4+ mon, 4+ day ago (245+ words) COURTESY U.S. COAST GUARD The U.S. Coast Guard detected a Russian military vessel, the intelligence ship Kareliya, operating just outside U.S. territorial waters about 15 nautical miles south of Oahu on Oct. 29. U.S. Coast Guard officials said they are monitoring a Russian naval intelligence ship…...
Hawaii’s drought conditions extend to normally drenched Hilo
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (714+ words) This image released Oct. 2 shows the entire state of Hawaii in drought, with portions of Hawaii island in extreme drought and Hilo in severe drought. Dry conditions continue throughout the entire state, with even Hilo " a city renowned for prodigious…...
Island History: The very first haoles (foreigners) to reside in Hawaii
5+ mon, 7+ hour ago (365+ words) Courtesy of Hank Soboleski Spanish, Japanese and Dutch seafarers probably visited Hawaii between the time, many centuries ago, when Polynesians first settled Hawaii, and 1778, the year Captain James Cook made his discovery of Hawaii, yet it's doubtful that any of…...
Hawaii AG investigates case of fatal banyan tree collapse
5+ mon, 2+ day ago (619+ words) The front of the former Calvary Chapel Hilo building was damaged when a banyan tree uprooted and fell on the building on July 12. The fallen tree also killed two women who were trapped and crushed beneath the massive tree. The…...
Hawaii Seaglider Initiative expands with 3 prominent partners
5+ mon, 4+ day ago (437+ words) The Hawaii Seaglider Initiative " a coalition advocating electric-powered vehicles known as seagliders as a cleaner, affordable interisland transportation option " has added three major organizations to its membership: Hawaii Medical Service Association, The Queen's Health System and Kamehameha Schools. David Uchiyama,…...
EPA fines Grove Farm, Hawaii Gas for illegal cesspools on Kauai
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (366+ words) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined the Grove Farm Company Inc. and The Gas Company more than $104,500 for operating illegal large-capacity cesspools in Lihue, Kauai. Such cesspools were banned nationally in April 2005 as part of the Safe Drinking Water Act,…...
Honolulu Police Department report progress on shuttering illegal game rooms
6+ mon, 4+ day ago (1073+ words) Illegal game room in Kalihi. The number of arrests at illegal game rooms on Oahu so far this year has surpassed the total for 2024, as Honolulu police work with city planning officials to shut down the operations, which have often…...