Hawaii County

...An average household in Hawaii County spent an average of $51,700 in 2014....

...aerial shooting from helicopters of feral goats, feral sheep, mouflon and mouflon/feral sheep hybrids....

...the late request by the University to remove Judge Amano ... out of a fear that retaining her might be overturned on appeal, invites the Board to subvert its own independent judgment....

...to dispel the myth that all Native Hawaiians oppose the project....

"As Zika continues to spread rapidly overseas, we must take precautionary measures to prevent any locally acquired cases from taking hold in our state.”

... Sign this petition opposing Bill 165 so that I may share it with the Council members when we discuss the tax increase in the Finance Committee on May 3 ....

...dozens of Hawaii County organic farmers are refusing access to State and County mosquito-eradication workers....

...Currently, there is an appointment open with the Elections Commission for Hawaii County....

...retired Hawaii island circuit court judge Riki May Amano (Ret.) has been selected as the hearings officer to conduct the Mauna Kea contested case hearing....

...The suspect gained entry by ramming our gates then used his vehicle to ram our outer steel doors multiple times and proceed to beat on our inner doors....

Lorraine Inouye: Kenoi Should Resign...

Bottom line: the plaintiff's takings claims are going to trial....

"...wind resources are presently at zero...."

Dr. Sarah Park is the Hawaii State Epidemiologist and Chief of the Disease Outbreak Control Division, Hawaii Department of Health....

"By building on the successes achieved by Kauai Island Utility Cooperative to integrate high levels of cost-effective solar PV into the grid...."

...meanwhile Obama is seeking $1.8B in Zika funding....

The State removed the civil rights lawsuit to U.S. District Court in Honolulu....

First in line after the 7:45 a.m. office opening in Hilo was state Rep. Joy San Buenaventura....

...police disclosed his identity either directly or indirectly to persons being investigated....

...DLNR Officer “was fired (from Honolulu PD) in 2013 after he falsified records and lied to investigators about transporting a female runaway, who was underage.”....

One of the leases at Banyan Drive has expired and has been placed on a month-to-month revocable permit. Other leases at Banyan Drive and in the Kanoelehua Industrial Area will expire in the next several years....

The rally supported what organizers claimed was the constitutional “right to travel” with no driver’s license, registration, license plates, safety stickers and motor vehicle insurance....

...ensure a “fair rate of return” in establishing sublease rent....

Big Island customers could save as much as $113 million on the existing HELCO rate base and up to $234 million including investments to modernize the grid over a four-year period....

Completed applications must be received by December 22, 2015....

Damage occurred same day a caravan of construction vehicles was turned around by protesters, leading to 11 arrests...

Business cannot operate without laws being enforced. Selective enforcement of laws by State, County and HPD is discriminatory. Citizens place their trust in government that Laws will be enforced equally without the need for political pressure to do so. The result of the faulty law enforcement surrounding Mauna Kea is fostering tension, aggression, racism and business uncertainty. Ambiguity surrounding the rule of law has prompted a poor economic climate....

The ACLU has shared a copy of the settlement agreement in this case with Maui County and Kauai County, both of which have had similar pre-employment medical examination requirements....

...once again, a property owner's federal constitutional claims -- raised in a federal forum -- get decided by a state court....

Hawai‘i County Code should be amended to bring it in line with state law...

"...will instead concentrate on the PUC's pending Power Supply Improvement Plan (PSIP) docket, which is better suited to address transformational planning issues...."

For example, the Aina Koa Pono project....

...Hawaii Supreme Court refined the test for determining when a municipal ordinance or charter provision is preempted by state law....

Thursday, June 18, from noon until 1:30 at Restaurant Kenichi in Hilo....

...Ironman charged athletes, who did not otherwise qualify, $50 to enter lotteries for the chance to compete in the Ironman World Championship....

Using Vog from Kilauea to Estimate the Health Consequences of Particulate and SO2 Pollution....

King Kalākaua was an early and ardent supporter of astronomical observation in Hawaii....

Since 2000, Maunakea has been under stewardship of the Office of Maunakea Management....

Facts learned during the course of the investigation will determine whether the attorney general’s office pursues or recommends criminal charges....

...This 12-part series by entomologist Anthony Shelton is the first comprehensive article about a genetically engineered crop, in this case, GE papaya in Hawaii....

...Mauna Kea: OHA Demands $50M Payoff for Mountain....

...A newly hired legal clerk at the Hawaii County Prosecutor's Office in Hilo can start working without the mandatory urine test, a federal judge ruled Friday....

At 6:10 a.m. Thursday (February 26), Kona Patrol officers responded to a report of a fire at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Captain Cook....

The next step in the process is to begin contract negotiations with Ormat, with an agreement to be submitted to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) for approval....

Local, democratic control over the island’s energy infrastructure....

...we've been waiting for the other shoe to drop, and today it did....