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Entries for 'News Release'
| Wednesday, November 12, 2025 |
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Condorama XV Set for this Weekend
By News Release @ 4:42 PM :: 197 Views :: Development, Small Business, Cost of Living
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... free “Condorama XV” event via webinar, on Saturday, November 15, 2025. The event runs from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. ....
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| Tuesday, November 11, 2025 |
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OHA Relaunches Congressional Fellows Program with 8(a) Co-sponsorships
By News Release @ 10:27 PM :: 244 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Military, OHA
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... OHA and HNC Launch Nā ʻElele o Kahikina Congressional Fellows Program in Washington, D.C. ....
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| Tuesday, November 11, 2025 |
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Hawaiian Electric monitoring wildfire risk conditions on Hawaii Island
By News Release @ 9:58 PM :: 295 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy
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... Strong winds, low humidity today could lead to Public Safety Power Shutoff ....
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| Tuesday, November 11, 2025 |
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Three names on list to fill vacant Maui council seat
By News Release @ 2:20 PM :: 1061 Views :: Maui County, Politicians
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... applications for the Kahului residency area seat must be received by the County Clerk no later than 12:00 noon on Monday, November 10, 2025 ....
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| Tuesday, November 11, 2025 |
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SHPD Begins Updating Statewide Historic Preservation Plan
By News Release @ 1:56 PM :: 272 Views :: Development
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... Take the statewide survey available online ....
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| Tuesday, November 11, 2025 |
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60 Mentally Ill Inmates at WCCC
By News Release @ 1:35 PM :: 278 Views :: Law Enforcement
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... Over 60 inmates who are treated by the WCCC Mental Health Unit participated in today’s event ....
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| Tuesday, November 11, 2025 |
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PUC Chair Resigns
By News Release @ 1:07 PM :: 307 Views :: Energy, Hawaii State Government
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... The Governor is currently accepting applications to the Public Utilities Commission ....
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| Tuesday, November 11, 2025 |
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Survey: 75% of Hawaiʻi’s Workforce May Leave
By News Release @ 2:11 AM :: 457 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Labor, Cost of Living
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... survey of over 3,200 local workers from across industries shows the cost-of-living crisis affects families across the economic spectrum ....
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| Tuesday, November 11, 2025 |
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HPD Seeks Community Feedback to Enhance Public Safety Services
By News Release @ 1:56 AM :: 299 Views :: Honolulu County, Police
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... The survey will run from Nov. 8 through Dec. 13, 2025 ....
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| Monday, November 10, 2025 |
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HPD finds Missing Tennessee Child Living in Van with Criminal in Hawaii
By News Release @ 2:52 PM :: 407 Views :: Honolulu County, Family, Law Enforcement
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... The juvenile’s father has a lengthy criminal history in both California and Hawaii that include multiple counts of domestic violence, abuse, drugs, battery, and burglary ....
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| Monday, November 10, 2025 |
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Hawaii DoE Backs Down Completely From Punishing Teacher for Allowing Kirk and Trump Discussion on Constitution Day
By News Release @ 12:42 PM :: 524 Views :: Education K-12, First Amendment
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... an 8th-grade history teacher, taught a federally mandated lesson about the Constitution for Constitution Day ....
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| Saturday, November 8, 2025 |
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Just the beginning: 36-40 Flights Cut over Weekend
By News Release @ 6:29 AM :: 1707 Views :: National News, Tourism
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... We expect to cancel roughly 36-40 flights each day through Sunday, Nov. 9 ....
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| Friday, November 7, 2025 |
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$360M: HDoT Launches 113 Bicycle, Pedestrian Projects
By News Release @ 1:08 PM :: 463 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... HDOT will invest approximately $360 million in multimodal projects over the next 10 years ....
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| Thursday, November 6, 2025 |
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OHA Approves Emergency Relief Payments for Native Hawaiians
By News Release @ 11:23 PM :: 1399 Views :: OHA
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... OHA estimates nearly 14,000 Native Hawaiian beneficiaries may qualify for the $350 direct payment to help meet food costs ....
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| Thursday, November 6, 2025 |
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Ex-Justice Wilson: Hawaii Judiciary Believes Courts have duty to protect future generations from Climate Change
By News Release @ 12:43 AM :: 740 Views :: Environment, Ethics
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"Hawaii’s right to bring such litigation, he noted, has been threatened by the federal government's attempts to block such litigation."
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| Wednesday, November 5, 2025 |
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Hawaii AG joins suit to protect student loan forgiveness for 'illegal purpose' nonprofit employees
By News Release @ 11:01 AM :: 541 Views :: Higher Education
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...the Department of Education issued a rule that threatened to remove eligibility for student loan forgiveness to anyone who works for someone with “a substantial illegal purpose.”....
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| Tuesday, November 4, 2025 |
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DoH Preps Hemp Retail Registration System
By News Release @ 10:42 PM :: 492 Views :: Small Business, Drugs
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... Office of Medical Cannabis Control and Regulation (OMCCR) is launching an outreach and education initiative to encourage voluntary compliance among hemp retailers and distributors, including online and out-of-state businesses ....
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| Tuesday, November 4, 2025 |
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Matson Partners with WhaleSpotter to Commercialize Breakthrough Whale Detection Technology
By News Release @ 2:23 PM :: 579 Views :: Environment, Jones Act
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... monitoring to reliably detect whales up to three nautical miles away, day or night ....
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| Tuesday, November 4, 2025 |
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County of Maui seeking volunteers to serve on Boards and Commissions
By News Release @ 2:06 AM :: 451 Views :: Maui County
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... need volunteers for more than 30 panels, including Liquor Control Commission, Maui Planning Commission, Police Commission, Salary Commission, Urban Design Review Board, Fire and Public Safety Commission and others ....
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| Monday, November 3, 2025 |
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Convicted Felon Arrested and Charged After Stealing Multiple Firearms from a Storage Locker
By News Release @ 6:36 PM :: 680 Views :: Law Enforcement
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... Campbell was previously convicted of burglary in the first degree in 2001 and has six prior felony convictions in the State of Hawaii ....
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| Sunday, November 2, 2025 |
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Easing farmworker housing rules crucial to Hawaii’s agriculture future
By News Release @ 5:45 PM :: 978 Views :: Agriculture, Development
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... having clear standards and not a bunch of hoops to jump through ....
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| Sunday, November 2, 2025 |
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Ohana Voices: Artificial Intelligence-powered civic-engagement platform
By News Release @ 5:35 PM :: 550 Views :: First Amendment, Hawaii State Government
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... to revolutionize how Hawaii residents communicate with legislators ....
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| Sunday, November 2, 2025 |
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Halloween is over, but spooky creatures still haunt us
By News Release @ 1:28 AM :: 542 Views :: Jones Act, Rail
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... the Jones Act goblin, the budget banshee and the grasping rail ....
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| Friday, October 31, 2025 |
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After 500,000 Warnings, Speed Cams Begin Issuing Real Tickets
By News Release @ 11:27 PM :: 967 Views :: Honolulu County, Law Enforcement
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... Since March, HDOT has sent over 500,000 warnings ....
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| Friday, October 31, 2025 |
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Tourist Count Drops 2.5%
By News Release @ 4:30 PM :: 1075 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism
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... there were 690,858 total visitors to the Hawaiian Islands in September 2025, a 2.5 percent decline compared to September 2024 ....
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| Thursday, October 30, 2025 |
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$250 per person: State Opens up Welfare Spigots to Make up for Loss of SNAP
By News Release @ 11:54 PM :: 1264 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... Applications for the $250 Hawaiʻi Relief Program will be accepted beginning today, Wednesday, October 29, 2025 ....
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| Thursday, October 30, 2025 |
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Petition: Investigate Legislator who took $35K Bribe
By News Release @ 2:51 PM :: 2364 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement
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... A Hawaii lawmaker who allegedly pocketed $35,000 in exchange for political favors remains unnamed and uncharged, despite federal court records confirming the transaction ....
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| Thursday, October 30, 2025 |
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Koko Head Shooting Complex Back at 100%
By News Release @ 12:46 AM :: 659 Views :: Honolulu County, Second Amendment
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... The opening of the metallic silhouette range represents the final range to be reopened at the Koko Head Shooting Complex since its initial closure in September 2022 ....
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| Thursday, October 30, 2025 |
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| Wednesday, October 29, 2025 |
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Hawaii is Failing in Affordability and Homebuilding: Can Gov. Green Change That?
By News Release @ 6:13 PM :: 981 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... Green became the first governor in the nation to declare their state’s housing crisis a statewide public emergency in summer 2023 ....
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| Wednesday, October 29, 2025 |
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Maui Council to Meet November 3 to Establish Process to Fill Vacancy
By News Release @ 3:54 PM :: 911 Views :: Maui County, Politicians
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... The process would closely follow steps taken by the council in 2002 to replace Council Chair Patrick Kawano, who passed away while in office ....
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| Wednesday, October 29, 2025 |
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HART Board of Directors Elects New Chair and Vice Chair
By News Release @ 4:33 AM :: 924 Views :: Rail
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... following the resignation of Chair Colleen Hanabusa on September 26, 2025 ....
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| Tuesday, October 28, 2025 |
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Final request: Kama asks Council to name Kauanoe Batagan as her successor
By News Release @ 2:29 PM :: 1226 Views :: Maui County, Politicians
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... Kauanoe Batagan is Executive Director of the Maui Metropolitan Planning Organization ....
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| Saturday, October 25, 2025 |
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Statewide Traffic Deaths Top Last Year's Total
By News Release @ 4:58 PM :: 1057 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement
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... The 106 were a combination of motor vehicle occupants, pedestrians, motorcyclists, scooter riders, bicyclists and people on non-traditional conveyances like skateboards, foot scooters and Utility Task Vehicles ....
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| Friday, October 24, 2025 |
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Pohoiki Boat Ramp Opens--Blocked by Shifting Shoreline within week
By News Release @ 5:01 AM :: 1094 Views :: Hawaii County
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... From October 16 – 19, 2025, the entrance channel filled with black sand, cobbles, and larger lava rocks carried by ocean swells ....
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| Thursday, October 23, 2025 |
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Armed Felon Arrested After Shooting Federal Officer During Execution of Search Warrant and Sixteen-Hour Armed Standoff
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 247 Views :: Law Enforcement, Drugs
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... Morris refused to exit the residence and engaged in a standoff with law enforcement, while broadcasting a Facebook Live stream from inside the residence ....
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| Thursday, October 23, 2025 |
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Red Flag Could Lead to Blackouts
By News Release @ 6:54 PM :: 1001 Views :: Energy, Environment
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... Strong winds, low humidity could lead to Public Safety Power Shutoff ....
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| Thursday, October 23, 2025 |
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Too Many Blackouts? HECO will buy you a Generator
By News Release @ 6:42 PM :: 1651 Views :: Energy
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... Qualified Hawaiian Electric customers in wildfire risk areas who are subject to preemptive power shutoffs would be eligible to receive a rebate for the purchase of backup power equipment ....
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| Thursday, October 23, 2025 |
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New report shows how outdated parking mandates inflate Hawaiʻi housing costs
By News Release @ 2:48 PM :: 1802 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... parking mandates are adding tens of thousands of dollars to the cost of construction of new homes on Oʻahu ....
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| Thursday, October 23, 2025 |
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Japanese Archery Range Coming to Honolulu
By News Release @ 2:34 PM :: 1276 Views :: Honolulu County, Second Amendment
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... kyudojo facility planned in the undeveloped area of Mau‘umae Nature Park in Kaimukī ....
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| Wednesday, October 22, 2025 |
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Green in DC to Meet with Army
By News Release @ 11:13 PM :: 2253 Views :: Environment, Land Use, Military
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... Governor Green and Secretary Driscoll anticipate working toward a Memorandum of Understanding by the end of this year, with the goal of outlining clear parameters for a suitable land arrangement and addressing the issues most important for Hawaiʻi’s communities ....
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| Wednesday, October 22, 2025 |
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| Wednesday, October 22, 2025 |
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Even on Fare-Free Weekend, Rail Ridership falls short of Blangiardi's 25,000
By News Release @ 3:36 AM :: 2525 Views :: Rail
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... DTS announces ridership numbers for Skyline Segment 2 ....
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| Tuesday, October 21, 2025 |
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Hawaii's Only Oil Refinery $100M 'Renewable' Fuels Deal
By News Release @ 11:27 PM :: 5265 Views :: Energy, Environment
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... Par Pacific, Mitsubishi, and ENEOS to Establish Joint Venture for Renewable Fuels in Hawaii ....
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| Tuesday, October 21, 2025 |
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100th Pre-K Classroom Opens
By News Release @ 5:15 AM :: 706 Views :: Education K-12, Family
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... Ready Keiki initiative marks major step toward statewide preschool for all ....
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| Monday, October 20, 2025 |
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Milk Recall: Children Sickened at More Elementary Schools
By News Release @ 11:56 PM :: 2085 Views :: Education K-12, Health Care
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... 31 illnesses potentially linked to the product ....
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| Sunday, October 19, 2025 |
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SD19 Dems Send Three Names to Governor
By News Release @ 10:54 AM :: 3898 Views :: Honolulu County, Democratic Party, Ethics
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... On Sep 25, 2025, SD19 Senator Aquino announced he would quit Senate to join lobbying firm ....
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| Friday, October 17, 2025 |
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Profitable Nonprofits: Four Legislators Oversee $50M Cash Giveaway
By News Release @ 2:06 PM :: 933 Views :: Hawaii State Government
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... Rep Daniel Holt, House Finance Committee Vice Chair Jenna Takenouchi, Senate Ways and Means Chair Donovan Dela Cruz and Senate Majority Leader Dru Kanuha ...
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