Hawaii County

... Hawaii Man Indicted for Traveling to Oregon to Sexually Abuse Two Children, Sharing Video Recordings of the Abuse Online ....

... L.A. Man Sentenced to More Than 24 Years in Prison for $5.5 Million COVID Jobless Benefits Scam, Tax Fraud and Drug Trafficking ....

... the 800-person cockfight was busted at Hokukano Ranch which is promoted as a Big Island film location ....

... Big Island lawyers facing the possibility of Federal Penitentiary after allegedly scamming Hawaii County Affordable Housing credits may have one question on their mind ....

... How to ensure that zoning and building codes don’t undermine housing growth ....

... Waipi'o Valley Road, now partially reopened, has been the subject of controversy since its February 2022 closure ....

... The girl was placed in foster care on or about July 31, 2017, then allegedly endured several months of sexual assault at the hands of two different adult male alleged perpetrators who were living in the house. Both have criminal records ....

... Decades of neglect in monitoring the program has left the department unable to evaluate its success ....

... Some members of the Hawaii County Council are proposing tighter regulations on hosted short-term rentals ....

... greenhouse gas concerns, as well as the comparatively high cost of biomass electricity ....

... the lifting of the injunction in the WHRFMA does not permit the immediate resumption of commercial aquarium fishing ....

... Could Fabian’s death have been prevented if the biological parents had an attorney to investigate the fitness of these foster parents prior to Fabian’s placement? ....

... REALLY OBVIOUS QUESTION: Will Hawaii County Police or Prosecutor now search federal databases for a match to the DNA from 'Unknown Male #1'? ....

... to fill the unexpired term of William Dean (County of Hawaiʻi) that will expire on June 30, 2024 ....

“...A year ago I would have been pessimistic….”  …but … Recent developments make John O’Meara “optimistic about astronomy on Mauna Kea whether or not TMT is part of it....”

... Applications for consideration should be submitted by February 01, 2023 .... 

... building contractor Chris Kagawa lived on the Big Island his entire life until he was forced to relocate to the mainland in June, 2022 due to the actions of the Hawaii County PD ....

... Haleakalā National Park is the first site where novel mosquito control technologies will be implemented. Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park will follow in subsequent years ....

... who owns "accreted" lava ....

... 1 Hawaii Co, 1 Kauai Co, 1 HPD, 1 FBI ....

... in Hilo, the typical home is worth $341,500 - compared to the typical home in Hawaii, which is worth $636,400 ....

... Ever wonder why so many mansions are being built on Hawaii Island? It’s because they don’t involve a lot of red tape or public opposition ....

... Mauna Loa eruption live cam from USGS ....

... starting Thursday, December 1, 2022, 40 patrol sergeants will be outfitted with Body Worn Cameras (BWC) in all districts across the island ....

... Article I, Section 11 of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii establishes that whenever a grand jury is impaneled an independent counsel shall be appointed, as provided by law, to advise the members of the grand jury regarding matters brought before it ....

... wind resources are forecast to be lower than usual and electricity demand has been unusually high since last week due to humid weather ....

... wind resources are forecast to be lower than usual ....

... “Konno” has a provision that has an exemption for special or unique services that are essential to the public and cannot be filled by civil servants ....

...  the Hawaii Department of Human Services spent seven years litigating against an honest doctor in Hilo.  They lost ....

... two illegal large capacity cesspools at the Wailuku Professional Plaza in Hilo and one cesspool at the SKS Management LLC self-storage business in Kailua-Kona .... 

... but, on the bright side, the lack of wind will save bats' lives ....

... hearing October 4th, 2022 at 9am ....

... it creates a default rule for private businesses and charitable organizations, to make it clear that the property owner gets to decide whether firearms are allowed on the premises ....

“...I want to thank these individuals for stepping forward. Through this new stewardship model, I believe we can find a way for science and culture to coexist on Mauna Kea in a mutually beneficial way,” said Gov. Ige....

... there is a line item for renting four 480-square-foot units from the Four Seasons for nearly $300,000 a year ....

... This is an improvement over the earlier forecast that projected bills would increase 7% or about $15 after the coal plant ends operations, which is scheduled for today ....

... If rolling outages are necessary, Hawaiian Electric will send out a Tweet.  That's the plan ....

... revised permitting process for license to carry concealed and unconcealed firearms as a result of the July 23, 2022, Supreme Court of the United States decision ....

... in Hawaii County, residential permits take about 143 days to issue. In Honolulu, it’s 108 days for residential projects and 432 days for commercial projects over $1 million ....

... The National Science Foundation (NSF) has begun the TMT environmental impact statement process.  Right now they are holding public hearings ....

... The deconstruction phase of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Submillimeter Observatory (CSO) on University of Hawaiʻi-managed lands on the summit of Maunakea is on track to begin before summer ends and be completed by the end of the year ....

... Applicant deadline extended to August 8, 2022 ....

... the indictment alleges Rudo solicited and accepted multiple bribes and kickbacks from Sulla, Zamber and Budhabhatti ....

... We invite you to review this Draft CEP and provide any comments you may have by the end of the day on September 17, 2022 ....

... The National Science Foundation will be starting the environmental review process for TMT on Mauna Kea on Tuesday next week ....

... Over the course of two minutes, the defendants punched and kicked the inmate in the head and body while he was lying face-down in a pool of his own blood. The inmate suffered a broken nose, jaw and eye socket ....

“...Rajesh Budhabhatti is a subject of a public corruption/wire fraud case....”

... All the mineral-based products we tested failed SPF or UVA tests - and shockingly several products failed on both counts ....

... Gouveia was previously sentenced by the Court in 2005 to ten years imprisonment for attempted possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine ....

... HB2024 HD1 SD2 CD1 assumes that UH Real Property Agreements become property owned and controlled by the MKSOA by legislative directive ....