8/31/2024 Updated: Hawai’i Island Mile Marker Map
CLICK FOR MAP - Additions to Gulches in the North Kona and Ka'ū Districts following heavy rainfall and request to...
Hawaiʻi County Expands Community Resource Center Services to Assist with Earthquake Impacts
Hawaiʻi County Expands Community Resource Center Services to Assist with Earthquake Impacts The County of Hawai‘i is coordinating with partners...
DEPARTMENT OF WATER SUPPLY – HURRICANE LALA RECOVERY PLAN UPDATE
DEPARTMENT OF WATER SUPPLY – HURRICANE LALA RECOVERY PLAN UPDATE The Hawaiʻi County Department of Water Supply (DWS) thanks its...
GOVERNOR GREEN ANNOUNCES MAJOR RECOVERY PROGRESS FOLLOWING HURRICANE LOWELL Kauaʻi Power Restored to 72%; Roads, Airport and Port Infrastructure Repairs Continue
GOVERNOR GREEN ANNOUNCES MAJOR RECOVERY PROGRESS FOLLOWING HURRICANE LOWELL Kauaʻi Power Restored to 72%; Roads, Airport and Port Infrastructure Repairs...
Hawaiian Electric preparing for Tropical Storm Norbert, supporting power restoration on Kauaʻi – Company sending additional staff, vehicles to Kauaʻi this weekend
Hawaiian Electric preparing for Tropical Storm Norbert, supporting power restoration on Kauaʻi - Company sending additional staff, vehicles to Kauaʻi...
Two Aussies Were on Vacation in Thailand When They Saw Workers Struggling With an Excavator. So They Stopped to Help
Two Aussies Were on Vacation in Thailand When They Saw Workers Struggling With an Excavator. So They Stopped to Help...
‘You Just Want To Cry’: Kauaʻi Takes Stock Of Lowell’s Damage Communities on Kauaʻi, Lānaʻi and Niʻihau are picking up the pieces left by Hurricane Lowell, a storm Gov. Josh Green compared with the 1992 disaster ʻIniki.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2026/09/hurricane-lowell-niihau-news-emerges-while-gov-likens-kauai-hit-to-iniki/
Radio Silence Amid Lowell Reveals Critical Gap In Emergency Plan Radio is critical during disasters. Kauaʻi has again exposed that many stations lack generators and other equipment needed to stay on the air.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2026/09/radio-silence-amid-lowell-reveals-critical-gap-in-emergency-plan/
Honolulu Man Involved in Trans-Pacific Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison in Homeland Security Task Force Investigation
Honolulu Man Involved in Trans-Pacific Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison in Homeland Security Task Force Investigation...
Kona man accused of possessing, disseminating child porn
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2026/09/11/hawaii-news/kona-man-accused-of-possessing-disseminating-child-porn/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Remembering Hawaii’s 9/11 victims
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2026/09/11/hawaii-news/remembering-hawaiis-9-11-victims/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Hawai‘i Island police arrested 50-year-old John Gonzalez of Kealakekua
Hawai‘i Island police arrested 50-year-old John Gonzalez of Kealakekua on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, following a grand jury indictment charging...
Volcano Watch — Remembering the 1919–1920 Maunaiki eruption of Kīlauea
By Hawaiian Volcano Observatory September 10, 2026 Kīlauea has drawn huge crowds to witness the lava fountaining episodes from its summit crater...
Hawai’i Police Department Welcomes New Officiers
The Hawai`i Police Department welcomed nine new officers following the 105th Police Recruit Class recognition ceremony held Wednesday, September 9,...
GOVERNOR GREEN LOWERS FLAGS FOR PATRIOT DAY
GOVERNOR GREEN LOWERS FLAGS FOR PATRIOT DAY HONOLULU — Governor Josh Green has ordered that the United States and Hawaiʻi state...
Pizza Place Got a $300 Order. When the Owner Realized It Was a Prank, He Donated the Pizzas to a Local Hospital
Pizza Place Got a $300 Order. When the Owner Realized It Was a Prank, He Donated the Pizzas to a...
Making New Kaua‘i Homes Wildfire Resistant May Cost Much More Than Expected A Kaua‘i County Council committee wants more time to discuss how proposed new building standards could increase construction costs and whether the county should subsidize them.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2026/09/making-new-kauai-homes-wildfire-resistant-may-cost-much-more-than-expected/
More Housing Without Kicking Anyone Out? It’s Possible, Apparently New owner of Honolulu building is making unusual plan to upgrade building but stabilize rents for occupied units.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2026/09/developers-plan-to-keep-rents-low-is-godsend-to-some-tenants/
STAY PREPARED
HONOLULU — After two significant tropical weather threats in just a few weeks, the City and County of Honolulu is...
Puna and Tahiti win top wa’a at 53rd Queen Liliʻuokalani canoe race
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2026/09/10/sports/puna-and-tahiti-win-top-waa-at-53rd-queen-lili%CA%BBuokalani-canoe-race/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Lifeguard towers going unstaffed as county finds filling positions difficult
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2026/09/10/hawaii-news/lifeguard-towers-going-unstaffed-as-county-finds-filling-positions-difficult/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
