World’s Most Premature Surviving Baby Turns One, Sets New Guinness Record
World’s Most Premature Surviving Baby Turns One, Sets New Guinness Record When Mollie and Randall Keen marked their son Nash’s...
Month: July 2025
Denby Fawcett: Officials Raise Alarms As Oʻahu Traffic Fatalities Skyrocket The numbers have doubled over last year, but the top cause remains the same: speeding.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/07/denby-fawcett-officials-raise-alarms-as-o%ca%bbahu-traffic-fatalities-skyrocket/
Data Dive: Hawaiʻi Parents Are Giving Schools A Better Grade School surveys show an uptick in parent satisfaction with the school system, although response rates remain low.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/07/data-dive-hawaii-parents-are-giving-schools-a-better-grade/
HPD Is Sending Its Newest Cops To West Oʻahu. Will The Unusual Move Help? The influx of new officers to the Westside is meant to improve response times, but the interim police chief has declined to say how long it currently takes police to respond to calls.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/07/hpd-is-sending-its-newest-cops-to-west-oahu-will-the-unusual-move-help/
Navy Hopes Native Hawaiian Outreach Will Help Keep Kauaʻi Missile Base Land Comments on a draft report from the Navy and NASA are due Aug. 7.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/07/navy-hopes-native-hawaiian-outreach-will-help-keep-kauai-missile-base-land/
Hilo jail escapee nabbed after nearly 9 months
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/07/29/hawaii-news/hilo-jail-escapee-nabbed-after-nearly-9-months/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Keaau man, 26, accused of sexually assaulting 2 minors
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/07/29/hawaii-news/keaau-man-26-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-2-minors/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Proposed preschool next to ‘Imiloa clears another hurdle
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/07/29/hawaii-news/proposed-preschool-next-to-imiloa-clears-another-hurdle/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Man charged after allegedly setting fire at Hilo business
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/07/29/hawaii-news/man-charged-after-allegedly-setting-fire-at-hilo-business/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Hilo woman free despite 20 felony charges
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/07/29/hawaii-news/hilo-woman-free-despite-20-felony-charges/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Current Pacific Storms….5 of them!
Hurricane Iona, Tropical Storm Keli, and the un-named 3rd storm are no threats to Hawai'i. It's too early to know...
GOVERNOR GREEN ELECTED TO LEADERSHIP ROLES BY GOVERNORS ASSOCIATIONS TO ELEVATE HAWAI‘I’S VOICE ON BIPARTISAN PRIORITIES
GOVERNOR GREEN ELECTED TO LEADERSHIP ROLES BY GOVERNORS ASSOCIATIONS TO ELEVATE HAWAI‘I’S VOICE ON BIPARTISAN PRIORITIES HONOLULU – Governor Josh...
Official Report:16-2077 TREEFERN DR, AINALOA SUBDIVISION, Puna, Partial garage fire
Monday, 4:54am, 7/28/2025 7 HFD apparatus; 12 HFD personnel Loss: $5,000 Cause: Under Investigation 1500 Square feet single story wooden...
A Disabled Man’s Livelihood Was Stolen, Then A Stranger Came To His Rescue
A Disabled Man’s Livelihood Was Stolen, Then A Stranger Came To His Rescue A Central Florida landscaper is back on...
Hawaiian Petroglyphs Reemerge Thanks To Changing Tides And Shifting Sands It’s the first time the entire panel of 26 figures has been visible since they were spotted nine years ago. Native Hawaiian cultural practitioner Glen Kila believes it’s a message from his ancestors about rising ocean levels.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/07/hawaiian-petroglyphs-reemerge-thanks-to-changing-tides-and-shifting-sands/
Fix It! Roosters Love The Waikīkī High Life But Neighbors Don’t Love Them Responsibility for managing feral chickens on Oʻahu varies from property to property.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/07/fix-it-roosters-love-the-waikiki-high-life-but-neighbors-dont-love-them/
An Infusion Of Fire Aid Is Changing How The Maui Food Bank Does Business The Maui Food Bank saw its revenues jump to more than $77 million after the 2023 fires, a nearly eightfold increase from the previous year. It’s trying to use the windfall wisely.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/07/an-infusion-of-fire-aid-is-changing-how-the-maui-food-bank-does-business/
College Students In Hawaiʻi Could Lose Access To Federal Loans An estimated 1 in 6 community college students are enrolled in programs at risk of losing federal loan eligibility if UH can’t prove graduates earn more than residents with a high school diploma.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/07/college-students-in-hawai%ca%bbi-could-lose-access-to-federal-loans/
Hawaii American Water Granted New Rates by Hawaii Public Utilities Commission
New rates are expected to be effective in early August 2025. The typical single-family customer in Hawaii Kai will see...
UH-Hilo athletics: Haskett returns to Vulcans, joins men’s basketball coaching staff
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/07/27/sports/uh-hilo-athletics-haskett-returns-to-vulcans-joins-mens-basketball-coaching-staff/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
