Year: 2025

Hawaiʻi Lacks Resources For Homeless College Students The effort to help struggling students at the University of Hawaiʻi is led by volunteer faculty and staff. Other states allocate money to help college students alleviate hardships.

May 23, 2025 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/05/hawai%ca%bbi-lacks-resources-for-homeless-college-students/

Conservation Groups Sue To Block Commercial Fishing In Pacific Monument The fishing has resumed in the deep ocean waters that were designated off-limits over a decade ago.

May 23, 2025 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/05/conservation-groups-sue-to-block-commercial-fishing-in-pacific-monument/

How The Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor Has Gone From Cash Cow To Eyesore The harbor’s status as a public asset is at odds with the state’s long-term goals for private management boating facilities.

May 23, 2025 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/05/how-the-ala-wai-small-boat-harbor-has-gone-from-cash-cow-to-eyesore/

Health

Rising health disparities statewide, UHERO survey finds

May 23, 2025 0

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2025/05/21/health-disparities-climb/ A new report from the University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization (UHERO) reveals deepening disparities in health, access to care, and...

News

State audit criticizes Hawai‘i Tourism Authority’s destination management

May 23, 2025 0

The Hawai‘i Tourism Authority’s destination management focus is “not new — or effective — and the agency remains unable to...

BIIF judo: Sakai wins 129-pound class at states

May 23, 2025 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/05/23/sports/biif-judo-sakai-wins-129-pound-class-at-states/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news

Volcano Watch — Inter-Episode Rumblings at Kīlauea

May 23, 2025 0

By Hawaiian Volcano Observatory May 22, 2025 Witnessing a volcanic eruption is, for many, a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park welcomes...

Police Celebrate DARE Graduates in East Hawai’i

May 22, 2025 0

The Hawai’i Police Department and School Resource Officers would like to congratulate the 2025 graduates of the Drug Abuse Resistance...

Teens Spend Date Night Leaving Flowers And Notes On Cars At A Hospital

May 22, 2025 0

Teens Spend Date Night Leaving Flowers And Notes On Cars At A Hospital What started as a sweet date night...

Neal Milner: Hawaiʻi’s Uncounted Homeless Are The People Sleeping On Your Couch The uncomfortable truth is that Hawaiʻi likely has thousands more homeless people than the narrow definition used in the official count accounts for.

May 22, 2025 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/05/neal-milner-hawaii-uncounted-homeless-are-the-people-sleeping-on-your-couch/

How UH Is Trying To Hold Onto Hawaiʻi’s High School Grads Federal data shows a decline in students staying home for college. The University of Hawaiʻi is trying to reverse that trend.

May 22, 2025 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/05/how-uh-is-trying-to-hold-onto-hawai%ca%bbis-high-school-grads/

Five Troubling Findings From New Report On Hawaiʻi’s Health University of Hawaiʻi study has followed 2,000 people since 2022. This year includes after-effects of Maui wildfires

May 22, 2025 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/05/five-troubling-findings-from-new-report-on-states-health/

Hawaiʻi Tax Collections Will Be Lower Than Expected Over Next 2 Years Gov. Josh Green and lawmakers may face some tough budget decisions later this year as they try to respond to any federal budget cuts.

May 22, 2025 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/05/hawai%ca%bbi-tax-collections-will-be-lower-than-expected-over-next-2-years/

Hawaiʻi Is Facing A Food Crisis. Can A State Plan Finally Help? Lawmakers are pushing for a comprehensive plan to address Hawaiʻi’s overreliance on imported foods and the growing number of residents who can’t afford groceries.

May 22, 2025 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/05/hawaii-is-facing-a-food-crisis-can-a-state-plan-finally-help/

BI athlete’s corner: Warren signs with Steelers

May 22, 2025 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/05/22/sports/bi-athletes-corner-warren-signs-with-steelers/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news

Ka‘u Coffee Festival kicks off Sunday

May 22, 2025 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/05/22/hawaii-news/kau-coffee-festival-kicks-off-sunday/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news

Window Washers Dressed As Superheroes Surprise Patients At Mississippi Hospital

May 21, 2025 0

Window Washers Dressed As Superheroes Surprise Patients At Mississippi Hospital Patients at Memorial Hospital in Gulfport received a special...

Judge Rules Miske’s Mother Can’t Represent Granddaughter’s Interests The mother of convicted racketeering boss Mike Miske, who died last year, had been seeking guardianship of his granddaughter.

May 21, 2025 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/05/judge-rules-miskes-mother-cant-represent-granddaughters-interests/

Manager Alleges Potential Fraud In Homeless Village Construction Manager claims a variety of legal violations during construction of the kauhale tiny homes, but the developer says he doesn’t understand the law.

May 21, 2025 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/05/construction-manager-alleges-potential-fraud-in-homeless-village-building/

Criminals Mailing Illegal Fireworks To Hawaiʻi Mostly Get Away With It People are sending undeclared explosives via U.S.P.S. on a regular basis. Few face arrest or prosecution.

May 21, 2025 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/05/criminals-mailing-illegal-fireworks-hawaii-get-away-with-it/

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Year: 2025

Hawaiʻi Lacks Resources For Homeless College Students The effort to help struggling students at the University of Hawaiʻi is led by volunteer faculty and staff. Other states allocate money to help college students alleviate hardships.

Conservation Groups Sue To Block Commercial Fishing In Pacific Monument The fishing has resumed in the deep ocean waters that were designated off-limits over a decade ago.

How The Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor Has Gone From Cash Cow To Eyesore The harbor’s status as a public asset is at odds with the state’s long-term goals for private management boating facilities.

Rising health disparities statewide, UHERO survey finds

State audit criticizes Hawai‘i Tourism Authority’s destination management

BIIF judo: Sakai wins 129-pound class at states

Volcano Watch — Inter-Episode Rumblings at Kīlauea

Police Celebrate DARE Graduates in East Hawai’i

Teens Spend Date Night Leaving Flowers And Notes On Cars At A Hospital

Neal Milner: Hawaiʻi’s Uncounted Homeless Are The People Sleeping On Your Couch The uncomfortable truth is that Hawaiʻi likely has thousands more homeless people than the narrow definition used in the official count accounts for.

How UH Is Trying To Hold Onto Hawaiʻi’s High School Grads Federal data shows a decline in students staying home for college. The University of Hawaiʻi is trying to reverse that trend.

Five Troubling Findings From New Report On Hawaiʻi’s Health University of Hawaiʻi study has followed 2,000 people since 2022. This year includes after-effects of Maui wildfires

Hawaiʻi Tax Collections Will Be Lower Than Expected Over Next 2 Years Gov. Josh Green and lawmakers may face some tough budget decisions later this year as they try to respond to any federal budget cuts.

Hawaiʻi Is Facing A Food Crisis. Can A State Plan Finally Help? Lawmakers are pushing for a comprehensive plan to address Hawaiʻi’s overreliance on imported foods and the growing number of residents who can’t afford groceries.

BI athlete’s corner: Warren signs with Steelers

Ka‘u Coffee Festival kicks off Sunday

Window Washers Dressed As Superheroes Surprise Patients At Mississippi Hospital

Judge Rules Miske’s Mother Can’t Represent Granddaughter’s Interests The mother of convicted racketeering boss Mike Miske, who died last year, had been seeking guardianship of his granddaughter.

Manager Alleges Potential Fraud In Homeless Village Construction Manager claims a variety of legal violations during construction of the kauhale tiny homes, but the developer says he doesn’t understand the law.

Criminals Mailing Illegal Fireworks To Hawaiʻi Mostly Get Away With It People are sending undeclared explosives via U.S.P.S. on a regular basis. Few face arrest or prosecution.

Police Investigating Hilo Murder

High Bacteria Count Advisory at Keokea Bay Beach Park

Carlsmith and Kealoha Beach Parks Closed Due to Shark Sighting

Public Invited to Help Shape the Future of Hilo Bay

GOVERNOR GREEN ORDERS FLAGS TO HALF-STAFF IN OBSERVANCE OF PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY

HAWAIIAN VOLCANO OBSERVATORY STATUS REPORT U.S. Geological Survey

People Usually Get Away With Harming Hawai‘i’s Seals Despite Tourist Case A Seattle visitor was arrested a week after lobbing a rock at an endangered seal on Maui. But cases involving people killing the seals are rarely prosecuted.

Big Island Press Club hosts scholarship dinner

Funds allocated for Waimea emergency center

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