Year: 2025

Honolulu County Employee Fired After Nearly 5 Years Of Paid Leave The employee was paid not to work for years as officials mulled over his “impossible” mileage reports. He stopped receiving a city paycheck a few weeks after a Civil Beat story.

September 2, 2025 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/09/honolulu-county-employee-fired-after-nearly-5-years-of-paid-leave/

Immigration Raids Throw Long Shadow Over Big Island Coffee Harvest As their workers are arrested and deported, flee the country or stay away, coffee farmers are struggling to bring in a bumper crop.

September 2, 2025 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/09/immigration-raids-throw-long-shadow-over-big-island-coffee-harvest/

Hawaii labor force is shrinking as population ages, workers leave

September 2, 2025 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/09/02/hawaii-news/hawaii-labor-force-is-shrinking-as-population-ages-workers-leave/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news

North Kohala Water Customers – Use Water for Essential Needs Only AFFECTED AREAS: HĀWĪ TO HALA‘ULA, INCLUDING PUAKEA BAY, KA‘AUHUHU HOMESTEADS, ‘ĀINAKEA VILLAGE SUBDIVISION, AND ALL CUSTOMERS ALONG AKONI PULE HIGHWAY, MILL ROAD, AND MA‘ULILI ROAD; NORTH KOHALA

September 1, 2025 0

North Kohala Water Customers - Use Water for Essential Needs Only AFFECTED AREAS: HĀWĪ TO HALA‘ULA, INCLUDING PUAKEA BAY, KA‘AUHUHU...

‘Daddy, I’m Getting A Heart’: The Call That Changed Everything

September 1, 2025 0

'Daddy, I’m Getting A Heart': The Call That Changed Everything For more than 200 days, 11-year-old Ava Cooper called a...

Fix It! Big Island Buildingʻs Solar Panel System Is On The Blink — Again It costs taxpayers $4,000 every month that system isn’t producing electricity.

September 1, 2025 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/09/fix-it-big-island-building%ca%bbs-solar-panel-system-is-on-the-blink-again/

State Fund Aims To Get More Kids Walking To School. Will They Be Safer? The funds won’t be released until early next year, but the transportation department is looking at ways to expedite processes so work can begin within four months of receipt.

September 1, 2025 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/09/state-fund-aims-to-get-more-kids-walking-to-school-will-they-be-safer/

Kirstin Downey: After 150 Years, Family Discovers Ancestorʻs Hawaiʻi Ties Edward Gravierʻs descendants never knew he sailed to Hawaiʻi in the late-1870s. Then his great-great-grandson found him on the Civil Beat website.

September 1, 2025 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/09/kirstin-downey-after-150-years-family-discovers-ancestor%ca%bbs-hawai%ca%bbi-ties/

Hawaii’s labor force continues to shrink on this Labor Day, leading to fears of an even bigger workforce crisis ahead as the population ages, retires and dies and younger employees continue to leave for more affordable states.

September 1, 2025 0

https://www.staradvertiser.com/2025/09/01/hawaii-news/isle-labor-force-is-shrinking-as-population-ages-workers-leave/

BIIF football: Hooper steps up, leads Wildcats to victory over KSH

September 1, 2025 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/09/01/sports/biif-football-hooper-steps-up-leads-wildcats-to-victory-over-ksh/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news

Military vets gifted home in Puna: ‘Incredible couple’ honored for their service

September 1, 2025 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/09/01/hawaii-news/military-vets-gifted-home-in-puna-incredible-couple-honored-for-their-service/

Operation Hire Hawai‘i initiative fills 147 state job vacancies

September 1, 2025 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/09/01/hawaii-news/operation-hire-hawaii-initiative-fills-147-state-job-vacancies/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news

Hawaii Volcano Circus seeks to expand SPACE campus

September 1, 2025 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/09/01/hawaii-news/hawaii-volcano-circus-seeks-to-expand-space-campus/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news

Hawaii Island nonprofit receives $1M grant to support new housing program

September 1, 2025 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/09/01/hawaii-news/hawaii-island-nonprofit-receives-1m-grant-to-support-new-housing-program/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news

Restaurant Owners Surprise Young Worker With New Bike After His Was Stolen

August 31, 2025 0

Restaurant Owners Surprise Young Worker With New Bike After His Was Stolen Sometimes a bad day can turn around in...

Will Bailey: Pōhakuloa Is Perfect For The Army. So Don’t Let Them Pressure Us Lease negotiations should proceed on island time, not military time.

August 31, 2025 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/08/will-bailey-pohakuloa-is-perfect-for-the-army-so-dont-let-them-pressure-us/

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Year: 2025

Honolulu County Employee Fired After Nearly 5 Years Of Paid Leave The employee was paid not to work for years as officials mulled over his “impossible” mileage reports. He stopped receiving a city paycheck a few weeks after a Civil Beat story.

Immigration Raids Throw Long Shadow Over Big Island Coffee Harvest As their workers are arrested and deported, flee the country or stay away, coffee farmers are struggling to bring in a bumper crop.

Hawaii labor force is shrinking as population ages, workers leave

North Kohala Water Customers – Use Water for Essential Needs Only AFFECTED AREAS: HĀWĪ TO HALA‘ULA, INCLUDING PUAKEA BAY, KA‘AUHUHU HOMESTEADS, ‘ĀINAKEA VILLAGE SUBDIVISION, AND ALL CUSTOMERS ALONG AKONI PULE HIGHWAY, MILL ROAD, AND MA‘ULILI ROAD; NORTH KOHALA

‘Daddy, I’m Getting A Heart’: The Call That Changed Everything

Fix It! Big Island Buildingʻs Solar Panel System Is On The Blink — Again It costs taxpayers $4,000 every month that system isn’t producing electricity.

State Fund Aims To Get More Kids Walking To School. Will They Be Safer? The funds won’t be released until early next year, but the transportation department is looking at ways to expedite processes so work can begin within four months of receipt.

Kirstin Downey: After 150 Years, Family Discovers Ancestorʻs Hawaiʻi Ties Edward Gravierʻs descendants never knew he sailed to Hawaiʻi in the late-1870s. Then his great-great-grandson found him on the Civil Beat website.

Hawaii’s labor force continues to shrink on this Labor Day, leading to fears of an even bigger workforce crisis ahead as the population ages, retires and dies and younger employees continue to leave for more affordable states.

BIIF football: Hooper steps up, leads Wildcats to victory over KSH

Military vets gifted home in Puna: ‘Incredible couple’ honored for their service

Operation Hire Hawai‘i initiative fills 147 state job vacancies

Hawaii Volcano Circus seeks to expand SPACE campus

Hawaii Island nonprofit receives $1M grant to support new housing program

Restaurant Owners Surprise Young Worker With New Bike After His Was Stolen

Will Bailey: Pōhakuloa Is Perfect For The Army. So Don’t Let Them Pressure Us Lease negotiations should proceed on island time, not military time.

Work to replace Waiaka Bridge in Waimea could start next summer

Work starts to restore 4.5-mile section of Pohoiki Road

Honolulu Landing in Puna eyed for preservation

DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS AWARDS 115 TURNKEY HOMES IN EAST KAPOLEI

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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