World’s oldest known wild bird hatches chick on Midway Atoll
HONOLULU (AP) — The oldest known wild bird in the world has become a mother again at Midway Atoll National...
Environment
Shark, Ray Protection Bills Pass Committees
Protection for sharks and manta rays is making progress in the state Legislature. This week, bills introduced in the House...
Grants Available for Hawaii Farmers
Honolulu (KHON2) - The Hawaii Department of Agriculture is currently accepting applications for grants to help Hawaii farmers and ranchers...
Hawaii Senate Bill 489….Shark & Ray Protection
THE SENATE S.B. NO. 489 THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019 S.D. 1 STATE OF HAWAII A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SHARK AND RAY PROTECTION. BE...
No Plastic Bottles, Utensils or Cups in Hawaii?
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Plastic bags are out. Plastic straws are on their way out. Now Hawaii lawmakers want to take...
Hawaii Could Soon Ban Killing Sharks
Hawaii could soon ban killing sharks in pioneering law The proposal, which protects any shark or ray in state waters,...
Judge: DBEDT Must Adhere to Solar Water Heater Mandate
Environmentalist and renewable energy advocates are hailing a court decision Tuesday ordering the state Department of Business, Economic Development and...
Hawaii Tsunami Expert Warns ‘Culture Ending EVENT’
A GEOPHYSICIST has predicted a catastrophic event could occur in the future, which would send Hawaii “into the Stone Age”,...
Floating Sperm Whale Carcass That Looks Like Puffy Marshmallow Haunts Hawaii (photos)
Floating Sperm Whale Carcass That Looks Like Puffy Marshmallow Haunts Hawaii By Kimberly Hickok, Reference Editor Authorities tried to tow the...
Company Halts Plans for Pasture-Based Dairy on Kauai
MAHAULEPU, Hawaii (AP) — Hawaii Dairy Farms says it is discontinuing plans for a pasture-based dairy operation on Kauai. The...
Dairy owners blame closures on tough Hawaii Environmental Regulations
By Rick Daysog HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The owners of two Hawaii dairies now facing closure are blaming Hawaii’s environmental laws....
Hunters Lose Access Near Ookala
Hamakua hunters are concerned about losing access to lands near Ookala after Big Island Dairy was given the go-ahead to...
Sperm Whale Update
UPDATE ON SPERM WHALE CARCASS The carcass of an adult, male sperm whale is now at a remote beach near...
TMT UPDATE
Hawaii County is taking the lead on responding to anticipated protests of the Thirty Meter Telescope on Maunakea, lawmakers were...
West Hawaii Coral Bouncing Back
It’s been four years since the worst bleaching event in state history and according to scientists from The Nature Conservancy,...
Hawaii Solar Farms
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii’s effort to become energy independent is nearing an important threshold as utility-scale solar farms are promising...
Hawaii needs to plan now for climate change
A year ago the Hawaii Climate Commission published a report that illustrated just how vulnerable the islands are to climate...
Save the Sharks
Save the sharks? Most people are familiar with the slogan “save the whales” as well as the efforts behind curbing...
FORESTS FOR LIFE TELEVISION SPECIAL CHRONICLES LIFE-GIVING BENEFITS OF NATIVE FORESTS & WATERSHEDS
FORESTS FOR LIFE TELEVISION SPECIAL CHRONICLES LIFE-GIVING BENEFITS OF NATIVE FORESTS & WATERSHEDS (Honolulu) – Forests for Life, is...
Officials Working to Combat Sea-Level Rise
The former head of the state Department of Land and Natural Resources said Monday there’s no political will to deal...
