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Mother And Daughter Saved By Stranger In Kayaking Catastrophe
Mother And Daughter Saved By Stranger In Kayaking Catastrophe What started as a peaceful kayaking trip for a mother...
Neal Milner: Sometimes, Preserving A Neighborhood Is Exactly The Wrong Call There are good reasons to oppose a North Shore tramway, but not all projects deserve automatic rejection.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/07/neal-milner-sometimes-preserving-a-neighborhood-is-exactly-the-wrong-call/
Honolulu Police Commission Moves Forward On Search For New Chief Commissioners expect it will still be many months before a new chief is on board.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/07/honolulu-police-commission-moves-forward-search-new-chief/
Paniolo Struggle To Raise Beef For Hawaiʻi As Drought Shrivels Grass Big Island ranches stand out for their commitment to grass-fed beef. As climate changes, they are offloading more calves to the mainland.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/07/paniolo-struggle-to-raise-beef-for-hawaii-as-drought-shrivels-grass/
Taming the ‘Kraken’: Father, son rowing across the Pacific to Hilo
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/07/17/hawaii-news/taming-the-kraken-father-son-rowing-across-the-pacific-to-hilo/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Kona Skatepark Expansion Celebrated
Kona Skatepark Expansion Celebrated The County of Hawai‘i Department of Parks and Recreation joined community partners on Wednesday, July...
Food Truck Friday Event Temporarily Relocated to Old Kona Airport Beach Park
Food Truck Friday Event Temporarily Relocated to Old Kona Airport Beach Park As part of a limited pilot program,...
SEEKING COMMUNITY INPUT FOR MAUI NEARSHORE MARINE MANAGEMENT
SEEKING COMMUNITY INPUT FOR MAUI NEARSHORE MARINE MANAGEMENT MAUI COUNTY, Hawai‘i – Maui residents are called to join the...
Lost For 12 Days In The Outback: German Backpacker Found Alive In Miracle Rescue
Lost For 12 Days In The Outback: German Backpacker Found Alive In Miracle Rescue After nearly two harrowing weeks...
Will Bailey: The Everyday Reality Of Living Off The Grid In Puna There’s no trash pickup or mail service and sometimes no power. But there’s plenty of rainwater if you can catch it.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/07/will-bailey-the-everyday-reality-of-living-off-the-grid-in-puna/
What If HOAs, Not Government, Enforced Wildfire Prevention Rules? A Kauaʻi County planner thinks homeowners associations should be the first line of defense when it comes to wildfire risk.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/07/what-if-hoas-not-government-enforced-wildfire-prevention-rules/
Not So Public: City Officials Mum On HPD Chief Request For Extra Cash Soon-to-be retired Honolulu Police Chief Joe Logan says he wants to be paid for two more years to cover retiring sooner than he’d anticipated.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/07/city-officials-mum-hpd-chief-request-extra-cash/
Graduation ceremony held for 8 new adult corrections officers
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/07/16/features/community-connection/graduation-ceremony-held-for-8-new-adult-corrections-officers/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Ownership of toppled banyan still a bit murky
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/07/16/hawaii-news/ownership-of-toppled-banyan-still-a-bit-murky/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Man Climbs 6th Floor Ledge To Rescue Family Trapped In Apartment Fire
Man Climbs 6th Floor Ledge To Rescue Family Trapped In Apartment Fire Fousseynou Samba Cissé had just returned home from...
Data Dive: Gun Fatalities In Hawaiʻi Increasing More Than Other States Hawaiʻi has had relatively few gun-related deaths, but they’ve risen sharply over the past 10 years.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/07/data-dive-gun-fatalities-in-hawai%ca%bbi-increasing-more-than-other-states/
Developer Loses Court Fight To Build Luxury Homes On ‘Anthrax Graveyard’ Residents have argued the luxury development would go against original incorporation agreements.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/07/developer-loses-ruling-in-fight-to-build-luxury-homes-on-anthrax-graveyard/
Honolulu Worker Paid Not To Work For Nearly Five Years The employee has been paid at least $300,000 while on leave. Prosecuting Attorney Steve Alm’s office won’t say why its investigation has taken so lon
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/07/honolulu-worker-paid-not-to-work-for-nearly-five-years/
Military’s role in immigration policy spurs debate
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/07/15/hawaii-news/militarys-role-in-immigration-policy-spurs-debate/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
