State AG releases handgun statistics
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COMMUNITY INVITED TO HELP SHAPE THE 2025 STATE WILDLIFE ACTION PLAN
COMMUNITY INVITED TO HELP SHAPE THE 2025 STATE WILDLIFE ACTION PLAN HONOLULU – Community input is sought to guide...
Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority Announces Modified Operations for Hawaiʻi Convention Center in 2026-2027 to Support Major Upgrades and Repairs
Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority Announces Modified Operations for Hawaiʻi Convention Center in 2026-2027 to Support Major Upgrades and Repairs HONOLULU –...
Missing Person: 28-year-old woman Saysha Wilson, 5’03”, 188lbs, brown hair, green eyes.
Hawai'i Island Police are asking for the public's assistance in locating 28-year-old Saysha Wilson, who was reported missing. Wilson was...
HAWAIIAN VOLCANO OBSERVATORY STATUS REPORT U.S. Geological Survey Wednesday, April 9, 2025
HAWAIIAN VOLCANO OBSERVATORY STATUS REPORT U.S. Geological Survey Wednesday, April 9, 2025, 10:16 AM KILAUEA (VNUM #332010) 19°25'16" N 155°17'13"...
Florida Woman Pries Open Alligator’s Jaws To Save Her Dog
Florida Woman Pries Open Alligator's Jaws To Save Her Dog For one Florida woman, a walk near the water turned...
Data Dive: These Jobs Were Once In High Demand In Hawaiʻi. Not Anymore Meanwhile, some occupations have grown more quickly in Hawai’i than the rest of the nation.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/04/data-dive-these-jobs-were-once-in-high-demand-in-hawai%ca%bbi-not-anymore/
The Sunshine Blog: There’s No Stopping Big Pay Raises For State Officials Now Short takes, outtakes, our takes and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ethical leadership in Hawai‘i.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/04/the-sunshine-blog-theres-no-stopping-big-pay-raises-for-state-officials-now/
Tax Bills Win Preliminary Approval From Hawaiʻi Lawmakers The House and Senate are also considering allowing legalized gambling for the first time in state history.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/04/tax-bills-win-preliminary-approval-from-hawai%ca%bbi-lawmakers/
Lawmakers’ Effort Falters To Keep Cops From Taking Property Before Conviction Police agencies insist they need to take suspects’ property to fight crime, but reformers argue the system has been abused.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/04/lawmakers-effort-to-keep-cops-from-taking-property-before-conviction-falters/
Hotel, cruise ship tax hike aims to reduce wildfire, climate risk
Tourists would collectively pay millions of dollars more each year to stay in Hawaii hotels and on cruise ships to...
DOH TO LAUNCH A STATEWIDE HEALTH AND MEDIA SURVEY RECRUITMENT VIA TEXT MESSAGES
DOH TO LAUNCH A STATEWIDE HEALTH AND MEDIA SURVEY RECRUITMENT VIA TEXT MESSAGES HONOLULU — Each year, the Hawai‘i...
DHHL AWARDS NEARLY 100 TURNKEY HOMES IN WAIKAPŪ, MAUI Development of Phase II to Start in May 2025; Families to Move In Early 2026
DHHL AWARDS NEARLY 100 TURNKEY HOMES IN WAIKAPŪ, MAUI Development of Phase II to Start in May 2025; Families to...
Toddler’s ‘Pretty Rock’ Turns Out To Be A 3,800-Year-Old Amulet
Toddler’s 'Pretty Rock' Turns Out To Be A 3,800-Year-Old Amulet During a family outing near Beit Shemesh, 3.5-year-old Ziv Nitzan...
Official Report:92-8626 Lehua Ln, HOVE, Structure Fire
Monday, 7:39pm, 4/7/2025 6 HFD apparatus; 13 HFD personnel Single story residential home 63 x 28 ft Residential structure fire...
Eruption resumes…..HAWAIIAN VOLCANO OBSERVATORY STATUS REPORT U.S. Geological Survey Tuesday, April 8, 2025
HAWAIIAN VOLCANO OBSERVATORY STATUS REPORT U.S. Geological Survey Tuesday, April 8, 2025 KILAUEA (VNUM #332010) 19°25'16" N 155°17'13" W, Summit...
Hawaiʻi Lawmakers Propose New Effort To Map Ancient Fishponds Nonprofits would create a database of fishponds to help kickstart restoration efforts
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/04/hawai%ca%bbi-lawmakers-propose-new-effort-to-map-ancient-fishponds/
Fixed It! MIA Bridge Railing Gets Replaced; Bumpy Bike Path Gets Smoothed After two years, a long-damaged bridge is suddenly fixed and a past Fix It! column gets results along Date Street on Oʻahu.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/04/fixed-it-mia-bridge-railing-replaced-bumpy-bike-path-smoothed/
Pilot in 2019 Oʻahu Helicopter Crash Wasn’t Properly Certified, FAA Says The FAA says a whistleblower was correct in saying the owner of the helicopter tour company shouldn’t have certified the pilot, but investigators didn’t substantiate allegations of broader problems.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/04/pilot-in-2019-oahu-helicopter-crash-wasnt-properly-certified-faa-says/
UH Hilo dance team invited to national event
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