DKI Highway speed limit bill dies in state Legislature
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2026/04/14/hawaii-news/dki-highway-speed-limit-bill-dies-in-state-legislature/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
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Moku‘ola bridge repair could take 2 years; full reconstruction estimated at $20M
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2026/04/14/hawaii-news/mokuola-bridge-repair-could-take-2-years-full-reconstruction-estimated-at-20m/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Hawaiʻi County Civil Defense and partners have reopened an information center in Volcano
Hawaiʻi County Civil Defense and partners have reopened an information center in Volcano to provide residents with information on tephra...
12-Year-Old Girl Saves Two Brothers Unaware Of Fire Inside Their Home
12-Year-Old Girl Saves Two Brothers Unaware Of Fire Inside Their Home A 12-year-old girl in Richmond Hill is being celebrated...
Stolen Time: A Hawaiʻi Family Remembers WWII Incarceration Ireichō is a book containing the names of 125,284 individuals of Japanese ancestry incarcerated without due process during World War II. Survivors like my father place a Japanese hanko, or stamp, under their name — and the names of their family members — acknowledging the time stolen from their lives.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2026/04/stolen-time-a-hawaii-family-remembers-wwii-incarceration/
Fatal Work Accident Spurs Hawaiʻi Immigrant’s Widow To Fight Back An undocumented Chinese warehouse worker faced safety hazards at a Honolulu job site that a lawsuit says cost him his life after 87 weeks in the hospital.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2026/04/fatal-work-accident-hawaii-immigrants-widow-fight/
‘It was just a wonderful journey’
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2026/04/13/hawaii-news/it-was-just-a-wonderful-journey/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Police Investigating Possible Drowning in Keauhou
Police Investigating Possible Drowning in Keauhou Hawai’i Island police are investigating a possible drowning involving a 26-year-old man that...
Lost For A Week In The Wild, Loyal Dog Molly Is Miraculously Found
Lost For A Week In The Wild, Loyal Dog Molly Is Miraculously Found After a terrifying fall left her injured...
A parade fit for royalty
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2026/04/12/hawaii-news/a-parade-fit-for-royalty/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Controversial housing resolution heads to full council
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2026/04/12/hawaii-news/controversial-housing-resolution-heads-to-full-council/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
He Went The Extra Mile For A Soda — Now Thousands Are Sending Him Into Retirement With Love
He Went The Extra Mile For A Soda — Now Thousands Are Sending Him Into Retirement With Love What started...
Storm closes Kamehameha Highway at Waimea, triggers evacuations
Otake Camp residents in Waialua evacuated from their homes Friday for the second time in less than a month as...
Election Notification Cards Arriving Soon
Election Notification Cards Arriving Soon The County of Hawaiʻi Elections Division has mailed election notification cards to voters on Hawaiʻi...
Hawaiʻi Fire Department Announces Community Survey, Meetings
The Hawaiʻi Fire Department (HFD) is seeking public input on its services and priorities as it develops a strategic plan....
Tree Maintenance Project at Liliʻuokalani Gardens Begins April 13
The County of Hawai‘i Department of Parks and Recreation announces commencement of a comprehensive tree maintenance project beginning Monday, April...
A Last-Minute Miracle For A Bill To Help Hawaiʻi Convert Cesspools The bill would create a new low-interest loan program to help eliminate some of the 80,000 cesspools leaking millions of gallons of sewage into Hawaiʻi’s nearshore waters daily.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2026/04/a-last-minute-miracle-for-a-bill-to-help-hawaii-cut-cesspools/
He Went The Extra Mile For A Soda — Now Thousands Are Sending Him Into Retirement With Love
He Went The Extra Mile For A Soda — Now Thousands Are Sending Him Into Retirement With Love What...
The Hawaiʻi State Senate Becomes A Tax Bill Graveyard The state House proposed an assortment of potential tax increases for the Senate to consider, but senators buried almost all of them without a hearing.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2026/04/hawaii-state-senate-becomes-tax-bill-graveyard/
HAWAIʻI STATE SENATE CONFIRMS THREE JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS TO DISTRICT COURTS ON OʻAHU AND HAWAIʻI ISLAND
HAWAIʻI STATE SENATE CONFIRMS THREE JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS TO DISTRICT COURTS ON OʻAHU AND HAWAIʻI ISLAND HONOLULU, HAWAIʻI - On Tuesday,...
