FEMA Confirms Disaster Assistance
HONOLULU – Following the statement released by Governor Josh Green April 8, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has announced that...
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New Podcast Spotlights Hawaiʻi Island ʻŌpio Choosing to Build Their Future at Home
New Podcast Spotlights Hawaiʻi Island ʻŌpio Choosing to Build Their Future at Home HAWAIʻI ISLAND — What if the most...
Police Captain Stevens Graduates from FBI National Academy
The Hawai‘i Police Department is pleased to announce that Captain Levon Stevens graduated as a member of the 297th session of the Federal...
2026-2027 HUNTING STAMP CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED
2026-2027 HUNTING STAMP CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED New Stamps Highlight the Wild Pig and Valley Quail HONOLULU – Winners of the 2026-2027 Hawai‘i Wildlife Conservation...
A Sweet Comeback: How One TikTok Video Helped Save A Family Bakery
A Sweet Comeback: How One TikTok Video Helped Save A Family Bakery One viral video. Thousands of cupcakes. And a...
Makana Eyre: What Do We Want Hawaiʻi To Be Like In 20 Years? We need a frank discussion about ideas that could make material improvements to the islands, even if it means more development and easing certain regulatory restrictions.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2026/04/makana-eyre-what-do-we-want-hawaii-to-be-like-in-20-years/
Big Island Residents Say Dangerous Dog Law Has No Bite After several attacks, police are trying to get the owner of a dog that’s been terrorizing a Puna neighborhood to surrender the animal.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2026/04/big-island-residents-say-dangerous-dog-law-has-no-bite/
Hawaiʻi Police Union Officials Got Pay Raises Without Approval The state police union’s executive director announced raises for employees without the board’s permission, the union said. The move was quickly undone.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2026/04/hawaii-police-union-shopo-officials-boosted-pay-without-approval/
Contract awarded for new bridge, roundabout in Waimea
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2026/04/15/hawaii-news/contract-awarded-for-new-bridge-roundabout-in-waimea/
‘They Risked Their Life to Save My Life’: Two Strangers Pull Man From Burning Truck
'They Risked Their Life to Save My Life': Two Strangers Pull Man From Burning Truck A routine trip home turned...
HECO ‘May Be Screwed’: $1 Billion Power Project Is In A Flood Zone The electric company says the site is located several stories above sea level and has never experienced a flood in almost 90 years.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2026/04/heco-may-be-screwed-1-billion-power-project-is-in-a-flood-zone/
Finalists named for 2026 Hawaiʻi Island appointment to UH Board of Regents
https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2026/04/13/finalists-2026-hawaii-island-regent/ The Candidate Advisory Council (CAC) for the University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents has presented a list of three candidates to Gov. Josh Green to...
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
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...
