5-04-22 Police Seek Runaway Dawson Vincent
Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 14-year-old Dawson Vincent, who was reported as a runaway....
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5-04-22 Kona Crime Prevention Committee Honors Three West Hawaii Officers
The Kona Crime Prevention Committee recently honored three Hawai‘i Police Department officers as Officer of the Month for November 2021,...
HELE-ON TO OPERATE STATE’S FIRST HYDROGEN BUS
HELE-ON TO OPERATE STATE'S FIRST HYDROGEN BUS The Mass Transit Agency is committed to transitioning its entire fleet to zero...
FEWER BAGS OF TRASH FOUND IN THE ALA WAI SMALL BOAT HARBOR
FEWER BAGS OF TRASH FOUND IN THE ALA WAI SMALL BOAT HARBOR (HONOLULU) – Fewer bags of stinky, foul trash...
Community: 5-04-22 California Woman Killed in Kona Traffic Collision
Community: 5-04-22 California Woman Killed in Kona Traffic Collision A 72-year-old female visitor died following a three-vehicle collision that occurred...
Hawaiian Electric launches major push for next stage of renewable energy generation projects for Oʻahu, Maui
Hawaiian Electric launches major push for next stage of renewable energy generation projects for Oʻahu, Maui Proposals sought to boost...
Hero Deputies Hospitalized After Saving Children From House Fire
Hero Deputies Hospitalized After Saving Children From House Fire Two deputies have been hospitalized after the heroic rescue of two...
A Mysterious Lawsuit Is Raising Concerns Over The Public’s Right To See Court Records 1 Among other weird legal twists, the judge in the case slapped a gag order on the attorney trying to get the records unsealed.
In an unusual example of government censorship, a state court judge has issued a gag order preventing a public interest...
Hawaii Residents Are Among the Least Likely to Own Their Homes in the Nation
The American housing market took off during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. The homeownership rate - or the...
Tax relief unlikely: Council told tax cuts unlikely
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2022/05/04/hawaii-news/tax-relief-unlikely-council-told-tax-cuts-unlikely/
Preserving Kohala: BLNR approves subgrant of funding for trust to purchase Mahukona acreage
STATE OF HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES Division of Forestry and Wildlife Chairperson and Members Board of Land...
Bill targeting plastic microbeads passes
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2022/05/04/hawaii-news/bill-targeting-plastic-microbeads-passes/
Permit request for satellite receiver project withdrawn
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2022/05/04/hawaii-news/permit-request-for-satellite-receiver-project-withdrawn/
Hawaii Legislature passes bill raising minimum wage to $18
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii lawmakers passed legislation Tuesday that would hike the state’s minimum wage to $18 an hour by...
Flush revenue leads means funds for Native Hawaiian programs
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii lawmakers are on course to commit $600 million to a long-underfunded program providing housing and land...
TEMPORARY CLOSURE: WAIPIʻO VALLEY ROAD TO ALL TRAFFIC MAY 9-13
TEMPORARY CLOSURE: WAIPIʻO VALLEY ROAD TO ALL TRAFFIC MAY 9-13 The County of Hawaiʻi, Department of Public Works (DPW) Engineering...
‘She’s My Guardian Angel’: DoorDash Driver Saves Woman’s Life While Delivering Pizza
'She's My Guardian Angel': DoorDash Driver Saves Woman's Life While Delivering Pizza A DoorDash driver in Massachusetts used knowledge from...
What Will The New Minimum Wage Mean For Hawaii’s Farmers? …Finding workers is hard in Hawaii, so many farms pay extra, but lifting the benchmark to $18 could present a new set of problems for farmers.
With Hawaii’s minimum wage now all but set to lift to $18 by 2028, agriculture industry groups are concerned that they...
Hawaii Homeowners Must Tell Prospective Buyers If Sea Level Rise Threatens Their Property … This week Hawaii became the first state to require real estate sellers to disclose to potential buyers if their property is threatened by sea level rise.
Years ago Maui real estate agent Keone Ball represented a homeowner in the sale of a property that showed up...
Second Amendment: “Hawaii is only engaged in a kind of malicious compliance”
The Second Amendment Foundation has filed an amicus brief with the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of Yakutake...
