Alaska Air profits sag as integration with Hawaiian Airlines progresses
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/10/25/hawaii-news/alaska-air-profits-sag-as-integration-with-hawaiian-airlines-progresses/
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HECO proposes backup power rebate program
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/10/25/hawaii-news/heco-proposes-backup-power-rebate-program/
STATEWIDE TRAFFIC DEATHS TOP LAST YEAR’S TOTAL
STATEWIDE TRAFFIC DEATHS TOP LAST YEAR’S TOTAL Road Users are Asked to Avoid Risky Actions on Hawai‘i Roads and Paths...
YOUTH INVITED TO ENGAGE IN CLIMATE EDUCATION ACTIVITIES AT THE HAWAIʻI STATE CAPITOL
YOUTH INVITED TO ENGAGE IN CLIMATE EDUCATION ACTIVITIES AT THE HAWAIʻI STATE CAPITOL HONOLULU – Keiki, teens and young adults...
Dozens Of Strangers Lift Crashed Helicopter To Save Trapped Medic In Sacramento Miracle
Dozens Of Strangers Lift Crashed Helicopter To Save Trapped Medic In Sacramento Miracle A terrifying scene on a Sacramento...
Kirstin Downey: 6 Land Conservation Projects Win Approval For State Funds The money is part of the state’s decades-old Legacy Land Conservation Program.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/10/kirstin-downey-6-land-conservation-projects-win-approval-for-state-funds/
Aquarium Fishing Could Return To Hawaiʻi Under Proposed New Rules The land board and DLNR staff have clashed for years over whether to let the practice continue. That might be changing.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/10/aquarium-fishing-could-return-to-hawai%ca%bbi-under-proposed-new-rules/
Pinball Is Illegal For Maui Kids. Yes, Really — But That Could Change The Maui County Council is taking up a bill to repeal a 1944 law that’s still on the books.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/10/pinball-is-illegal-for-maui-kids-yes-really-but-that-could-change/
What Toxic Legacy Did This Abandoned Sugar Mill Leave Behind? The owner of the land tied to a former sugar mill wants to develop housing on the site but must make sure hazardous plantation-era remnants are cleared.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/10/what-toxic-legacy-did-this-abandoned-sugar-mill-leave-behind/
DLNR UPDATE ON POHOIKI BOAT RAMP
DLNR UPDATE ON POHOIKI BOAT RAMP DLNR UPDATE ON POHOIKI BOAT RAMP HONOLULU – As of Friday, October 10, contractors had...
Water Service Could be Impacted by Extended Power Outages Due to High Winds
Water Service Could be Impacted by Extended Power Outages Due to High Winds The Department of Water Supply (DWS), County...
Outdoor Burn Ban in Effect for Parts of Hawaiʻi Island
Outdoor Burn Ban in Effect for Parts of Hawaiʻi Island County of Hawaiʻi Mayor Kimo Alameda signed an Emergency Proclamation...
Hawaiian Electric monitoring wildfire risk conditions Strong winds, low humidity could lead to Public Safety Power Shutoff
Hawaiian Electric monitoring wildfire risk conditions Strong winds, low humidity could lead to Public Safety Power Shutoff HONOLULU, October 23,...
Kona police partner with local groups for beach cleanup
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/10/23/features/community-connection/kona-police-partner-with-local-groups-for-beach-cleanup/
Off-Duty Firefighter Pulls Woman From Burning Car Just Seconds Before It Explodes
Off-Duty Firefighter Pulls Woman From Burning Car Just Seconds Before It Explodes A Louisiana firefighter is being hailed a...
Will New Bonuses Keep Honolulu’s 911 Staff On The Job? The dispatchers will get from $500 to $2,000 extra per month depending on their job. Some say that’s welcome but more needs to be done to address concerns about working conditions.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/10/will-new-bonuses-keep-honolulus-911-staff-on-the-job/
New Maui Ethics Board Rules Silence Citizens With Pending Complaints Ethics board members and staff say the changes are needed to protect due process and preserve their own impartiality.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/10/new-maui-ethics-board-rules-silence-citizens-with-pending-complaints/
Hawaiʻi Balked At Natural Gas. Now, It Could Lower Energy Bills Critics say an agreement between the state and a Japanese energy firm lacks details and could bind Hawaiʻi to using fossil fuel to produce electricity.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/10/hawaii-balked-at-natural-gas-now-it-could-lower-energy-bills/
Progress made in effort to restore Ka‘u estuary
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/10/23/hawaii-news/progress-made-in-effort-to-restore-kau-estuary/
State admits Pohoiki dredging effort failed; Ilagan takes ‘full responsibility’
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/10/23/hawaii-news/state-admits-pohoiki-dredging-effort-failed-ilagan-takes-full-responsibility/
