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Kaua‘i Voters Could Decide Whether Gated Communities Should Be Banned That’s one of several proposals the Charter Review Commission may put on the ballot next fall, along with increasing oversight of the County Council’s budget.

December 22, 2025 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/12/kauai-voters-decide-gated-communities-banned/

Battling A Voracious Beetle In The Invasive Species Capital Of The World Tactics vary by island in the ongoing fight to save Hawaiʻi’s iconic palms from coconut rhinoceros beetles.

December 22, 2025 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/12/battling-beetle-invasive-species-capital-of-the-world/

Hawaii’s young adults struggle to launch amid skyrocketing costs

December 22, 2025 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/12/22/hawaii-news/hawaiis-young-adults-struggle-to-launch-amid-skyrocketing-costs/

Family Opens Pizza Restaurant Dedicated To Hiring Employees With Special Needs

December 21, 2025 0

Family Opens Pizza Restaurant Dedicated To Hiring Employees With Special Needs What began as a challenge for one California family...

The Honolulu Police Commission Doesn’t Know What HPD Needs Police chief selection processes are often carried out in isolation from department employees, not just in Honolulu.

December 21, 2025 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/12/the-honolulu-police-commission-doesnt-know-what-hpd-needs/

HPD chief applicants narrowed down to 11

December 21, 2025 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/12/21/hawaii-news/hpd-chief-applicants-narrowed-down-to-11/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news

Man Walks 6-Year-Old Girl To School After Finding Her Alone In Freezing Weather

December 20, 2025 0

Man Walks 6-Year-Old Girl To School After Finding Her Alone In Freezing Weather A simple act of compassion from Detroit...

Photo Essay: Building A Hawaiian Fishpond Wall To Connect People Roughly 2,000 volunteers helped build the final 380 feet of a wall enclosing an 800-year-old Hawaiian fishpond in Kāneʻohe.

December 20, 2025 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/12/photo-essay-building-a-hawaiian-fishpond-wall-to-connect-people/

HART audit concludes results are positive, rail agency says

December 20, 2025 0

The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation announced Friday that a recently completed annual audit of its financial statements proved “positive”...

Southwest Airlines launches nonstop Hilo-to-Vegas route

December 20, 2025 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/12/20/hawaii-news/southwest-airlines-launches-nonstop-hilo-to-vegas-route/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news

Hawaiʻi County Awards $6 Million Through Homelessness and Housing Fund

December 19, 2025 0

Hawaiʻi County Awards $6 Million Through Homelessness and Housing Fund The County of Hawaiʻi Office of Housing & Community Development...

Hawaiʻi County & The Food Basket Award $500,000 in Grants to Strengthen Community Food Security

December 19, 2025 0

Hawaiʻi County & The Food Basket Award $500,000 in Grants to Strengthen Community Food Security The County of Hawai‘i Department...

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PLAN FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS TO TRAFFIC EMERGENCY ZONE ON HAWAIʻI BELT ROAD

December 19, 2025 0

PLAN FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS TO TRAFFIC EMERGENCY ZONE ON HAWAIʻI BELT ROAD HILO, Hawaiʻi – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation...

High School Students Repair Cars — Then Give Them Away To Single Mothers In Need

December 19, 2025 0

High School Students Repair Cars — Then Give Them Away To Single Mothers In Need At a high school in...

Kirstin Downey: Food Shortages In Hawaiʻi? A Lesson From World War I A nearly forgotten piece of Hawaiʻi history can help us in the debate over how to keep our food supply flowing to the islands.

December 19, 2025 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/12/kirstin-downey-food-shortages-in-hawai%ca%bbi-a-lesson-from-world-war-i/

Kaua‘i’s Robinson Family Quietly Pursues New Industrial Development The island’s largest private landowner is exploring how to turn the old Olokele sugar mill into the rural Westside’s first industrial park.

December 19, 2025 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/12/kauais-robinson-family-quietly-pursues-new-industrial-development/

Should A State Worker Be Able To Lease Public Property Without Bids? An agency development director can now enter five-year leases for state-owned property in Kakaʻako at below-market rates without board approval or public notice.

December 19, 2025 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/12/should-state-worker-lease-public-property-without-bids/

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Kaua‘i Voters Could Decide Whether Gated Communities Should Be Banned That’s one of several proposals the Charter Review Commission may put on the ballot next fall, along with increasing oversight of the County Council’s budget.

Battling A Voracious Beetle In The Invasive Species Capital Of The World Tactics vary by island in the ongoing fight to save Hawaiʻi’s iconic palms from coconut rhinoceros beetles.

Hawaii’s young adults struggle to launch amid skyrocketing costs

Family Opens Pizza Restaurant Dedicated To Hiring Employees With Special Needs

The Honolulu Police Commission Doesn’t Know What HPD Needs Police chief selection processes are often carried out in isolation from department employees, not just in Honolulu.

HPD chief applicants narrowed down to 11

Man Walks 6-Year-Old Girl To School After Finding Her Alone In Freezing Weather

Photo Essay: Building A Hawaiian Fishpond Wall To Connect People Roughly 2,000 volunteers helped build the final 380 feet of a wall enclosing an 800-year-old Hawaiian fishpond in Kāneʻohe.

HART audit concludes results are positive, rail agency says

Southwest Airlines launches nonstop Hilo-to-Vegas route

Hawaiʻi County Awards $6 Million Through Homelessness and Housing Fund

Hawaiʻi County & The Food Basket Award $500,000 in Grants to Strengthen Community Food Security

PLAN FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS TO TRAFFIC EMERGENCY ZONE ON HAWAIʻI BELT ROAD

High School Students Repair Cars — Then Give Them Away To Single Mothers In Need

Kirstin Downey: Food Shortages In Hawaiʻi? A Lesson From World War I A nearly forgotten piece of Hawaiʻi history can help us in the debate over how to keep our food supply flowing to the islands.

Kaua‘i’s Robinson Family Quietly Pursues New Industrial Development The island’s largest private landowner is exploring how to turn the old Olokele sugar mill into the rural Westside’s first industrial park.

Should A State Worker Be Able To Lease Public Property Without Bids? An agency development director can now enter five-year leases for state-owned property in Kakaʻako at below-market rates without board approval or public notice.

Meeting to discuss Hilo wilderness park draws large crowd

Volcano Watch — One year of Kīlauea’s episodic summit fountaining: highlighting the hazards

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Evacuation Order Lifted for Kawaihae Village Subdivision, Queen Kaʻahumanu Highway Reopened

Civil Defense message for Sunday 07-26-2026 at 09:23 AM

Off-Duty Firefighter Hears Desperate Cries and Saves Three Children Trapped Beneath Overturned Boat

Civil Defense Brush Fire Update for Sunday 07-26-2026 at 06:19 AM

UH Forest Stewards programcelebrates milestone

PONC measure dies in narrow council vote

Tropic Care 2026 returns with free healthcare

Wildland fire in South Kohala and has issued a Wildfire Advisory for the Kawaihae.

Off-Duty Firefighter Hears Desperate Cries and Saves Three Children Trapped Beneath Overturned Boat

Baker indicted in Puna triple homicide case

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