Brave Teens Kick Down Door To Save Dogs From Burning Home
Brave Teens Kick Down Door To Save Dogs From Burning Home A fast-moving fire in West Jordan, Utah, destroyed two...
Data Dive: Who Uses The Most Water In Hawaiʻi? Golf courses, big resorts and the Marine Corps Base on the Windward side of Oʻahu top the list of the state’s biggest water-hungry consumers.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/09/data-dive-who-uses-the-most-water-in-hawai%ca%bbi/
Honolulu County Employee Fired After Nearly 5 Years Of Paid Leave The employee was paid not to work for years as officials mulled over his “impossible” mileage reports. He stopped receiving a city paycheck a few weeks after a Civil Beat story.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/09/honolulu-county-employee-fired-after-nearly-5-years-of-paid-leave/
Immigration Raids Throw Long Shadow Over Big Island Coffee Harvest As their workers are arrested and deported, flee the country or stay away, coffee farmers are struggling to bring in a bumper crop.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/09/immigration-raids-throw-long-shadow-over-big-island-coffee-harvest/
Hawaii labor force is shrinking as population ages, workers leave
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/09/02/hawaii-news/hawaii-labor-force-is-shrinking-as-population-ages-workers-leave/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
North Kohala Water Customers – Use Water for Essential Needs Only AFFECTED AREAS: HĀWĪ TO HALA‘ULA, INCLUDING PUAKEA BAY, KA‘AUHUHU HOMESTEADS, ‘ĀINAKEA VILLAGE SUBDIVISION, AND ALL CUSTOMERS ALONG AKONI PULE HIGHWAY, MILL ROAD, AND MA‘ULILI ROAD; NORTH KOHALA
North Kohala Water Customers - Use Water for Essential Needs Only AFFECTED AREAS: HĀWĪ TO HALA‘ULA, INCLUDING PUAKEA BAY, KA‘AUHUHU...
‘Daddy, I’m Getting A Heart’: The Call That Changed Everything
'Daddy, I’m Getting A Heart': The Call That Changed Everything For more than 200 days, 11-year-old Ava Cooper called a...
Fix It! Big Island Buildingʻs Solar Panel System Is On The Blink — Again It costs taxpayers $4,000 every month that system isn’t producing electricity.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/09/fix-it-big-island-building%ca%bbs-solar-panel-system-is-on-the-blink-again/
State Fund Aims To Get More Kids Walking To School. Will They Be Safer? The funds won’t be released until early next year, but the transportation department is looking at ways to expedite processes so work can begin within four months of receipt.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/09/state-fund-aims-to-get-more-kids-walking-to-school-will-they-be-safer/
Kirstin Downey: After 150 Years, Family Discovers Ancestorʻs Hawaiʻi Ties Edward Gravierʻs descendants never knew he sailed to Hawaiʻi in the late-1870s. Then his great-great-grandson found him on the Civil Beat website.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/09/kirstin-downey-after-150-years-family-discovers-ancestor%ca%bbs-hawai%ca%bbi-ties/
Hawaii’s labor force continues to shrink on this Labor Day, leading to fears of an even bigger workforce crisis ahead as the population ages, retires and dies and younger employees continue to leave for more affordable states.
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2025/09/01/hawaii-news/isle-labor-force-is-shrinking-as-population-ages-workers-leave/
BIIF football: Hooper steps up, leads Wildcats to victory over KSH
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/09/01/sports/biif-football-hooper-steps-up-leads-wildcats-to-victory-over-ksh/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Military vets gifted home in Puna: ‘Incredible couple’ honored for their service
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/09/01/hawaii-news/military-vets-gifted-home-in-puna-incredible-couple-honored-for-their-service/
Operation Hire Hawai‘i initiative fills 147 state job vacancies
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/09/01/hawaii-news/operation-hire-hawaii-initiative-fills-147-state-job-vacancies/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Hawaii Volcano Circus seeks to expand SPACE campus
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/09/01/hawaii-news/hawaii-volcano-circus-seeks-to-expand-space-campus/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Hawaii Island nonprofit receives $1M grant to support new housing program
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/09/01/hawaii-news/hawaii-island-nonprofit-receives-1m-grant-to-support-new-housing-program/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Restaurant Owners Surprise Young Worker With New Bike After His Was Stolen
Restaurant Owners Surprise Young Worker With New Bike After His Was Stolen Sometimes a bad day can turn around in...
Will Bailey: Pōhakuloa Is Perfect For The Army. So Don’t Let Them Pressure Us Lease negotiations should proceed on island time, not military time.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/08/will-bailey-pohakuloa-is-perfect-for-the-army-so-dont-let-them-pressure-us/
Work to replace Waiaka Bridge in Waimea could start next summer
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/08/31/hawaii-news/work-to-replace-waiaka-bridge-in-waimea-could-start-next-summer/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Work starts to restore 4.5-mile section of Pohoiki Road
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/08/31/hawaii-news/work-starts-to-restore-4-5-mile-section-of-pohoiki-road/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
