Wave of new faces coming to Legislature
West Oahu is a new GOP stronghold
Happy Camper for Monday, September 9, 2024
Court ruling supports Hawaii gun restrictions
Waianae victims remembered as 3 caring women
Honolulu City Council OKs resolution for more water testing
‘Booming’ construction helps buoy Hawaii’s economy as tourism lags
HONOLULU — A booming local construction industry is expected to help Hawaii’s economy maintain about average growth this year, according to a new state forecast.
Kapi‘olani threatens lockout of union nurses
Management at Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women & Children on Wednesday said after receiving a second strike notice from the nurses union, it is prepared to impose a lockout.
Roadside vendors bill stalls on Big Island
A proposal to legitimize roadside merchants on Hawaii County roads still needs to cook for a little longer.
Sign wavers bring attention to suicide prevention
LIHUE — There was a lot of energy and a lot of honking on the corner of Rice Street and Umi Street in a sign-waving event for World Suicide Prevention Month on Wednesday Sept. 4.
Lihue Refuse Transfer Station to close for renovations
LIHU‘E — The Department of Pubic Works (DPW) said the Lihue Refuse Transfer Station will be closed for renovations from Sept. 11 through Nov. 1.
Hawaii hotel strikers resume work
HONOLULU — Padraig and Edel Byrne of Ireland are staying in Ko Olina but celebrated their wedding anniversary Tuesday afternoon on Waikiki Beach, where they spent their honeymoon 30 years ago.
2024 fall season girls volleyball underway
‘Silva dome’ linked to Waianae attack was unpermitted
The city Department of Planning and Permitting has investigated at least 20 community complaints over the past two decades related to the house involved in Saturday’s Waianae Valley Road shooting.
Kapi‘olani nurses give notice of 1-day strike
HONOLULU — The Hawaii Nurses’ Association on Tuesday filed 10 days’ notice that its 600 nurses at Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women & Children will strike again Sept. 13. It would be a one-day strike on a Friday, shorter than the weeklong strike held in January.
Congressional hearing in Lahaina examines federal response
Federal agencies responding to Maui’s wildfire disaster over the past 13 months received much praise along with several tough questions during a congressional hearing Wednesday in Lahaina.
City rolls out CORE bus to curb homelessness
HONOLULU — A retired city-owned bus with about 1.7 million miles on it will now roll to the assistance of Oahu’s homeless.
New call center building fails inspection
HILO, Hawaii — The long-delayed opening of the Hawaii County Emergency Call Center has been pushed back once again because the facility on July 29 failed a building inspection.
Initiative works to keep Lahaina lands in local hands
Autumn Ness feels like a time bomb is ticking in her chest, but the explosion risk she’s worried about is in Lahaina’s residential property market a little over a year after roughly 3,500 homes were destroyed by fire.
State law required arrest of Waianae attacker’s killer
HONOLULU — Honolulu Police Department Chief Arthur “Joe” Logan said Tuesday that no decision has been made on whether to charge a 42-year-old Waianae man who fatally shot his neighbor after the 58-year-old man rammed a home with a fuel-laden front loader and shot five people, killing three, late Saturday night.