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Lava Burns Two Buildings At Geothermal Plant
(AP) — Lava has burned down two buildings at a geothermal plant near Hawaii’s erupting Kilauea volcano. A substation and adjacent warehouse that stored a drilling rig at the Puna Geothermal Venture...
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Another Hawaii State Audit Questions OHA Grant Spending
The Hawaii State Auditor released a new report Friday criticizing how the Office of Hawaiian Affairs monitors and evaluates some of the grants that the organization distributes. The report raises...
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Lava Flow Cuts Off Access To More Big Island Neighborhoods
A lava flow from the erupting Kilauea volcano has cut off access to Kapoho and Vacationland on Hawaii’s Big Island, officials said Saturday. The Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency also said vigorous...
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Why Is The Makakilo Extension Project Still In Limbo?
A planned extension for Makakilo Drive would connect to North South Road. It would provide an East-West Road early exit from the freeway for people on that side of Makakilo instead of forcing them to...
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Audit: Honolulu Parks Could Save Millions By Reducing Potable Water Use
Honolulu could save millions of dollars by reducing potable water usage in its parks, according to an audit of the Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation. The audit, conducted by the Office of the...
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Innovation Pays Off For These Hawaii Schools
Truancy, workplace training for adult special education students and urban irrigation models are just some of the topics students at 13 schools statewide plan to tackle through new “innovation grants”...
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Letters: More On How We Talk About Race
Politically Correct Terms For Race It’s about quantifiers and qualifiers (May 30, 2018) I agree with Denby Fawcett’s statement (“Denby Fawcett: Politically Correct Terms for Race Are Racist...
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Big Island: Volcano Evacuees Create ‘A Community Within A Community’
PAHOA, Hawaii Island – Eruption evacuees now in their second month living at a temporary shelter say they’ve established a community where displaced residents are helping one another with physical,...
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Big Island: Geothermal Plant And Its Neighbors Have Clashed For Decades
PUNA, Hawaii Island — Puna Geothermal Venture is prepared for obliteration. As of Thursday, lava had cut the last paved road into the geothermal plant, had burned a warehouse and a substation, and had...
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Here’s How Much Hawaii CEOs Make Compared To Their Employees
Bank of Hawaii Chief Executive Officer Peter Ho made nearly $4.7 million last year. In contrast, the median worker at the bank with 2,139 employees made $57,060 — 82 times less than their boss....
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Clayton Hee Withdraws From Hawaii Governor’s Race
Story updated at noon, 6/4/2018 Former state Sen. Clayton Hee announced Monday that he is pulling out of the race for Hawaii governor. He told reporters at a news conference that he will instead run...
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Kaniela Ing Faces More Campaign Finance Questions — This Time From Feds
WASHINGTON — State Rep. Kaniela Ing has a numbers problem, and it’s not just because he’s trailing in the polls in the race for Hawaii’s 1st Congressional District. The Federal Election Commission sent...
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Lava Has Now Destroyed 117 Big Island Homes
(AP) — Lava from the erupting Kilauea volcano has destroyed more than 100 homes in a rural Big Island district. Hawaii County spokeswoman Janet Snyder says that as of Monday, lava has burned down 117...
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Ed Case Prepares To Enter Hawaii Race For Congress
Former Congressman Ed Case is poised to enter the crowded race to represent urban Oahu in the U.S. House of Representatives. The 65-year-old Democrat pulled nomination papers Monday to run for the 1st...
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A Gathering Of Exceptional Students Where Grades Take A Back Seat
The idea sprang from a lunchtime meal over hamburger steak and saimin at a Zippy’s restaurant in 2014. Why, wondered Alapaki Nahale-a and Andrew Aoki — community members who are deeply involved in...
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Military’s Live-Fire Training Ignites Resistance From Some Big Island Neighbors
POHAKULOA, Hawaii Island — It’s cold, it’s windy and at 6,300 feet above sea level, the air is thin. For more than 70 years, this stark landscape of folded black lava and bulging cinder cones has been...
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Health Beat: Beware Of This Dicey New Approach To Experimental Drugs
The U.S. House of Representatives just passed a bill regarding the right of terminally ill patients to try medication outside of the FDA program of expanded access. In signing it into law, President...
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Should We Open The Door To Changing How State Government Runs?
Last March, 17 people gathered in a downtown conference room on three afternoons to discuss an important question that will come before Hawaii’s voters Nov. 6: “Shall there be a convention to propose a...
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Letters: Get Involved In The Fight For Clean Water
Red Hill And Oahu’s Water Supply The Navy needs to act now (May 30, 2018) After reading Colleen Soares insight in her opinion piece regarding the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Facility, I had to respond as a...
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Hundreds Of Additional Homes Lost To Lava
(AP) — Lava from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano destroyed hundreds more homes overnight, overtaking two oceanfront communities that were advised to evacuate last week, officials said Tuesday. No injuries...
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