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Phase 3 of Skyline Rail Project Breaks Ground Phase 3 of the $1.4 billion project will add six new stations and about three miles of elevated guideway from Middle Street to Civic Center. Construction is expected to be complete by 2030.  KHON2. KITV4.

Matson Navigates Drop in Chinese Business Matson Inc. recently reported a 14.6% decline in cargo volume for its China service during the April-June quarter that included a rebound in mid-May after a 30% drop in April attributed to Trump tariff announcements. Star-Advertiser.

UH Televising Free Football Home Games This Season, Ending Pay-Per-View Matson Inc. recently reported a 14.6% decline in cargo volume for its China service during the April-June quarter that included a rebound in mid-May after a 30% drop in April attributed to Trump tariff announcements. Star-Advertiser.

The Former Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement Unveiled a New Name, Logo, and Tagline as Part of a Broader Rebranding Initiative The rebrand also introduces a new tagline: “Hawaiians Advancing Hawai‘i,” a reflection of the organization’s deep commitment to its homeland and people. Big Island Video News.

Hawaii Business Magazine This Kaimukī Shop Helps Customers Make Their Own Jewelry Brendan and Jill Barry’s Bead It! is stocked with jewelry-making materials and offers classes in soldering, drilling and other techniques. Read More ❯❯

O‘ahu Headlines Why This Honolulu Housing Strategy Is Not A ‘Super Successful’ Program. A new state law requires counties to let homeowners build two additional housing units on eligible properties. Honolulu is struggling to persuade people to build just one. Civil Beat.

Honolulu Legislation Seeks to Create a Downtown Business Improvement District The pandemic changed the workplace, and downtown is on the cusp of more change: new investment by local developers and a push to rebrand downtown as DOHO to revitalize the financial district for those who live and work in this hub. Hawaiʻi Public Radio.

Mayor Wants To Buy Wo Fat Building In Chinatown For Housing Developers ran out of money to convert the landmark former restaurant into a hotel. Star-Advertiser.

Sponsored by Central Pacific Bank Central Pacific Bank: We Got You When you bank with CPB, you’re part of our Ohana. And no matter what your financial journey looks like, We Got You. Read More ❯❯

City Continues Roadwork on Kapiolani Boulevard The city Department of Design and Construction on Monday began installing striping and pavement markers along a roughly half-mile stretch of Kapiolani Boulevard, from Waiaka Road to Date Street. Star-Advertiser.

Water Has Been Leaking From This State Building For Over a Month Community members near the Diamond Head Health Center have noticed a steady stream of water leaking from the property around the clock. Civil Beat.

Hawai‘i Island Headlines Hawaiʻi County Planning Commissions to Consider Household Hennery Bill Bill 52 would permit residents in certain residential and mixed-use zones to raise hens and other female poultry for household egg production under specific regulations. Tribune-Herald.

Hawaiʻi County Seeks Dismissal of Claims Against Officers Hawaiʻi County civil attorneys are attempting to have the county and unnamed police officers removed as defendants in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by family members of a Holualoa woman who claim the officers are at least partially responsible for the woman’s death from a drug-and-alcohol overdose.  Tribune-Herald.

Hawaii Business Magazine YWCA of Hawai‘i Island Aims to Transform Its Historic Hilo Campus The nonprofit has so far received $2.8 million of its $6 million Phase 1 goal. Read More ❯❯

Dodgers Star Shohei Ohtani and Agent Accused of Sabotaging $240M Hawaiʻi Real Estate Project A Hawaiʻi real estate investor and broker are suing Shohei Ohtani, claiming the Los Angeles Dodgers star and his agent got them fired from a $240 million luxury housing development on the Big Island’s coveted Hapuna Coast that they brought him in to endorse.  Associated Press.

Hilo Medical Center’s Long-Term Care Facility Reported a COVID-19 Outbreak Among Its Residents and Staff A total of 13 people at the center tested positive for the coronavirus in the past week. The spike in infections at the care home comes after another outbreak among Hilo inmates that canceled visitation this past weekend at a reintegration facility in Panaewa.  Hawaii News Now.

BISAC’s Behavioral Health Services Earn Highest Level of Accreditation Big Island Substance Abuse Council earns accreditation for comprehensive behavioral health services, marking over 25 years of national recognition.  Big Island Now.

Maui Headlines Council to Focus On Budget Adjustments, Discounted Water Rates and Honuaʻula This Week The Maui County Council will meet Tuesday, Aug. 12 at 9 a.m. to consider the mayor’s requests to amend the fiscal year 2026 budget for the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney and Department of Water Supply a bill to establish discounted water rates for preservation and restoration of native species habitats. Maui Now.

Two Years After Wildfire, Maui Homeowners Face a New Threat: Foreclosure A local nonprofit, Hawaiʻi Community Lending, surveyed 257 Lahaina homeowners with mortgages affected by the fire and found their average balance was $696,983, more than twice the national average.  Civil Beat.

Guide To Keeping And Rebuilding Homes In The Wake Of 2023 Maui Wildfires Two years after the devastating 2023 wildfires, homeowners may be facing the prospect of repaying mortgage loans previously in forbearance. Civil Beat.

Kaua‘i Headlines Governor Says Kauaʻi Is Strong Gov. Josh Green, MD, had the opportunity for an in-person meeting with more than 300 people who attended the 27th Annual Governor’s Luncheon hosted by the Kauai Chamber of Commerce and Southwest Airlines at the Koloa Landing Resort. Garden Island.

East Kauaʻi Community to Discuss the Future of Transportation Tonight Community members are invited to participate in two more focused public workshops for the East Kauaʻi Community and Circulation Plan.  Kauai Now.

Repaving Project on Wawae Road Will Limit Access to Homes Next Week Residents living off Wawae Road are asked to prepare for a repaving project that will fully close the road during the day next week in Lāwaʻi. Kauai Now.

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