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COVID-19 Cases in Hawaiʻi Still on Upward Trend This SummerThe Hawaiʻi Department of Health on Wednesday reported a statewide test positivity rate of 16.1% on its COVID dashboard, up from 14.3% last week. The prior week, it was at 12.0%. Ideally, the rate would be much lower — below 5.0% — which is where it was during most of this year. Star-Advertiser. |
Health Department Offering Free Courses on Medical Cannabis for Healthcare ProvidersThe state Department of Health is offering free courses to a limited number of licensed healthcare providers on the clinical application of medical cannabis. This comes after the governor signed a new law giving more leeway for physicians sand some nurses to decide which patients could benefit from the drug. Hawaii News Now. |
EPA Plans to Claw Back $62M Awarded to Hawaiʻi for Solar ProjectsThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is planning to end a major source of funding for state-level solar programs, which could jeopardize several community solar projects in Hawaiʻi. The EPA's "Solar for All" program has awarded $7 billion in federal grants to help low- and moderate-income households access solar. Hawaiʻi Public Radio. |
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Environmental Lawyers, Trump Officials Meet in Court Over Fishing in Pacific MonumentPresident Donald Trump issued a proclamation in April to open the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument to commercial fishing but environmental lawyers in a legal battle to stop the fishing say a formal process, which includes public hearings, is required first. Hawaiʻi Public Radio. |
HIDOE Names New Deputy Superintendent for Operations, Assistant SuperintendentThe Hawaiʻi State Department of Education has appointed two senior leaders to strengthen operations and student services across the public school system. Maui Now. |
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O‘ahu HeadlinesMedia Access to HPD Radio Channels Receives PushbackThe Council voted 8-1, with Val Okimoto dissenting, to advance Bill 46 on its second of three readings. Routine radio communications by Honolulu police and firefighters became off-limits to news organizations and the general public in 2022 when a $15 million system that encrypts the frequencies used by nine city departments went into effect. Star-Advertiser. |
Honolulu Police Union Members Want Next Chief To Come From Within HPDUnion members who responded to a survey conducted in July also stressed they want someone with patrol experience who will focus on staffing the front line. Civil Beat. KHON2. |
Haleiwa Housing Project Stalls After Lawmakers Defer Action on Key MeasureMore than 800 people submitted testimony against Bill 37, which would rezone some land in Haleiwa from agricultural to urban. Hawaii News Now. KITV4. |
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Oʻahu Housing Market Shows Softening in JulySingle-family home sales in July were down 7.4% at 249 sales compared with 269 a year ago, while condo sales held steady at 389, according to a report released Wednesday from the Honolulu Board of Realtors. Star-Advertiser. |
Military Explains Why Roaring Fighter Jets Woke Residents at 3 a.m.U.S. Air Force officials confirmed several fighter jets took off from Hickam Air Force Base on Monday and Tuesday for a department-level training exercise. Hawaii News Now. |
Man, Ex-wife Sentenced in $29M ‘Semisub’ ScamThe 72-year-old man who teamed with his then-wife to con investors out of more than $29 million for a prototype tour ship before trying to sail away from prosecution was sentenced to 13 years in federal prison. Star-Advertiser. |
Hawai‘i Island HeadlinesMayor Vetoes Bill Regarding Roadside SolicitingHawaiʻi County Mayor Kimo Alameda announced Wednesday that he has vetoed County Council Bill 59 on July 31, a rare move that challenges a recently passed ordinance regulating pedestrian behavior near roadways. Tribune-Herald. |
Bill Banning the Feeding of Feral Animals on County Property PassesThe Hawaiʻi County Council, by a vote of 6-2 with one absent, on Wednesday approved the second and final reading of a measure that would ban the feeding of feral or stray animals such as cats and pigs on county property. Tribune-Herald. |
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North Kohala Told To Use Water For “Essential Needs Only”With only one working well serving the area, high water usage is causing customers to have no water or low water pressure. Big Island Video News. |
Episode 30 Pau After Nearly 12 Hours of Lava Fountains, Flows, Including From New Fissure in South HalemaʻumaʻuAfter almost 12 hours of continuous lava fountaining — that included a new fissure vent that transected the south wall of Halemaʻumaʻu Crater and erupted for about 3 hours and 20 minutes early this morning Big Island Now. |
Maui HeadlinesBy the Numbers: Maui Recovery Inches Forward 2 Years After FiresTwo years after the wildfires that devastated Lahaina and parts of Kula, Maui’s recovery story is still being written—one of slow progress, uneven outcomes and resilience being tested. Maui Now. |
Maui Fires Triggered Suicides, Overdose DeathsSuicides and overdose deaths skyrocketed 97% on Maui immediately after the August 2023 wildfires and simultaneously increased 46% statewide, presumably from survivors who moved away from Maui or possibly from grieving family and friends with Maui roots, according to a study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Star-Advertiser. Hawaiʻi Public Radio. Associated Press. |
Lahaina Fire Survivors Make A Home Without A HouseKuhua Camp had the highest concentration of wildfire deaths. The plight of this homeowner shows the challenges of rebuilding two years after the blaze. Civil Beat. |
Kaua‘i HeadlinesKauaʻi Police Department, Dignitaries Break Ground for a New KPAL ComplexThe Kauai Police Department, Mayor Derek S.K. Kawakami, and other dignitaries on Wednesday broke ground on the construction of a new Kauai Police Activities League Sports Complex adjacent to the Vidinha Stadium, where renovation work is being carried out. Garden Island. |
Kauaʻi Collects 3,000 Pounds of Food During Saturday Drive, but Falls Short of Last Year’s DonationsVolunteers were stationed at eight sites across Kauaʻi on Saturday, collecting in six hours a combined 3,000 pounds of non-perishable food, with a majority of it rice, and monetary donations. Kauai Now. |
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