Hawai'i State News

“We encourage all voters to sign up for ballot notifications. This will let voters know when to expect their mail ballot packet to be delivered, as well if their voted ballot has been received and accepted for counting.” — Hawai‘i Chief Election Officer Scott Nago

In a milestone initiative, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Director Kali Watson signed the program’s first in-house building permit for its Yorktown transitional housing project Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. This new approach is set to streamline the building permit process and will enable the department to advance on the development of more than 20 homestead projects statewide.

Second partial solar eclipse of the year visible from the islands will already be underway as the sun rises. Get a great picture from the solar showcase and send it to Big Island Now to have it included in a community photo gallery.

The Hawai‘i Office of Elections says the logic and accuracy examination was administered by official observers who serve as “the eyes and ears” of the public and represent various political parties, community groups and interested individuals.

Julian Vasquez Heilig will attend open houses and public forums on Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i Island and elsewhere this week.

Created in 2023 by former Miss Kona Coffee Shyla Victor, this year’s event reflected a commitment to stewarding ʻāina.

MiKayla P. Nobriga was last seen on Sept. 23 at around 8 a.m.

The driver of the vehicle, 29-year-old Omar Avina-Becerra, was arrested at the scene.

There will be no exercise or drill accompanying the test.

Hawaiian Electric reminds residents that it’s not only illegal according to state and county laws, it poses a safety hazard for utility workers.

The region of islands and atolls in the Central Pacific holds deep historical significance for Hawaiians, Marshallese, CHamorus and other Pacific cultures. They are also home to resilient coral reef ecosystems and threatened and endangered wildlife.

Paul Banashihan Jr. was employed by the program when the offenses occurred in April 2018.

Justices agreed that “short-term vacation rentals undermine” agricultural purposes; Doug Chin, former state attorney general and who argued the case before the high court, said the ‘transient accommodations’ do not belong in the agricultural district.

Rankings for the University of Hawai’i’s 4-year campus on east side of the Big Island showcase successess in fostering inclusion and advancing student achievement.

Every fall during seabird fallout season, from roughly Sept. 15 to Dec. 15, the fledglings leave their nests to make their inaugural journeys to the ocean. When they do, they can become disoriented by artificial light, collide with man-made structures or become exhausted and fall, making them vulnerable to automobiles and predators.

Elizabeth Pickett was honored by the media organization Grist for tackling pressing climate problems.

Hawai‘i will eliminate the “net income limit” for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, commonly called food stamps, which could extend benefits to 13,000 to 14,000 more households throughout the state by next year.

Occupancy for Hawai‘i Island hotels was down at 66.8%, 2.1 percentage points lower than August 2023 and 14.1 percentage points behind 2019.

This is the first detection of CRB on the island since October 2023 when a Waikoloa resident reported finding a total of six grubs (larvae) in a decaying palm tree stump.

The burglary reportedly occurred on Thursday, Sept. 19, between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m., at a business located on the 100 block of Kaumana Drive in Hilo.