Miske Forfeiture After Death: "Never seen anything like it"
Maui County moves to speed up historic review for Lahaina rebuilds
Trump Considers Waiving Jones Act Amid Rising Oil Prices from Iran Conflict
Aloha Stadium's $4 Billion Gamble
HB: … Demolition has officially begun at the old Aloha Stadium, kicking off the state's most ambitious public-private project ever. But with tariff threats, transparency concerns, and a 20-year timeline, the real question isn't whether it will get built, it's who pays if (when) it doesn't go according to plan….
SJ: New Aloha Stadium is Revealed as Aloha Stadium Demolition Underway
TS: Abandoned NFL stadium being replaced with $650m venue but plans hit by setback amid fears | talkSPORT
read … Aloha Stadium's $4 Billion Gamble - Hawaii Business Magazine
Storm Cleanup: 26,000 Remain Without Power
SA: … Communities across Hawaii began shifting into recovery Sunday after days of intense rain, flash flooding and damaging winds from a powerful Kona-low storm, but more than 26,000 residents remained without power and are being urged to prepare for continued outages. The storm battered multiple islands, causing widespread evacuations, rescues and significant damage to roads, utilities and other infrastructure.
Power outages caused by the storm could last for days as crews work to repair widespread damage across the islands, according to Hawaiian Electric. As of 9 p.m. Sunday, HECO said about 7,000 customers on Oahu, 4,600 on Maui and 14,500 on Hawaii island remained without electricity as crews continued repairing damaged transmission lines, downed poles and other equipment. At the same time, Kauai Island Utility Cooperative reported 18 active outages across Kauai.
Even as crews worked to restore power and clear storm damage, state health officials said emergency medical services continued operating statewide throughout the storm and no storm-related fatalities have been reported….
read … Hawaii shifts into recovery mode | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Swimming in Money, Hawaii County Council Randomly Buys Criminals a House for $809K
SA: …The Hawaii County Council will likely look for another use for a home near Hilo, purchased with $809,000 in federal funds, that the county had proposed leasing to a nonprofit to operate as transitional housing. The plan was to provide supportive services for people exiting the criminal justice system, to help them reintegrate — but after neighbors gave the Council “an earful,” observers reported, it’s been dropped.
(REALLY OBVIOUS QUESTIONS: Whose house was it? How much over the assessed value is $809K?)
Among those opposed: Luana Kawelu, president of the Merrie Monarch Festival, who objected that residents weren’t being informed how many people would live there, or what types of offenses they’d committed….
read … Off the news: County plan for Hilo home falls through | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Tokuda Wears Graffiti-Covered Jacket to SOTU
FOX: … Rep. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, said she had no hesitations about remaining in her seat at the 2026 State of the Union when President Donald Trump challenged lawmakers to stand if they agreed the U.S. government should prioritize its citizens’ safety over that of illegal aliens….
read … Hawaii Dem reveals why she stayed seated during Trump’s viral SOTU moment about prioritizing Americans - Local News
Global Warming Hysteria Making Kids Hallucinate
YCC: … At a young age, Charlotte Madin of Oahu, Hawaii, saw the impacts of climate change firsthand, including wildfires that rained ash from the sky, and destruction to the beautiful coral reefs near her home.
Madin: “Seeing that happen in real time in front of me was really scary for me.” ….
(CLUE: Anybody who ascribes any weather event to climate change is a pure fraud.)
read … Hawaii teens take on the state – and win » Yale Climate Connections
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