Honolulu County

... may have to wait until ongoing defueling is completed ....

... trial of former Honolulu prosecutor Keith Kaneshiro, businessman Dennis Mitsunaga and co-defendants facing accusations of conspiracy to commit fraud and bribery ....

... Prosecutors say businessman Dennis Mitsunaga used hefty campaign contributions to exert influence over Hawaii's political landscape ....

... involves sharing a percentage of net appreciation with HHFDC ....

... the second major milestone within the 2010 Consent Decree – the full secondary treatment upgrade of the Honouliuli Wastewater Treatment Plant  ....

... to honor Honolulu’s Purple Heart recipients for their “singularly meritorious action” in the line of duty and service to their nation ....

... 73 percent of those vehicles with expired tags have not been registered in at least five years ....

... groundwater monitoring to support the Navy’s request to reduce the amount of water being discharged into Halawa Stream from 4.5 million gallons a day to 1.8 million gallons a day ....

... Edward Odquina wanted a license plate reading "FCKBLM." The city of Honolulu said no. A number of judges have now agreed ....

... and an interactive Skyline tour, showcasing that Earth Day is for everyone ....

... a Council bill had proposed hiring specialized legal experts from the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence and Dentons law firm ....

... The law clearly says the police chief makes the policies, but the mayor says he's pulling those strings ....

... late-night parties in a cramped second-floor office where lobbyists and executives seeking government contracts lined up to drop cash and checks into a metal lockbox ....

... based on concerns regarding the site’s proximity to near-shore waters ....

... A former Honolulu prosecutor is accused of accepting nearly $50,000 from a local engineering firm to go after a former employee with criminal charges ....

... 11 homicides in Honolulu as of March 31 ....

... beaches along the Waianae Coast have been taken over by a 20-mile-long homeless camp.  This is just one mile ....

... inflation 4.8% year over year for urban Honolulu ....

... City Seeks to Dismiss Marconi Claims, Supports Move to Depose Bribery Convicts ....

... The developer requested a waiver for the project, but a year later, the permit is still pending ....

... for the past 153 days HONU connected 119 clients with shelter or supportive housing ....

... Total salary needed for two working adults with two children $299,520 ....

... Joint Task Force – Red Hill transferred authority of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage to the Navy Closure Task Force – Red Hill ....

... only these insiders are qualified to bid ....

... The appointment is subject to Senate confirmation ....

... Twenty years later, we are still having the same conversations ....

... Resolution 24-65 contains most of the usual anti-housing rhetoric, and even claims that making it easier to create smaller, more affordable homes would somehow result in more so-called monster homes ....

... City suspends enforcement of a city ordinance that’s driving several restaurants in Waikiki out of business ....

... These two measures would increase our housing supply not only on Oahu but throughout all of Hawaii by allowing smaller homes on smaller lots....

... to award developers Ikenakea Development LLC and The Michaels Organization a long-term lease for the 19.4-acre property at Farrington Highway and Fort Barrette Road ....

 VIDEO: State of the City Address 

"... the executive session minutes did not convey a true reflection of the matters discussed at the meeting ..."

... Beginning Thursday, March 21 ....

... proposed $3.63 billion Operating and $919 million Capital Improvement Program (CIP) budgets for the 2025 fiscal year ....

... DPR planted a new Monkeypod tree ....

... Starting in 2023, buildings 100,000 square feet and larger were required to begin annually reporting their utility data to the City. By June 30, 2024, buildings 50,000 square feet and larger must report, followed by buildings 25,000 square feet and larger by June 30, 2025 ....

... The city’s Motor Vehicle Registration Branch will reject applications that violate the existing rules, including letter and number combinations that are profane, encourage violence, or make sexual references ....

... Of the 73 trucks that have been ordered over the past five fiscal years, ENV has only received 17 of them — and no new trucks have been delivered since November 2020 .... 

... Honolulu has $3.8 billion available to pay $6.6 billion worth of bills ....

... last activation in 2005 ....  

... Sugg previously served as a television executive in Hawai‘i and has years of experience in working alongside Mayor Blangiardi ....

... the Carbon Disclosure Project ....

... Are rolling blackouts going to be Hawaii’s “new normal”?  ....

... The government managed to dodge failure to warn claims thanks to the Federal Tort Claims Act ....

... In 2020, the Legislature passed a bill that banned coal powered energy production in the State by 2023 ....

"...due to heavy cloud cover and rainy conditions across the island, production from solar energy systems has been reduced and battery energy storage systems could not charge...."

... 43% profit for Black Sand / Kobayashi ....

... In previous decades, City streets were planned and designed primarily for vehicular capacity, not any longer! ....

... City and County of Honolulu had nearly a year to prepare for the July 1, 2022 handover, but somehow didn’t get the billing contract established ....

... Honolulu consumers will be subjected to a double whammy next year ....