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Friday, January 16, 2026
Public Invited to Take 2026 Red Hill Survey
By News Release @ 3:36 PM :: 181 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military

Those who used the Navy water system around the time of the 2021 fuel release, regardless of their current residence, are encouraged to take the survey.

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Thursday, January 15, 2026
New Factbook Details Military’s Economic Impact in Hawai‘i
By News Release @ 4:14 PM :: 291 Views :: Economy, Hawaii Statistics, Military

... This is MACRO’s first statewide Factbook dedicated to presenting defense economic data in a clear, accessible format for the public ....

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Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Top DoD Officials Evaluate Oahu Military Housing
By Selected News Articles @ 12:50 AM :: 328 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Military

... the installation is managing a sustained strain on barracks capacity that will continue for several years as the Army modernizes its infrastructure in Hawaii ....

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Saturday, January 3, 2026
Schatz Welches on Biden's Maduro Bounty
By Andrew Walden @ 12:06 PM :: 1528 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Military

... Will Schatz tell the Delta Force they aren’t getting the reward money? I want that on video ....

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Thursday, January 1, 2026
The Wall That Heals 2026 -- Volunteers Needed
By News Release @ 1:47 PM :: 541 Views :: Military

... volunteers to assist with the weeklong presentation of TWTH at the University of Hawai’i West O’ahu Great Lawn from January 14 (3pm) – January 19 (2pm) ....

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Friday, December 12, 2025
Undercover Video Exposes 8a Contracting Scam
By Video @ 3:51 PM :: 1139 Views :: National News, Ethics, Military, OHA

“...And remember, there's no competition.…”

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Friday, December 12, 2025
Feds Order All 8(a) Participants to Provide Financial Records
By News Release @ 3:40 PM :: 1313 Views :: Ethics, Military, OHA

... Over 4,300 firms required to transmit financial data as part of ongoing effort to expose fraud, waste, and abuse ....

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Friday, December 12, 2025
Sen Ernst Calls for Halt and Full Audit of 8a Program
By News Release @ 2:59 PM :: 1204 Views :: Ethics, Military, OHA

... "Dawson received a $3.4 million 8(a) sole-source award from the Office of Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Hawaii on June 30, 2023, just days after the federal government raided the Dawson conglomerate offices" ....

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Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Is Red Hill a Superfund Site?
By News Release @ 11:37 PM :: 951 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military

... If Red Hill is on the Super Fund list, federal law explicitly bars state environmental law claims at such facilities ....

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Sunday, December 7, 2025
Forgotten Honouliuli: Jack Burns, Police Spy
By Andrew Walden @ 12:01 AM :: 45663 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii History, Military, Police

“It was (his) work as head of the HPD’s Espionage Bureau that lay the foundation for Burns’ later political success in Hawaii.”  

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Friday, December 5, 2025
OHA: We Are Shut Out of Green’s Army Negotiations
By Andrew Walden @ 2:46 PM :: 797 Views :: Military, OHA

... After asserting publicly that eminent domain was less of a factor than previously thought, Green is still seeking clarity from Driscoll ....

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Wednesday, December 3, 2025
US Senator Demands Crackdown on 8a Fraudsters
By News Release @ 2:49 PM :: 1832 Views :: Ethics, Military, OHA

... In June, the Department of Justice found that the 8(a) program was used to facilitate a $550 million bribery scheme over several decades ....

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Monday, December 1, 2025
VA houses largest number of homeless Veterans in seven years 
By News Release @ 1:15 PM :: 795 Views :: Homelessness, Military

... The nationwide numbers include 459 veterans permanently housed by Veterans Affairs Pacific Islands Health Care System ....

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Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Green: Draft NDAA doesn’t authorize Army land condemnation
By News Release @ 4:51 PM :: 1048 Views :: Land Use, Military

"This puts Hawaiʻi in a more advantageous position than we were in just weeks ago.”

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Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Military Land Negotiations: OHA Tries to Sideline Governor Green
By News Release @ 3:34 PM :: 1007 Views :: Military, OHA

... OHA wants an Act of Congress 'requiring formal consultation with OHA' ....

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Friday, November 14, 2025
OHA: How much money can we get from Military Condemnation?
By News Release @ 4:50 PM :: 897 Views :: Military, OHA

...OHA would scoop up 20% of the take on any eminent domain cash payments.   Therefore, logically they would seek to disrupt any non-cash deals....

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Thursday, November 13, 2025
VIDEO: Russian Spy Ship 15 Miles off Barbers Point
By News Release @ 11:43 PM :: 1801 Views :: Military

... a Russian military vessel operating near U.S. territorial waters approximately 15 nautical miles south of Oahu on Oct. 29 ....

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Thursday, November 13, 2025
Green Names Advisory Committee for Military Land Negotiations
By News Release @ 10:28 PM :: 1302 Views :: DHHL, Land Use, Military, OHA

...The state of Hawai‘i has learned that the offices of the U.S. Army Secretary and the U.S. Department of Justice have begun consultations on the Army’s legal right of condemnation for training lands in Hawai‘i....

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Tuesday, November 11, 2025
OHA Relaunches Congressional Fellows Program with 8(a) Co-sponsorships
By News Release @ 10:27 PM :: 909 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Military, OHA

... OHA and HNC Launch Nā ʻElele o Kahikina Congressional Fellows Program in Washington, D.C. ....

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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Hegseth in Hawaii--Update on Purge of Generals (in China)
By Selected News Articles @ 3:40 AM :: 1589 Views :: Military

... Pentagon chief told purge of PLA generals was linked to Party disloyalty, as well as corruption ....

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Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Green in DC to Meet with Army
By News Release @ 11:13 PM :: 2777 Views :: Environment, Land Use, Military

... Governor Green and Secretary Driscoll anticipate working toward a Memorandum of Understanding by the end of this year, with the goal of outlining clear parameters for a suitable land arrangement and addressing the issues most important for Hawaiʻi’s communities ....

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Tuesday, October 21, 2025
US Senate is laying down terms for military land use negotiations in Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 4:39 AM :: 1617 Views :: Land Use, Military

... authorizes acquisition through exchange or lease ....

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Tuesday, October 7, 2025
'The Wall That Heals' Coming to Oahu
By News Release @ 6:14 PM :: 1201 Views :: Military

...Oʻahu will soon host The Wall That Heals, a traveling three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., along with its mobile Education Center....

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Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Red Hill: Judge Rules Against Navy
By Court House News @ 4:03 AM :: 1856 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military

... Kobayashi found that these disputes over material facts cannot be resolved without a full trial ....

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Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Judge signals six-month delay of Hawaii jet fuel contamination case
By Court House News @ 2:17 AM :: 2353 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Environment, Military

... Courts previously allowed the Navy a yearlong stay in the case ....

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Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Army, UH Team Up to Protect Environment
By News Release @ 9:43 PM :: 3760 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Higher Education, Military

... USAG-HI oversees key Army lands on Oʻahu, where UH expertise helps balance training needs with protecting island resources ....

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Tuesday, September 2, 2025
Green Launches Website to Receive Comments on Army Land Lease Negotiations
By News Release @ 8:39 PM :: 5334 Views :: Land Use, Military

"The Army’s current leases expire in 2029 and while federal leaders have emphasized national security concerns, they’ve also indicated they could act through eminent domain, which would leave Hawai‘i with nothing in return."

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Thursday, August 21, 2025
Army to Green: 'We cannot wait'
By News Release @ 5:47 PM :: 5013 Views :: Land Use, Military, OHA

"We want to work with you to come to a mutually acceptable framework by the end of this year"

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Wednesday, August 20, 2025
​UH, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency sign partnership agreement
By News Release @ 4:06 PM :: 1200 Views :: Higher Education, Military

... a new Education Partnership Agreement aimed at enhancing science and technology education while advancing DPAA’s critical mission of accounting for missing U.S. personnel from past conflicts ....

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Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Palacios' death leaves NMI vulnerable to China
By Selected News Articles @ 2:05 AM :: 4472 Views :: World News, Gambling, Military

... Arnold Palacios, the 10th governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, died unexpectedly .... 

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Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Hawaii Red Hill Water Contamination Lawsuit Expands
By Selected News Articles @ 4:50 PM :: 4072 Views :: Environment, Military

... attorneys representing people who said they were sickened by the November 2021 Red Hill jet fuel spill had added more than 6,000 additional plaintiffs ....

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Friday, August 8, 2025
VA terminates union contracts for most bargaining-unit employees
By News Release @ 1:03 PM :: 3911 Views :: National News, Labor, Military

... The announcement comes in response to President Trump’s executive order that excludes certain federal agencies from labor-management relations programs. ....

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Wednesday, August 6, 2025
This Day in History: Truman Announces Hiroshima Bombing
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 68103 Views :: Hawaii History, Military

August 6 and 9 have been made into International Days of Anti-American historical revisionism.  So here is a look at reality as seen from first-hand sources instead of whining activists.

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Monday, August 4, 2025
China Building Airstrip in Micronesia
By Selected News Articles @ 3:25 PM :: 3462 Views :: World News, Military

... approximately 400 miles south of Guam ....

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Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Corruption Lawsuit: Another Hawaiian ‘8a’ Defense Contractor in Court
By Andrew Walden @ 1:11 AM :: 5288 Views :: Ethics, Military, OHA

... alleges that ‘8a’ insiders from several interrelated 8a contracting firms are systematically shortchanging the Kailua-based ‘Native Hawaiian Legal Defense and Education Fund, LLC’ aka Ho‘omaka Foundation ....

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Saturday, July 19, 2025
Green Issues Emergency Proclamation for Wildfire Season
By News Release @ 3:35 AM :: 2572 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii State Government, Military

... Hawaiʻi National Guard’s Operation Hoʻopauahi to Improve Emergency Response Time ....

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Friday, July 11, 2025
Chinese Naval Vessel Spotted Off Hawaiian Coast
By Selected News Articles @ 3:44 PM :: 2879 Views :: Military

... It is unclear how far offshore the Chinese vessel was, as is the mission it was pursuing ....

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Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Red Hill: BWS Sues Navy for $1.2B
By News Release @ 1:20 AM :: 2939 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military

... BWS past, ongoing, and future restoration, remediation and mitigation efforts are currently estimated to total approximately $1.2 billion ....

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Saturday, June 28, 2025
No Surprise: BLNR Rejects Another Army EIS
By News Release @ 1:15 PM :: 3790 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Environment, Hawaii State Government, Military

... this is a negotiating position for the master lease renewals ....

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Saturday, June 21, 2025
Trump: US Attacks Three Iran Nuke Sites
By News Release @ 9:20 PM :: 1606 Views :: Military

... in a reversal of previous presidents' policy, Trump is de-nuclearizing Iran while re-nuclearizing the US ...

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Saturday, June 21, 2025
Jones Act keeps U.S. lagging in global shipbuilding output
By Cato Foundation @ 2:28 PM :: 1904 Views :: Jones Act, Military

... The protectionist law’s defenders claim U.S. shipbuilding would be virtually nonexistent without it, but it would be hard to do much worse ....

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Saturday, June 21, 2025
Barking Sands Land Leases Set to Expire 2027-30
By News Release @ 12:54 PM :: 2881 Views :: Kauai County, Environment, Military

... U.S. Navy and NASA release Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for proposed, continued use of state lands on Kauai ....

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Friday, June 20, 2025
Navy faces key ruling in Hawaii fuel contamination case
By Court House News @ 11:58 PM :: 2616 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Military

... A federal judge is deciding whether the U.S. Navy should be held liable for 543 Clean Water Act violations at its Red Hill fuel facility ....

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Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Wahiawa Veteran Wins in Class Action Lawsuit Against Iran
By News Release @ 4:55 PM :: 2586 Views :: Health Care, Military

... On May 30, 2025, a federal court in Washington, D.C., awarded over $573+ million in total damages to victims and families affected by terrorist attacks in Iraq that were enabled by Iran’s support for extremist groups ....

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Monday, June 9, 2025
In Hawaii Only Military Water Systems are Fluoridated
By Selected News Articles @ 2:48 PM :: 2922 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Military

... 70.6% of third graders in Hawaii experience tooth decay—the highest rate in the nation ....

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Saturday, May 31, 2025
Pearl Harbor to Commemorate 80th Anniversary of the End of WWII
By News Release @ 8:19 PM :: 2517 Views :: Hawaii History, Military

... commemoration events honoring the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II from August 30 – September 2 ....

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Saturday, May 31, 2025
Trump’s Plan to Land SpaceX Rockets on Johnston Atoll Naturally Spurs Eco-Lawsuit
By News Release @ 5:43 PM :: 2532 Views :: Environment, Military

... This project is part of an Air Force program called Rocket Cargo Vanguard intended to experiment with the use of commercial rockets for military logistics and materiel transport ....

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Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Pacific Partnership Act to Counter China
By News Release @ 5:15 PM :: 2480 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Military

... Bill to Strengthen Strategic Relationships with Pacific Islands, and Counter Chinese Aggression in the Region ....

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Sunday, May 11, 2025
Trump Admin: Greenland to Become a COFA Country?
By Selected News Articles @ 12:15 AM :: 1985 Views :: World News, Military

... US officials are discussing a plan to pull Greenland into America’s sphere of influence using a type of agreement that the United States has used to keep close ties with several Pacific Island nations ....

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Saturday, May 10, 2025
BLNR Rejects Army Pohakuloa EIS
By News Release @ 1:06 AM :: 3353 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Military

... The Army’s current lease for 23,000 acres of state-owned land at PTA is set to expire in 2029 ....

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