Honolulu County

... Four of 21 groundwater monitoring wells showed exceedance of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), a component of polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) ....

... Red Hill fuel-polluted soils could cost $750 million to clean up ....

... release of the Ala Wai Flood Risk Management draft General Reevaluation Report and Integrated Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for review and 45-day public comment period ....

... vacant judgeships on Oahu and Big island ....

... Honolulu's Board of Water Supply is seeking $1.2 billion from the U.S. Navy for costs associated with the fuel leak at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility ....

... even the slimmed down plan is worrisome ....

...  Honolulu achieved additional points in this year’s rankings for having transgender-inclusive healthcare benefits ....

... Joint Task Force – Red Hill was in charge of defueling, while the Navy and the Department of Defense will take on the closure process ....

"We are disappointed that one of our colleagues has chosen to align themselves with a group of people promoting hate and bullying."

... Could credit union executives go to jail? ....

... Bill 6 (2023), CD1 would allow building applications to be reviewed by professionals qualified to self-certify that the plans and other data in the applications are in compliance ....

... The Actors Guild, a local acting group, produced a play based on their five-year ordeal of trying to get a permit to renovate their theater at Dole Cannery ....

... While flames are no longer visible, the landscape is a mosaic of blackened native trees interspersed with invasive ones, like Albizia ....

... Skeet Range opening Saturday, Nov. 11, Trap Range reopening Sunday, Nov. 12 ....

... Ed Underwood said, “The boating program is currently subsidizing free parking in the facility which is not fair to those who are paying the fees" ....

... tree lighting ceremony, Public Workers’ Electric Light Parade and City Lights block party ....

... Queen’s to formalize the purchase of WGH scheduled for March 31, 2024 ....

... The Resilience Office is engaging in fifteen islandwide programs in the first half of November ....

... The Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations ....

... Due to our "sensitive places lawsuit," Honolulu is no longer able to enforce parts of its sensitive places ordinance ....

... meet the monster’s creators ....

... adaptive reuse as a possible solution to two pressing issues in Honolulu: downtown office vacancies and Oahu’s housing shortage ....

... testimony to the Honolulu, Maui and Kauai county councils about measures that could increase the supply of housing ....

... Results from this survey will help the city allocate resources to better support the business community ....

... All permit applications are equal, but some are more equal than others ....

... Mayor Rick Blangiardi announced Thursday that Honolulu Hale will be illuminated in the colors blue and white from sundown on Saturday, October 21, through sunrise on Sunday, October 22, in support of Israel ....

... The report also highlighted Honolulu as having the highest number of farmers markets per capita ....

... nearly two years after a spill into the area's water forced thousands from their residences ....

... The Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations .... 

... GIA proposals must be submitted by 2 p.m. on November 22, 2023 ....

... Leading up to this decision, DOH oversaw completion by JTF-RH, of 297 repairs and enhancements needed for repacking and defueling ....

... Bill 52 provides an initial fine of $25,000, plus $10,000 per day without an upper limit ....

... Jonah Jameson from the "Spiderman" movie franchise laughing at a news headline about the stadium project with a sarcastic caption above it that reads "This won't be another disaster like the rail." ....

... Bill 54 (2023), which would for a five-year period to facilitate the conversion of commercial buildings to multifamily residential units ....

... Resolution 23-243, which would give property tax relief to owner-occupants who failed to file for a homeowner exemption in 2022 and whose homes were taxed at the Residential A rate as a result ....

... Decision paves way for safe defueling operations to begin ....

... City to celebrate Honolulu Pride Month ....

... Honolulu homeowners have until Oct. 2 to file for increased property tax exemptions that Grassroot Institute helped become law ....

“This order ensures that the Kailua Treatment Plant continues to take steps to prevent any further bacteria exceedances in what the plant discharges into the ocean”

... two people dead and three others injured ....

"... we cannot ignore the tremendous and ongoing burden being borne by communities who are dealing with those who refuse help ...."

... Opening night festivities scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023 near Kapolei Hale ....

... "the 100% lunacy of TAG's six-year odyssey to obtain a building permit to renovate what is now The Brad Powell Theatre." ....

... employees of the DPP took bribes in exchange for performing official acts at DPP .... 

... Bills on the move: Honolulu, Hawaii County, Kauai County ....

... resolutions would assist the city administration in hiring for critical positions, delete unfilled and unnecessary positions and likely contribute to lower budgetary costs ....

... “Our goal is to build equity and acquire more properties"  ....

... is housing an emergency or not? ....

... to offer the homes and lots for purchase by the tenants of record (the original plantation workers) and current Varona Village residents ....

... the homeless are sacred cows ....