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Thursday, August 7, 2025
Lawsuit: Hawaii Sheriff Deputies Arrested on Charges Trumped-up by own Department—Top Brass infighting led to suicide of Deputy
By Andrew Walden @ 8:11 PM :: 414 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement, Police

... one deputy committed suicide after DLE’s Criminal Investigations Division attempted to use deputies as pawns to hedge against a lawsuit filed by the #3 man in the department ….

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Thursday, August 7, 2025
Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum Launches Aircraft Mechanic Training Program
By News Release @ 4:10 AM :: 262 Views :: Education K-12

... a no-cost, two-year training initiative designed to prepare Oʻahu high school juniors for careers in aviation maintenance and mechanics ....

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Thursday, August 7, 2025
US, Cook Islands to Cooperate on Seabed Mining
By News Release @ 3:59 AM :: 209 Views :: Environment, National News, World News

...The Government of the United States of America has begun discussions with the Government of the Cook Islands to support the research necessary to inform seabed exploration and responsible development within the Cook Islands’ Exclusive Economic Zone....

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Thursday, August 7, 2025
CEO and President of Hawaii Shipbuilding Company Sentenced for $29M Investment Fraud Scheme
By News Release @ 3:52 AM :: 276 Views :: Ethics, Jones Act, Tourism

... decade-long scheme to defraud hundreds of investors out of millions of dollars in connection with Semisub Inc. ....

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Thursday, August 7, 2025
Mexican National Sentenced to 54 Months for Illegal Reentry After Ten Prior Removals and Three Illegal Reentry Felony Convictions
By News Release @ 3:35 AM :: 211 Views :: Law Enforcement

... In addition to his three prior federal convictions for illegally reentering the United States, Salas Cruz also has convictions for abuse of a household member, assault, violation of a protective order, and being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition ....

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Wednesday, August 6, 2025
UH sets extramural funding record for 4th consecutive year
By News Release @ 4:07 PM :: 204 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education

... this success comes at a time when concerns over cuts in federal research funding continue to grow. As of August 5, 66 grants totaling more than $89 million have been terminated at UH due to shifting federal priorities ....

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Wednesday, August 6, 2025
61% of Hawaii Homeowners Sitting on $250K Capital Gain
By News Release @ 1:55 PM :: 282 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes, Cost of Living

... and 34.6% of Hawaii homeowners sitting on $500K capital gain ....

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Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Lahaina: Four Ways to Speed Recovery
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:42 AM :: 234 Views :: Maui County, Development

...It’s been two years since wildfires devastated the West Maui town, yet few structures have been rebuilt and many residents are in limbo....

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Wednesday, August 6, 2025
This Day in History: Truman Announces Hiroshima Bombing
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 64452 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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Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Schatz locks up whip race
By Video @ 3:16 PM :: 310 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation, Politicians

... Schatz on a glide path to becoming his party’s No. 2 leader in the Senate beginning in 2027 ....

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Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Two years after disaster, Maui recovery inches forward
By UHERO @ 3:15 PM :: 238 Views :: Maui County, Development, Hawaii Statistics

... many remain displaced, face high rent burdens, or continue to deal with long-term income loss ....

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Tuesday, August 5, 2025
E-Cars, Hybrids Banned from Kauai County Scrapyard
By News Release @ 12:29 PM :: 326 Views :: Kauai County, Energy

... Due to the potential for hazardous conditions ....

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Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Can Hawaiʻi get to 100% renewable energy?
By News Release @ 3:51 AM :: 447 Views :: Energy, Higher Education

"...solar, wind, and batteries on their own will not scale to meet the needs we have...."

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Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Reviving the Paniolo Spirit: A Path to Sustainable Economic Renewal on Molokaʻi
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:57 AM :: 272 Views :: Agriculture

... When the ranch shut down in 2008, he didn’t walk away ....

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Monday, August 4, 2025
Four New HART Board Members Appointed
By News Release @ 4:26 PM :: 454 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail

... Mayor apponts two, Speaker appoints one, Council appoints one ....

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Monday, August 4, 2025
China Building Airstrip in Micronesia
By Selected News Articles @ 3:25 PM :: 499 Views :: World News, Military

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

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Sunday, August 3, 2025
Case, Moylan: Stop Rebuilding Jones Act Ships in China
By Ed Case @ 4:47 PM :: 810 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Jones Act

... “Under long-standing loopholes in maritime law, Jones Act shippers can and do outsource major vessel parts fabrications and modifications to foreign shipyards, primarily those in the PRC,” said Case. ...

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Sunday, August 3, 2025
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted August 1, 2025
By GovTrack .us @ 4:12 PM :: 406 Views :: Congressional Delegation

... votes cast and bills introduced ....

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Sunday, August 3, 2025
Grassroot views on housing reform going mainstream
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:38 PM :: 396 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Development

... Schatz hasn’t been all talk, either. Last week, he introduced several bipartisan bills aimed at inducing more homebuilding ....

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Sunday, August 3, 2025
Constitutional Expenditure Controls
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 332 Views :: Hawaii History, Hawaii State Government

... over the last fifty years, our lawmakers have tended to regard those provisions as bothersome annoyances, to be worked around or avoided ...

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Sunday, August 3, 2025
Armed Felon Indicted After Barricading Himself in Home with Over Ten Pounds of Methamphetamine and Illegal Firearms
By News Release @ 3:52 AM :: 497 Views

... If convicted of the charged offenses, Nowicke faces a maximum sentence of life in prison ....

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Saturday, August 2, 2025
Hawaii Sues Trump admin over juvenile sex-change
By Selected News Articles @ 2:37 PM :: 1107 Views :: Family, Health Care

... One of President Donald Trump’s executive orders aimed to eliminate certain transgender medical procedures for youth under the age of 19 ....

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Friday, August 1, 2025
Interstate telehealth could be lifesaver for Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:08 PM :: 447 Views :: Health Care

... If you need to see a medical specialist, you have to hope there is one on-island with an open appointment before it’s too late ....

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Friday, August 1, 2025
Logan: Blangiardi Threatened my Family
By Andrew Walden @ 6:32 PM :: 1986 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Homelessness, Police, Drugs

... Joe Logan’s son, Zane Logan, has a lengthy court record involving meth, theft, and prostitution, but he always manages to get away with minimal punishments ....

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Friday, August 1, 2025
Wildfires: Maui PD Releases Final After-Action Report
By News Release @ 1:50 AM :: 425 Views :: Maui County, Police

... a comprehensive review of the department's response and outlines 35 recommendations for improving future emergency operations ....

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Thursday, July 31, 2025
Mayor Pleased by Dismissal of Myeni Shooting Case
By News Release @ 10:54 PM :: 436 Views :: Honolulu County, Police

"... the court affirmed the City’s position that the officers involved did not act out of malice in the death of Lindani Myeni ...."

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Thursday, July 31, 2025
Visitor Arrivals Down 1.8% for June 2025
By News Release @ 10:46 PM :: 552 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Tourism

... 857,102 total visitors to the Hawaiian Islands in June 2025, down 1.8 percent from the same month last year ....

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Thursday, July 31, 2025
Public Safety Power Shutoff watch: Hawaiian Electric monitoring wildfire risk conditions
By News Release @ 6:16 PM :: 414 Views :: Energy, Environment

... if weather conditions intensify in the next 24 to 48 hours Hawaiian Electric may proactively shut off power in communities with high exposure to wildfire risk ....

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Thursday, July 31, 2025
Brighter Futures, Stronger Ties: US Nonprofit Drives Educational Progress in Strategically Situated Micronesia  
By News Release @ 6:07 PM :: 393 Views :: Education K-12, World News

... an American nonprofit is helping students from some of Micronesia’s most remote islands access the region’s top-performing private schools ....

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Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Rule by Decree: Is Hawaii's Democracy Broken?
By Andrew Walden @ 11:41 PM :: 962 Views :: Ethics, Development, Hawaii State Government, Drugs

... Do the math: 1+22+14+18+14+8 = 77 emergencies ....

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Wednesday, July 30, 2025
NBC News: Josh Green Running for President?
By Selected News Articles @ 10:24 PM :: 3511 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians

... Green, meanwhile, is up for re-election next year and indicated he’d run for a second term. But that didn’t preclude him from entertaining the idea of a run for higher office soon thereafter ....

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Wednesday, July 30, 2025
New Software: DPP Promises 'Reduced Service'
By News Release @ 8:40 PM :: 500 Views :: Honolulu County, Development

... The 27-year-old Posse system will be taken off-line at the close of business Monday, July 28, 2025, and will not be available to the public or DPP staff ....

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Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Tsunami of Traffic: How One Gas Station Line Jammed up All of Kapolei
By Andrew Walden @ 4:08 AM :: 2903 Views :: Honolulu County, Police

... Behind this blockage, total traffic gridlock took hold for three hours between 4pm and 7pm on Kapolei-area roads ....

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Wednesday, July 30, 2025
VIDEO: Tsunami Draws Water Down 15 feet in Kahului Harbor
By News Release @ 3:12 AM :: 2835 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics

... Hawaii harbor mouths opening towards Kamchatka saw larger tsunami effects ....

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Tuesday, July 29, 2025
UPDATE: DoT Extends Public Comment Period on Teenagers' Climate Plan
By News Release @ 7:50 PM :: 1253 Views :: Energy, Environment, Ethics

“...This isn’t just a policy document. These proposals will have real and lasting impacts on families, kūpuna, workers, and businesses across Hawai‘i...”

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Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Spain Offers €400M to Bring TMT to Canary Islands
By News Release @ 7:16 PM :: 740 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Higher Education, Land Use

... Hawaii's master lease renewal process pays off big for Chile ... and now Spain ....

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Tuesday, July 29, 2025
FBI Director Kash Patel visits Honolulu field office
By News Release @ 2:29 AM :: 734 Views :: Law Enforcement

... He praised the great working relationships between the FBI and the local, state, and federal law enforcement partners ....

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Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Corruption Lawsuit: Another Hawaiian ‘8a’ Defense Contractor in Court
By Andrew Walden @ 1:11 AM :: 1623 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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Monday, July 28, 2025
How 'Big Beautiful Bill' Affects UH Student Loans and Research Grants
By News Release @ 5:13 PM :: 583 Views :: Higher Education

... This message was shared with the students, faculty and staff of the 10-campus University of Hawaiʻi system on July 21, 2025 ....

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Monday, July 28, 2025
$40M Rate Hike for Hawaii American Water
By News Release @ 2:54 AM :: 766 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Cost of Living

... at Mauna Lani and Waimea the typical single-family customer will see a rate increase of approximately $18 to $25 per month ....

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Sunday, July 27, 2025
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 25, 2025
By GovTrack .us @ 5:13 PM :: 522 Views :: Congressional Delegation

... bills introduced and votes cast in Congress ....

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Sunday, July 27, 2025
Pay for No Work
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1508 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Labor

... $6.3M salary for 'administrative leave' ....

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Saturday, July 26, 2025
Baked to order: New cottage food rules
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 9:23 PM :: 741 Views :: Agriculture, Small Business

... to more easily produce and sell jams, relishes and sauces made with local ingredients ....

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Saturday, July 26, 2025
Affordable: Green Signs 'Shot Clock', other homebuilding bills
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:31 PM :: 1058 Views :: Development, Hawaii State Government, Cost of Living

... Green altered course when he signed a handful of bills that had been on his intent-to-veto list ....

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Saturday, July 26, 2025
Chiefess Kapiolani: The greatest student of Batimea Pua’aiki (Blind Bartimeus)
By News Release @ 11:03 AM :: 791 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion

... a foundation builder of the Hawaiian church ....

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Friday, July 25, 2025
Trump Executive Order: Clear Homeless Drug Addicts from Streets and Put them in Treatment Centers
By News Release @ 3:34 PM :: 1181 Views :: Homelessness, Drugs

... Executive Order to restore order to American cities and remove vagrant individuals from our streets, redirecting federal resources toward programs that tackle substance abuse and returning to the acute necessity of civil commitment ....

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Friday, July 25, 2025
Schatz: National Housing Shortage Is A Problem The Government Has Created; We Can Fix It
By News Release @ 2:52 PM :: 729 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Development, Land Use, Cost of Living

... Schatz Introduces YIMBY Act To Encourage Localities To Cut Regulations, Adopt Pro-Housing Policies ....

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Thursday, July 24, 2025
Energy companies seek dismissal in Hawaii climate lawfare case
By Selected News Articles @ 10:35 PM :: 676 Views :: Honolulu County, Energy, Environment, Higher Education, Judiciary

... Energy companies being sued by the city of Honolulu over climate change accusations have motioned for summary judgment, stating that Hawaii’s two-year statute of limitations makes the plaintiffs’ case unsubstantial ....

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Thursday, July 24, 2025
How to Apply for Honolulu Property Tax Credit
By News Release @ 5:11 PM :: 1154 Views :: Honolulu County, Tax Credits

... Sept. 30, 2025 is the deadline to apply ....

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Thursday, July 24, 2025
Hawaii Attorney General Releases Annual Firearm Statistics
By News Release @ 12:04 PM :: 605 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Second Amendment

... 16,879 personal/private applications for permits to acquire firearms were processed statewide during 2024, marking a 28.3% decrease ....

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