Waiakea High School teacher Whitney Aragaki is finalist for national award.
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Hawaii’s Teacher of the Year is a finalist for national award
Big Island teacher Whitney Aragaki has a chance to be the National Teacher of the Year after dedicating her career to teaching science at Waiakea High School.
Bill aims to protect endangered species
A measure introduced in the state Legislature aimed at protecting endangered animals from new development is 25 years in the making, said a Big Island legislator.
Quality control: Hawaii Wai Ola provides community access to water testing data
A new dataset, made public this month by Hawaii Wai Ola, gives community members access to high quality, open-source water quality testing data dating back to June 2020.
Water Board OKs consultant to chase federal money
With the prospect of more federal money becoming available for infrastructure funding, the county Water Board recently approved $75,000 to hire a consultant to go after some of it.
Evidentiary hearing for Honua Ola postponed
The Public Utilities Commission issued an order late Wednesday temporarily suspending proceedings, including an evidentiary hearing on the Honua Ola project scheduled for next week, “pending further details” on Honua Ola’s appeal to the Supreme Court.
Police ID man killed in South Kona crash
A 62-year-old Holualoa man died following a single-vehicle crash on Thursday on Mamalahoa Highway in South Kona.
‘I miss home so much’
When an explosive volcanic eruption triggered a tsunami in Tonga just over two weeks ago, homes were destroyed, communication lines disabled, and a heavy blanket of ash deposited on towns and villages.
Astronomy industry spent $110M in Hawaii in 2019
The astronomy industry in Hawaii spent more than $100 million throughout the state in 2019, according to a University of Hawaii study.
‘Teaching them life lessons’: Youth learn butchery skills at Kona Vocational
Keiki ages 12 to 18 were fully engaged Saturday as they learned how to skin, dress and butcher pigs, lamb and chickens at Kona Vocational.
House and Senate maps adopted: New House district goes to West Hawaii
The state Reapportionment Commission stayed the course Friday and finalized House and Senate election maps for the next decade, shaking off resident complaints from Hawaii Island and Oahu, citizen-produced alternative maps and even the threat of lawsuits in its 8-1 decision.
State Senate passes minimum wage increase
A bill that would increase the hourly minimum wage to $18 by 2026 passed the state Senate Friday.
COVID hits one of the last uninfected places on the planet
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — When the coronavirus began spreading around the world, the remote Pacific archipelago of Kiribati closed its borders, ensuring the disease didn’t reach its shores for nearly two full years.
Young humpback whale freed from mooring line, buoy off Maui
HONOLULU — Federal officials say a yearling humpback whale off Maui has been freed from a life-threatening entanglement in mooring gear.
Report: Hawaii safest state in COVID-19 pandemic
Hawaii is the safest state in the nation to weather the coronavirus, according to a study released Thursday by the online credit reporting company WalletHub.
Bills aim to expand broadband access
After Gov. David Ige on Monday announced his intention to invest $400 million to expand broadband access throughout the state, a host of broadband-related bills were introduced in the state Legislature.
Honua Ola takes fight against PUC back to high court
The primary opponent to Honua Ola Bioenergy’s attempt to take its biomass power plant online called the company’s appeal to the state Supreme Court to halt Public Utilities Commission evidentiary hearings slated for next week “a last minute attempt to stop cross-examination of witnesses.”
Chung proposes earmark for homelessness programs
Hilo Councilman Aaron Chung wants to earmark part of a luxury tax on second homes to be used to help those who don’t have a home at all.
Quick start for wage bill
A bill that would almost double Hawaii’s minimum wage — incrementally increasing it to $18 per hour by Jan. 1, 2026 — has broken quickly out of the gate at the start of this year’s legislative session.
Hawaiian Airlines seeks to resume service to Japan in second quarter
Hawaiian Airlines is seeking to resume flights to Japan in the second quarter, a delay from the carrier’s earlier goal of restarting service in late March due to the omicron variant.
Another guilty plea in Honolulu permits bribery scheme
HONOLULU — A former building plans examiner with the Honolulu planning department pleaded guilty Tuesday to taking bribes in exchange for expediting the approval of permit applications.
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