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2.14.2022
TOP STORYState says water for 135 Red Hill households, elementary school is now safe to drinkHawai‘i health officials say some Navy housing residents and Red Hill Elementary School can resume drinking their tap water. The first of 18 zones has been cleared after jet fuel from the Navy’s Red Hill fuel facility contaminated the drinking water system in November. “While this announcement is a step forward, we have a long way to go,” Gov. David Ige said at a news conference. SUBSCRIBE TO HAWAIʻI REAL ESTATE NEWSPlease subscribe to Hawaiʻi Real Estate News – a free weekly email from Hawaii Business Magazine that provides insights and news on local real estate. Coming to your inbox every Tuesday. Click here to subscribe! LOCAL NEWSKauaʻi conservationists try new method to stop spread of Rapid ʻŌhiʻa DeathEarlier this month, an infected ʻōhiʻa tree was discovered in the Alakaʻi Plateau, a high-elevation nature preserve located at 4,100 feet. The Kauaʻi Invasive Species Committee believes ambrosia beetles burrow into infected trees and release fungal spores. Conservationists are applying an odor to the infected tree in an effort to prevent Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death from spreading. Vessel strike likely killed whale calf found off O‘ahu, NOAA Fisheries saysA humpback whale calf found dead last week appears to have suffered a traumatic brain injury consistent with a vessel strike, NOAA Fisheries said Monday. The 12-foot male calf, less than a week old, was found Feb. 6 near the Wailupe Peninsula. Health officials report 498 new Covid cases statewideToday’s reported cases include 228 on O‘ahu, 101 on Kaua‘i, 86 on Hawai‘i Island, 63 on Maui, 3 on Lāna‘i, 2 on Moloka‘i, and 15 residents diagnosed outside the state. Over the last 14 days, Hawai‘i officials have reported 11,785 infections.
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