He is a fourth-generation kamaaina born on Oahu who earned a journalism degree from the University of Hawaii. Gomes has been a reporter for local newspapers since the mid-1990s. He regularly enjoys surfing, bodysurfing and skateboarding.
The company’s Oct. 15 application to the state Public Utilities Commission not only seeks a general rate increase averaging 20% for most cargo, but also asks for annual automatic rate changes tied to inflation. Read more
Plans for a Native Hawaiian homestead community in Ewa Beach have been scaled back due to issues including sea-level rise and flood risks that have inflated estimated development costs. Read more
A more than 20-year state initiative to replace Oahu’s overcrowded and deplorable jail in Kalihi is being positioned for a big push forward next year. Read more
The cost to ship most cargo between islands in Hawaii could jump 20% on average, and in instances up to 45%, next summer under a plan by the state’s regulated interisland tug-and-barge operator. Read more
Public hearings are underway for state regulators to consider a request by Hawaii’s only gas utility to raise rates by 17.7% on average statewide. Read more
Hawaii taxpayers are going to help the developer of a year-old Honolulu condominium and hotel tower complex make some of its required affordable housing more attractive to buyers. Read more
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A Texas company backed by the U.S. Office of Naval Research plans to do some potentially groundbreaking work on the process of making jet fuel from seawater at a state technology park on Hawaii island. Read more
This is the second straight year that Green, who became governor in December 2022, has gone to Nevada for industry meetings when the Steelers visited Las Vegas to play the Raiders. Read more
A state plan is being advanced to foster development of nearly 28,000 new homes around planned city rail stations in Iwilei and Kapalama. Read more
In the Aug. 10 primary election, Roth received 38% of the votes compared with 28% for Alameda. But four other challengers attracted the balance, roughly 34% of the ballots cast by voters. Read more
The store will become the new anchor tenant at International Market Place, and replaces an 80,000-square-foot Saks Fifth Avenue store that opened in 2016 and closed in 2022. Read more
Twice as many households affected by the August 2023 Maui wildfires were living in poverty a year after the disaster, a new survey suggests. Read more
A developer’s plan to build homes in Manoa with greater density than allowed under existing zoning was the subject of a sometimes acrimonious and snippy public hearing Monday. Read more
The state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands has begun to exert a long-held regulatory power to speed up homestead and housing development for beneficiaries. Read more
The federal government is helping the state pay for costly upgrades to an old Navy electrical system at the former Barbers Point Naval Air Station in Kalaeloa. Read more
The pushback was announced by Territorial amid efforts by an investment advisory firm to convince Territorial shareholders to reject the Hope purchase in favor of a competing bid from unnamed investors led by former Bank of Hawaii CEO Allan Landon. Read more
As part of the agreement, the Mary, Star of the Sea Parish church and school on the same property will maintain access to underground parking stalls, a soccer field and existing easements. Read more
Gov. Josh Green insists that he is following Hawaii law for filling a vacant special seat on the state water commission amid criticism of his procedure to do so. Read more
About 70 Hawaii environmental and Hawaiian cultural organizations are asking Gov. Josh Green to make a “timely and appropriate” appointment to fill a seat on the seven-member Commission on Water Resource Management. Read more
Construction has begun on the first of three new ships for Hawaii-based ocean cargo transportation firm Matson Inc. Read more
Territorial’s board announced toay that the Thursday bid from Blue Hill Advisors LLC to pay $12.50 per share of Territorial stock, up from an earlier $12-per-share offer, remained inferior in part due to a lack of information about the investors and their ability to complete a purchase. Read more
