The Environmental Protection Agency is making moves to disband the elected community advisory board it established as part of a federal consent decree regarding the closure of the Navy’s underground Red Hill fuel storage facility. Read more
The latest draft of Congress’ annual military spending bill includes several Hawaii-centric provisions, including calls for the military to work with the state to track and eradicate invasive species across island lands it controls as well as a pilot program to develop an advanced manufacturing facility in Hawaii to support military operations in the region. Read more
Leases begin expiring in 2029 at Kahuku Training Area, Kawailoa-Poamoho Training Area and Makua Military Reservation. Read more
U.S. Army Pacific has bestowed its Mana O Ke Koa Award on Jennifer Sabas, who served as chief of staff for the late U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye and who now is an influential lobbyist and consultant. Read more
The Marine Corps Puuloa Range Training Facility in Ewa Beach has been in continuous operation for more than a century. Read more
Some residents are nervous about potential health and enviromental risks as the ventilation plan moves forward. Read more
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U.S. Navy Region Hawaii and Hawaiian Telcom are touting the completion of a joint project that put the largest fiber-optic cable ever installed in Hawaii beneath Pearl Harbor. Running underground, the cable creates a direct link between urban Honolulu and West Oahu. Read more
Pearl Harbor attack survivor Herbert Elfring died Saturday in Michigan at age 102. Read more
Trainees from Japan’s Coast Guard Academy are in Hawaii as part of a training cruise that is taking them across the Pacific. Read more
Over the course of his military career, he deployed three times to the Middle East and was involved in responding to floods and volcanic eruptions in Hawaii. Read more
A recent investigation by the state Department of Health into the Navy’s Oahu drinking water system found no petroleum or jet fuel compounds in drinking water samples collected in February but did not rule out the possibility of residual fuel in the system after fuel from the Navy’s Red Hill storage facility contaminated it in November 2021. Read more
The U.S. Navy’s Pacific Fleet is gearing up for the biennial Rim of the Pacific exercise — better known as RIMPAC — set to begin next month. Read more
Tuesday marked the 80th anniversary of a deadly — and often forgotten — disaster in Hawaii that prompted major reforms in the U.S. military. Read more
By 10:15 a.m. Friday, the National Weather Service said, the Wahiawa Reservoir was just above 82 feet — 2 feet short of the “flood stage,” which would have prompted authorities to call for evacuations of nearby areas. Read more
In a keynote address, U.S. Army Pacific Commander Gen. Charles Flynn gave a somber warning, saying that “the global security situation is becoming more perilous.” Read more
A lawsuit trial brought by families affected by the Red Hill water crisis against the federal government under the Federal Tort Claims Act saw both sides make their closing arguments Monday. Read more
Vice Adm. John Wade, former commander of the joint task force that oversaw removal of most of the fuel in the Navy’s Red Hill facility, has been officially nominated to take over the Navy’s 3rd Fleet in San Diego. Read more
On Aug. 13, 1945, a plane carrying troops from the Philippines to Okinawa crashed into a cliff as it tried to land amid poor visibility. Read more
Government witnesses are taking the stand this week to defend the Navy’s response to the Red Hill water crisis and sow doubts about the severity of the contamination as a federal mass tort lawsuit on behalf of affected families continues. Read more
Austin’s meetings and Paparo’s assumption of command of U.S. forces in the Pacific come at a time when several potential geopolitical flashpoints loom large as rival militaries face off across the region from India, the South China Sea and the Korean Peninsula. Read more
Water system experts testified Tuesday on the second day of a class-action lawsuit against the U.S. government that tests may have missed contamination in the critical early days of the Red Hill fuel crisis. Read more
