Hawaii will receive a grant of up to $100,000 from the National Governors Association to create a plan and policies for developing digital skills and equity in the state’s workforce. Read more
For more than a decade, North Shore residents have complained of crippling traffic slowdowns on Kamehameha Highway at Laniakea, also known as Turtle Beach, due to crowds of pedestrians pouring haphazardly over the two-lane road between the mauka parking lot and the popular beach for honu and big-wave watching. Read more
Traffic in both directions will be maintained through contraflow in the remaining lane, and flaggers will be on-site to provide alternating traffic control. Read more
November not only ushers in the start of the holidays, but it’s also Hawaii’s rainy season and the perfect time to plant a tree, according to the website of the Kaulunani Urban & Community Forestry Program of the state Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Forestry and Wildlife. Read more
Hawaii’s four-member congressional delegation asked the Department of Defense on Wednesday to examine the Navy’s handling of fuel leaks at its Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, a World War II-era tank farm situated 100 feet above Oahu’s primary drinking water aquifer. Read more
Citing a steady growth in the number of electric passenger vehicles in Hawaii, Hawaiian Electric announced Monday it is seeking permission from the state Public Utilities Commission to expand its network of public EV charging stations while also reducing charging rates. Read more
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On Tuesday, after winning her fifth world surfing title in glassy, 4- to 6-foot waves at the storied break of Lower Trestles in San Clemente, Calif., Carissa Moore was rushed up the beach on the shoulders of her supporters, smiling from ear to ear and draped in the Hawaiian flag. Read more
Restoring native plant habitat can be grueling, but it’s also very rewarding, says Yongjin Lee, 17, who has been growing indigenous shrubs from seeds in his Hawaii Kai backyard and outplanting them in a nearby wetland and on the campuses of Kaiser High School, where he is a senior, and Hahaione Elementary School. Read more
Oahu’s surge in tourism has generated larger waves of visitors to the North Shore’s Laniakea Beach Park, popularly dubbed Turtle Beach, and people continue to break the law by harassing the endangered green sea turtles there, the state Department of Land and Natural Resources and the turtle conservation group Malama na Honu report. Read more
The state Department of Health’s familiar beachwater bacteria notifications and brown-water advisories are issued several times a year when heavy rain or even big waves cause polluted runoff, such as happened Monday on Oahu’s North Shore. Read more
Officials advised beachgoers to talk to a lifeguard before entering the water during big wave episodes. Read more
Brown water advisories are in effect for Laniakea Beach and Waimea Bay Beach on Oahu’s North Shore due to runoff from streams into coastal waters. Read more
In the first light of day, at 7 a.m., when Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve opens to the public, its great half moon of beach is empty, and the sea over its dappled reef is at peak clarity, before rising winds and waves, kicking swim fins and wading feet bring turbidity. Read more
In late March 2020, when Hawaii was placed under stay-at-home orders as COVID-19 infections began to spread, incidents of domestic violence also began to rise and have remained high ever since, according to the Domestic Violence Action Center, which last week issued a public appeal for financial help. Read more
Sunday was the last day of a two-week pilot program that admitted local residents to the preserve without reservations. Read more
On Hawaii Island recently, five positive cases of COVID- 19 were reported among members of the production of “Love Island U.S.A.,” a CBS reality TV show currently filming in Hilo, according to state Film Commissioner Donne Dawson. Read more
Hawaii State Film Commissioner Donne Dawson confirmed the cases today after the news had been posted on social media Saturday. Read more
Restore with Resilience, a new initiative to regenerate the damaged coral reefs of Maunalua Bay, provides community volunteers with hands-on learning as they conduct integral scientific research. Read more
After her gold medal in the first-ever Olympic surfing event in the Tokyo Summer Games made her an overnight international celebrity well beyond surfing’s shores, Hawaii’s Carissa Moore was honored Thursday morning by Gov. David Ige at the state Capitol, showing pride in the islands and the personal humility of a true keiki o ka aina. Read more
After winning the gold medal in the first-ever Olympic surfing event on July, “The first person I wanted to speak with was Luke, my husband,” Hawaii’s Carissa Kainani Moore said next day in a phone interview from Tokyo as she prepared to fly home. Read more
Hawaii hospitals say they are seeing an increase in patients admitted with COVID- 19 but have an adequate availability of beds for now. Read more
