The Waikiki Aquarium, which has been closed for more than a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, might reopen in June, said Dr. Andrew Rossiter, director of the 116-year-old institution. Read more
Thirty long-term camps on the sides of Diamond Head Crater have been cleaned up over the past week, state Department of Land and Natural Resources officials said today. Read more
A state Department of Land and Natural Resources proposal to remove the 83-year-old Diamond Head Breakwater, which parallels the seawall beneath Doris Duke’s Shangri La to form a popular ocean swimming hole, will be discussed Thursday at a public hearing. Read more
Last year, after being inundated with visitors during 2019, Hawaii’s state parks experienced a nearly complete absence of tourists due to pandemic travel restrictions but were crowded with residents, many exploring parks for the first time for safe, free family activities and exercise, said Curt Cottrell, director of the Division of State Parks in the state Department of Land and Natural Resources. Read more
In the Hawaiian chant Kumulipo, animals precede the creation of man “and are our elder siblings,” according to Solomon Kaho‘ohalahala, chairman of the Hawaiian Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Committee, “and therein lies some of the responsibilities that Native Hawaiians continue to honor and respect, looking at the kohola (large whales) and all other creatures.” Read more
Worshippers will be welcome to congregate in person for modified Easter Sunday services, so long as they observe COVID-19 rules, spokespeople for several Hawaii churches said Wednesday. Read more
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No more plastic forks, knives, spoons, straws, stir sticks, picks or sushi grass will be allowed, while disposable items made of renewable materials, such as wood chopsticks, paper straws and bioplastic utensils, may be available. Read more
No more plastic forks, knives, spoons, straws, stir sticks, picks or sushi grass will be allowed, while disposable items made of renewable materials, such as wood chopsticks, paper straws and bioplastic utensils, may be available. Read more
Swollen by recent heavy rains, Makaha Stream breached the sands of Makaha Beach and was running to the sea on Thursday, said Bunky Bakutis, who with fellow Waianae residents has for decades been asking the state to realign Farrington Highway. Read more
For three weeks starting Monday, a popular hikers’ viewing platform will be off-limits: the Koko Crater summit area atop the Koko Crater tramway trail is scheduled to be closed to the public daily through April 19 for work to mitigate safety issues, the Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation announced Wednesday in a news release. Read more
A brown water advisory has been issued for Wailupe Beach Park on Oahu, the state Department of Health Clean Water Branch announced today Read more
The mitigation project entails removal of debris from tunnels and shafts; sealing the shafts, vents, and tunnels; and installing signs at the summit, steel platform, and tramway trestle to warn visitors of unsafe conditions. Read more
Numerous brown water advisories for stormwater runoff into coastal waters due to heavy rains have been newly issued or extended today throughout the island chain, the state Department of Health Clean Water Branch announced today. Read more
A new brown water advisory has been issued for coastal waters from Kaena Point to Kahuku on Oahu, the state Department of Health announced. Read more
Hawaii’s Keala Kennelly has won the first Red Bull Magnitude, a first women-only big-wave contest held in Hawaii, in a remote, digital format. Read more
Hawaii Department of Health officials are advising the public to stay out of the waters of Manoa stream below Lowrey Avenue, and at the Ala Moana Boat Harbor and canoe launch area following a raw sewage spill in Manoa on Thursday. Read more
Enterococcus is a fecal indicator bacteria often found with pathogenic microorganisms that can cause gastroenteritis and ear, eye, nose and throat infections. Read more
For decades, oceangoers and residents of West Oahu have pressed the city and state to take Farrington Highway off the sands of historic Makaha Beach and move it inland, as had been recommended in a 1998 Honolulu master plan and a 1985 study by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Read more
Rather than being removed altogether, the steel platform atop Koko Crater will be removed and replaced with a new one, the Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation announced. Read more
New brown water advisories have been issued affecting more than half the island’s coastline. Read more
Kicking off a Save Our Kakaako Coalition rally Tuesday morning on the steps of the state Capitol, state House Speaker Scott Saiki announced the death of a bill seeking to change existing law to allow the state Office of Hawaiian Affairs to build housing in Kakaako Makai. Read more
