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Office of Hawaiʻi County Mayor Mitch Roth/FacebookWith Gov. David Ige handing over the reins to the counties for some COVID-19 procedures on Wednesday, The Conversation spoke with Hawaiʻi County Mayor Mitch Roth about how the Big Island plans to move forward. -
Jason Gillman from Pixabay/U.S. Navy recommended Monday night that Joint Base Pearl Harbor – Hickam military housing residents avoid ingestion of their potable water as a cautionary measure "if chemical or petroleum odors are present." The Navy said tests from water samples at various locations in the area, including military housing, "have not detected petroleum constituents in initial testing."
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A $377 million rental car center with room for 4,500 vehicles will be opening at Honolulu’s airport this week. Customers will be able to walk to the five-story facility from airline terminals, eliminating the need for rental car companies to run pickup shuttles on a constant loop. -
Maui County’s Immigration Services Division will end some services on Dec. 1, including the accreditation of immigration applications.
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The U.S. Navy said it is investigating reports of a "chemical smell" in drinking water at some military homes in the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam area. Meanwhile, the state Department of Health recommended late Monday that "all Navy water system users avoid using the water for drinking, cooking, or oral hygiene."
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A food distributor in Hawaii has filed a federal lawsuit against a dairy company because milk from the mainland is allegedly being sold under a name that advertises local ties.
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Environmental groups are calling on President Joe Biden and military leaders to shut down tanks that provide an important fuel reserve for U.S. forces in the Pacific. The director of the Sierra Club of Hawaiʻi told a rally and news conference that the Red Hill fuel storage tanks are an unacceptable threat to the drinking water of 400,000 Oʻahu residents.
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Former Honolulu mayor and 2022 gubernatorial candidate Kirk Caldwell announced he has secured the endorsement of Kauaʻi County Mayor Derek Kawakami.
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Lynn Finnegan, a former state lawmaker who represented the Aiea, Halawa, Pearl Harbor and Moanalua Gardens areas of Oʻahu from 2003 to 2011 was elected Saturday. Finnegan is the third state GOP chair this year.
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Officials are reviewing signatures from people seeking to recall Maui’s mayor over COVID-19 mandates, affordable housing, water rights and other issues. Lead organizer Sheila Walker declined to divulge to The Maui News the number of signatures her group obtained.
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Social gathering limits and restaurant spacing requirements will be lifted starting Dec. 1, leaving the rulemaking up to the counties, Gov. David Ige announced Tuesday. The state will continue to require that travelers to Hawaiʻi show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test to avoid quarantine. The indoor mask mandate also remains statewide.
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The owners of nightclub Scarlet Honolulu said in the lawsuit filed Monday that investigators with the agencies have a history of harassment and discrimination against the business and employees.
