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An independent contractor for the Navy has recommended a closure in place for the Red Hill fuel storage facility, an estimated $119 million project that would take about three years once the facility is defueled. But the plan still requires approval from state health officials. HPR's Sabrina Bodon has more.

Sierra Club of Hawaiʻi held a press conference with the Los Angeles-based advocacy group COMMUNITYx to support civilian families affected by Red Hill crisis. HPR's Sabrina Bodon spoke to residents who continue to feel the effects after the contamination.

The Navy wants to reduce how much water is being discharged into Hālawa Stream, but the Hawaiʻi Department of Health is concerned about the lack of monitoring proposed in its plan.

Hawaiʻi's congressional delegation issued a letter Tuesday to the Navy calling for more transparency surrounding its handling of fuel leaks at Pearl Harbor, and the Red Hill Fuel Storage Facility.

The Navy has confirmed that, days before the defense contractor Dawson secured a contract for the Red Hill Underground Fuel Storage Facility, federal authorities executed a search warrant on the company's downtown offices. A spokesperson with Joint Task Force-Red Hill said that they remain on schedule to begin defueling operations in October.

Those who may have been impacted by the fuel-contaminated drinking water at Red Hill in 2021 are encouraged to attend a webinar at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, April 9. The Conversation talked to Col. (Dr.) John Oh, the chief of the Occupational and Environmental Health Division of the Defense Health Agency Public Health in Virginia, about the meeting and an upcoming independent registry.

Opponents of the Red Hill fuel storage facility have expressed bewilderment at the Navy’s decision to appeal a state emergency order requiring it to remove the fuel from its tanks, HPR’s Scott Kim reports.

The U.S. military says it’s ready to begin draining fuel from three pipelines as part of an initial step toward closing a World War II-era fuel storage facility that leaked petroleum into Pearl Harbor’s tap water last year. Starting Tuesday, the military will spend six days draining the pipelines one by one.

A contractor hired by the Navy is recommending a series of structural repairs to the massive Red Hill fuel tank farm to make sure the facility doesn’t leak petroleum when its tanks are drained.

Former Naval Supply Center Pearl Harbor superintendent Jim Gammon and retired public affairs officer for the Fleet Logistics Center Navy facilities command Jim Murray reflected on what it took to build Red Hill.