City and County of Honolulu

The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation and Hitachi Rail will be conducting trial runs for Oʻahu’s elevated rail system near the Aloha Stadium Station. Exercise drills will be practiced in partnership with the city’s first responders for hypothetical emergency scenarios.

The city auditor in 2019 recommended the commission create an internal affairs unit to review allegations of inappropriate behavior. Now, a resolution before the city council considers that.

The City and County of Honolulu has over 20 vacant volunteer positions for various boards, commissions and committees.

A bill to stand-up the commission passed out of the City Council’s Housing and the Economy committee on Tuesday following discussion with the city Department of Planning and Permitting.

Dawn Takeuchi Apuna has been named the acting director of Honolulu's Department of Planning and Permitting after its previous director, Dean Uchida, suddenly resigned. HPR's Casey Harlow spoke with DPP's new acting director about the challenges the department faces.

It’s the end of a roll for Oʻahu parks’ toilet paper shortage — but the lack of toilet paper forced park users to wipe with other materials and clogged the bathrooms.

The event will host more than 50 workshops covering online marketing, financial planning and staffing plans for small businesses. There will also be representatives from nonprofit lenders and banks — backed by the Small Business Administration.

The Honolulu City Council last week approved a measure granting Catholic Charities Hawaii and Hale Kipa Inc. to manage city properties designed to help those in need.

A hospitality industry consultant discusses whether Japanese visitor numbers will improve; Oʻahu's Destination Manager gives an update on the rollout of the plan to better manage visitor numbers; HPR reporter Casey Harlow discusses how Honolulu will move forward with permitting; and the daughter of a man who survived Hurricane Iniki at sea shares her father's story

A hospitality industry consultant discusses whether Japanese visitor numbers will improve; Oʻahu's Destination Manager gives an update on the rollout of the plan to better manage visitor numbers; HPR reporter Casey Harlow discusses how Honolulu will move forward with permitting; and the daughter of a man who survived Hurricane Iniki at sea shares her father's story