DWS likely to cut power cost charge, North Kona deep well returns to service
KAILUA-KONA — The Hawaii County Department of Water Supply is proposing to roll back its power cost charge come the beginning of February.
DWS brass awarded salary bumps
KAILUA-KONA — The two top officials at Hawaii County’s Department of Water Supply received pay raises Tuesday after a performance evaluation by the Water Board during its last meeting of the calendar year.
KHS opens new exhibit, announces new art gallery for 2019
KAILUA-KONA — The scent of roasted coffee on the back of a light breeze wafted through the open windows of the H.N. Greenwell Store Museum Monday in Kealakekua, where still faces from the past waited patiently to tell their tales.
‘Round the clock security ends at HOPE Services campus in Kona
KAILUA-KONA — A watchful eye can see a long way toward a safer community, but there are fewer of them now at the HOPE Services campus where many of Kona’s homeless come to congregate.
State of emergency: Governor issues proclamation to get Ohana Zone initiative rolling
KAILUA-KONA — Just days into his second term, Gov. David Ige is acting quickly to implement a new program designed to combat one of Hawaii’s most crippling, hard-to-manage problems — homelessness.
Hawaiian Ethos offers early look at new Kona dispensary
KAILUA-KONA — West Hawaii will soon grow even greener.
Ige talks biosecurity at Western Governors Association Winter Meeting
KOHALA COAST — Biology may be only seven letters long, but it’s a big word in Hawaii.
Snakes on a plane: Board of Agriculture approves import of two non-native species
KAILUA-KONA — In an effort to ensure brown tree snakes never establish themselves in Hawaii, the state Department of Agriculture is taking what appears an ironic step.
Researchers say algae, tumor-like growths threats to Hawaii reefs
KAILUA-KONA — Perils for Hawaii’s marine environments manifest in myriad forms.
Conversion conversation: Lono Kona sewering timeline still on track
KAILUA-KONA — The Department of Environmental Management has announced a public meeting to discuss the Lono Kona sewer project, which will connect 145 assessment units on 110 lots, the equivalent of 268 single-family homes, to sewer lines mauka of the Kuakini Highway McDonald’s in an area more popularly known as Hamburger Hill.
KCH restricts inpatient visitation indefinitely in wake of scabies outbreak
KAILUA-KONA — After attempting to manage a scabies outbreak for nearly three weeks, Kona Community Hospital announced Thursday that visitation to all its patient care units has been restricted indefinitely.
Energy experts discuss grid resiliency, redesign against external threats
KAILUA-KONA — Since its inception, the “R” in renewables has stood for reliability.
Funds frozen as groups grapple for control of Hawaiian Ranchos Road Maintenance Corporation
KAILUA-KONA — “Caution. Road Work Ahead.”
Commission gives positive recommendation to sewer fee hike bill
KAILUA-KONA — The Environmental Management Commission on Wednesday sent the Hawaii County Council a positive recommendation on a measure that would nearly double sewer fees over the next three years.
North Kona well repairs plod along
KAILUA-KONA — The number of downed deep wells in North Kona hasn’t changed as four of the region’s 14 water sources remain out of commission. A 10 percent voluntary conservation on water use in the area also remains in effect.
Scabies outbreak hits Kona hospital
KAILUA-KONA — Over the last week, a scabies outbreak has run rampant through the ranks of Kona Community Hospital, sidelining several employees. And hospital officials say more cases are likely to appear.
Fee to fish?: Group sets public meetings to break down report on noncommercial fishing regulation
KAILUA-KONA — Almost two years after Conservation International Hawaii and the Western Pacific Fishery Council released a feasibility study on a regulatory system for noncommercial fishing in Hawaii, contributors are touring the state to discuss it with the public.
Ota Well Project a go: EA clears path for site development in Holualoa
KAILUA-KONA — An environmental assessment related to the construction of two wells off a stretch of Mamalahoa Highway in Holualoa has received a finding of no significant impact.
Thanksgiving on the rocks: Maona Community Garden imu cooks birds, collects funds
KAILUA-KONA — How do you prepare your Thanksgiving turkey?
Native Hawaiians concerned DHHL housing development dragging
KAILUA-KONA — Mauka of Ane Keohokalole Highway in West Hawaii, there sits an expansive parcel of empty land ready to birth the sights and sounds of a bustling Native neighborhood.
