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Is Growing Your Own Food Considered Agriculture? Hawaii County Says No
July 21, 2024
Subsistence farmers on the Big Island say recent changes to county agricultural laws threaten their ability to keep farming.
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Short-Handed Kona Public Defender’s Office Won’t Accept New Drunken Driving Cases
July 10, 2024
Former Big Island Judge Robert Kim says DUI cases are starting to back up in Kona – a seaside town – and he worries it could affect public safety. Officials are exploring the idea of a program to provide limited license waivers to lawyers from the mainland who want to take government jobs in Hawaii to allow them to practice there.
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Honolulu Bill To Rein In Fake Farms Threatens Real Ag Enterprises
July 05, 2024
Beekeepers, kennels and livestock owners say a proposed change to Honolulu’s land use ordinance would drive them out of business.
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Hawaii’s Opioid Settlement Fund Is Growing And, After Delays, Starting To Be Spent
May 28, 2024
The funding formula gives the state power over funding, even for activities originating on the local level.
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Hawaii Lawmakers Had Big Ideas For How To Prevent Another Lahaina. Few Became Law
May 13, 2024
A House working group found a long list of things Hawaii needs to do to protect itself from fire, but many of those recommendations will fall to the new state fire marshal to implement.
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Volunteer Firefighters Are Big On The Mainland. Not So Much In Hawaii
May 02, 2024
The ability of fire departments to muster extra help during major wildfires is a critical issue for the state as it grapples with how to prevent another disaster like Lahaina.
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1,100 Pieces Of Testimony Against A Bill Went Missing For Days. The Bill Passed And Then The Opponents’ Letters Showed Up
April 10, 2024
Hundreds of Lahaina fire victims came out strongly against a bill that could allow HECO to impose a new fee on customers to help prevent wildfires.
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Hawaii Governor Will Take ‘Unilateral Action’ To Restore Historic Wetland In Lahaina
April 02, 2024
With legislative efforts dead this session, Native Hawaiian leaders remain encouraged by what they’re hearing from elected officials and seeing on the ground.
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Most Wildfires Are Put Out Quickly. But That’s Causing More Severe Fires
March 26, 2024
With conventional fire suppression, the average fire size will increase faster as the planet warms.
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Industrial Fishing Poses A Greater Threat To Turtles, Sharks And Seals Than Previously Thought
March 19, 2024
Risk calculations likely underestimate the impact of undetected fishing vessels operating in key ocean habitats.
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Mokulele Airlines Seeks Federal Aid To Stabilize ‘Unprofitable’ Lanai Service
March 15, 2024
The last surviving public airline servicing Lanai has put the federal government on notice: It wants rural airport subsidies to sustain its money-losing flights.
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Federal Farm Census Shows Hawaii’s Agriculture Is Still In Decline
March 03, 2024
The U.S. Department of Agriculture census paints a sorry picture for Hawaii’s goals of increasing food production.
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Kauai Fire Deals $20 Million Blow To Affordable Housing
February 28, 2024
The fire destroyed about two dozen two- and three-bedroom apartments, a multimillion-dollar loss to taxpayers who helped fund the government-subsidized project and a blow to the island’s sputtering efforts to house a rural workforce that’s being squeezed out by astronomical rents and home sale prices.
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Lahaina Fire Death Toll Rises To 101 After Police Identify Remains Of Missing Person
February 13, 2024
Maui officers are continuing to search for the two people left on their “credible missing persons list” from the Aug. 8 fires.
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Hawaii Ranchers Want More Land Transferred To The State Agriculture Department
January 30, 2024
Hawaii’s ranchers are maintaining pressure on the state to continue transferring tens of thousands of acres of pasture lands to the state Department of Agriculture under Act 90, a more than 20-year-old law meant to boost farming.
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