Voter Service Center opens in Lihu‘e

LIHU‘E — Harold and Rose Matsunaga whipped out their voting receipt on Monday as the couple strolled up the ramp leading to the Voter Service Center, which opened on Monday for the 2024 Primary Election.

RIMPAC participants practice coastal combat at Bellows

HONOLULU — At this year’s Rim of the Pacific exercise, service members from countries in Asia, the Pacific islands and Latin America have joined American Marines in training around Bellows Beach, practicing amphibious fighting tactics.

University of Hawai‘i receives $68.5M to advance climate resilience

HONOLULU — The University of Hawai‘i’s (UH) Sea Grant College Program has received a $68.5 million federal grant to lead a coalition of a dozen organizations to enhance the state’s long-term climate resilience by revitalizing the traditional Native Hawaiian moku system for land tenure and resource stewardship.

Emotions running high as Lahaina fire anniversary nears

LAHAINA, Hawai‘i — The need for staples including bottled water, toilet paper, diapers and food has only increased since the Aug. 8 Maui wildfires, and so have the emotions and uncertainty as the island prepares to mark the one-year anniversary since a wind-whipped firestorm tore across Lahaina, killing at least 102 people and leaving two still missing in the nation’s deadliest inferno of its kind in over a century.

Roadwork scheduled next week on Kaua‘i

WAILUA — The routes through Wailua and Wailua Homesteads are in store for a lot of road-related work with more than one-half dozen projects scheduled to take place in the upcoming week, the Hawai‘i Department of Transportation said in a weekly update on Friday.

Families urged to apply for preschool subsidies

HONOLULU — The Preschool Open Doors program has been expanded, allowing families to apply at any time throughout the year on a rolling basis, instead of the previous fixed application period from January to the end of March.

Water quality a mixed bag in July on Kaua‘i

LIHU‘E — A monthly analysis of streams, rivers and surf spots around the island found high concentrations of enterococcus bacterium — a federally recognized indicator of fecal presence in water — at a number of locations.

Stadium plan heads for early approval

HONOLULU — The state could accept a proposal for the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District in Halawa as soon as mid-September, but demolition of the original Aloha Stadium won’t start until a contract is finalized nine months later.