Haʻena residents challenge AT&T cell tower plans

Kaua’i County Council members held a briefing on AT&T’s plan to place a 5G cell tower on a house lot in Ha’ena during a committee meeting on Wednesday, as community residents filled the chambers to speak out against the proposed construction.

The change is because of scheduled equipment repairs, which could be finished as early as Saturday. All other services at the facility are still available.

To make the scam appear credible, callers could use real information about the victim, real court addresses and names of court or law enforcement officials.

The Hawaiʻi State Department of Health and its partners are joining together to encourage Hawaiʻi residents to foster acceptance of mental health care and end the prejudice and discrimination that create barriers to seeking treatment.

House Bill 2298, introduced by Big Island state Rep. Nicole Lowen, mandates that as of July 1, 2027, any coffee labeled or advertised with a Hawaiʻi geographic origin must consist of at least 51% coffee, by weight, from that region.

For more than a decade, the DEA’s National Drug Take Back Day has removed almost 18 million pounds of unneeded medications from communities across the country.

The contaminated spill area was confined within a fenced-off construction yard, adjacent and south of the pump station.

Affected roads include: Mehana Road, Ulaula Road, ‘Ele‘ele Road, Keokeo Road, Melemele Road, Akala Road, and Uliuli Road.

Thousands of short-term vacation rental apartments could begin switching to long-term housing for residents as early as July 1, 2025, for West Maui, and Jan. 1, 2026, for the rest of Maui County in a proposed measure announced today by Mayor Richard Bissen.

A coalition of conservation groups today filed a second lawsuit to protect endangered Hawaiian petrels (ʻuaʻu) from lights at the Grand Wailea Resort on Maui. Today’s lawsuit was filed by Earthjustice on behalf of Conservation Council for Hawaiʻi and the Center for Biological Diversity.

Hawaiʻi Community Lending announces a new Lahaina Homeowner Recovery Program. This three-year program will assist up to 500 owner-occupant Lahaina homeowners prevent foreclosure and qualify for financing to rebuild their homes.

The Kahului Fire Station and Kalana O Maui County Building will be lit red this week in remembrance of fallen firefighters, including County of Maui Firefighter Tre’ Evans-Dumaran.

HB2144 requires the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Health to amend the definition of "homemade food products" in its Hawaiʻi Administrative Rules, and to adopt certain rules regarding the sale and delivery of homemade food products, which pragmatically expands opportunities for cottage food producers and consumers without compromising food safety.

50-year-old Ian Benjamin Winther of Ocean View made his initial court appearance Thursday morning in Kona District Court. He was ordered to appear May 30 for a preliminary hearing.

Anyone who might have information about the whereabouts of any of the missing teens is asked to call the Hawai‘i Police Department’s non-emergency line at 808-935-3311 or contact Officer Corey Kaneko.

Four separate convoys are scheduled from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily from May 4-7, traveling from Kawaihae Harbor to Pōhakuloa Training Area.

The program is designed to help households that suffered from economic hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic and struggling to pay rent.

20-year-old Matthew Koi of Naalehu and 27-year-old Junson Heckerz of Ocean View were both previously wanted on outstanding bench warrants and for questioning in other criminal investigations.