Facing our fears: New youth-led nonprofit report sheds light on what state residents say about Hawaiʻi’s future

Center for Tomorrow's Leaders project reveals shared fears about affordability, quality of life and more after conducting 7 months of listening sessions throughout Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Maui and Hawaiʻi Island.

All Hawaiian and Alaska neighbor island flight check-ins and bag drops will remain at Terminal 1, including 3 daily flights between Honolulu and Kahului, Maui, on the Alaska Airlines-branded 737 aircraft, also starting Oct. 3.

"This has rendered our homes uninhabitable," John and Tammy OʻBanion wrote in a Sept. 20 letter to the Public Utility Commission.

The survey is aimed at gathering the public's opinion and thoughts about travel patterns in and out of Puna, existing transportation conditions and concerns as well as emergency access and resilience.

Researchers will measure exposure through maternal blood, examine fetal brain development through ultrasound and collect cord blood and placenta samples. Infants will be assessed at 2, 6 and 12 months for neurological function, motor development, language skills and cognition.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Office of Consumer Protection, as part of a coalition of 44 attorneys general, has settled with the Laboratory Corporation of America resolving the multistate investigation into the 2019 data breach at Labcorp’s debt collector, Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau doing business as American Medical Collection Agency.

The Maui Police Department requests the public’s assistance with any information on the whereabouts of Rhonda Holde, 66, who frequents the Kahului and Wailuku areas.

Moderate trades will continue through Tuesday, bringing limited showers mainly windward and mauka. An upper level low will help weaken winds and turn them...