State completes $24 million project to secure landslide-prone Hanalei Hill on Kauaʻi

While the longest federal government shutdown in the nation’s history ended last week, many residents continue to face financial strain as they await delayed pay and benefits.

Mark your calendars now for these special events, including the Kōloa Elementary School Holiday Bag Fundraiser and a Small Business Saturday celebration.

Road work and closures, weather permitting, are now slated for Nov. 24 to Dec. 5; the project was pushed back from its original schedule this week because of inclement weather.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs is calling on national leadership to include Native Hawaiian voices in negotiations regarding expiring military leases on Hawaiʻi public lands.

The massive four-year project began after the 2021 landslide across Kūhiō Highway severed access to the North Shore of the island.

Researchers from the university’s Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology discovered that indigenous aquaculture systems effectively shield fish populations from the negative impacts of climate change, demonstrating resilience and bolstering local food security.

While the longest federal government shutdown in the nation’s history ended last week, many residents continue to face financial strain as they await delayed pay and benefits.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs is calling on national leadership to include Native Hawaiian voices in negotiations regarding expiring military leases on Hawaiʻi public lands.

Researchers from the university’s Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology discovered that indigenous aquaculture systems effectively shield fish populations from the negative impacts of climate change, demonstrating resilience and bolstering local food security.

Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia will remain in Aotearoa for six months, which will allow the canoes to wait out the South Pacific hurricane season before continuing the Moananuiākea Voyage.

The Hawai‘i Public Utilities Commission unanimously approved a 25.75% rate increase for the limited liability company, Young Brothers, effective Jan. 1, 2026.

U.S. representatives Jill Tokuda of Hawaiʻi and William Timmons of South Carolina, co-chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Coffee Caucus, had led a bipartisan letter earlier this year urging the administration to remove coffee from tariffs in an effort to protect American jobs and secure a stable supply chain for the US economy.