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The 7 defendants in the case — state of Hawai‘i, Maui County, Hawaiian Electric, Kamehameha Schools, West Maui Land Co., Hawaiian Telcom and Spectrum/Charter Communications — agreed to pay the more than $4 billion to provide compensation to about 2,200 affected parties seeking compensation arising from the Aug. 8, 2023, windstorms and destructive and deadly blazes.

Schatz’s provision would mandate fire weather forecasts and warnings be disseminated to remote, isolated, or rural communities as effectively as anywhere else in the country.

The museum is also attempting to raise the half a million dollars needed to install a fence following chronic destructive activity.

Tatiana Weston-Webb, competing for her birth country of Brazil, delivered a performance hailed as “text book power surfing.”

Nearby residents may experience construction related noises, vibration and an increase of equipment traveling on the road.

The state of Hawai‘i Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Cable Television Division has approved Hawaiian Telcom’s cable franchise applications for the respective counties of Maui, Kaua‘i and Hawai‘i.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources’ jurisdiction encompasses nearly 1.3 million acres of state lands, beaches and coastal waters as well as 750 miles of coastline.

Of the 59 fatalities this year, 12 reports listed excessive speeding as the primary factor, eight cited suspected impairment and additional reckless driving behaviors such as not wearing a helmet, and seven listed multiple contributing factors such as speed, reckless driving, and inattention.

Kaua‘i welcomed a total of 130,923 visitors in June, 0.8% more than in June last year but still 2.9% less than in June 5 years ago. Those June visitors spent a total of $265.9 million while they were here, an increase of 5.8% from last June and a whopping 35.6% hike from June 2019.

The free competition features a total of $5,000 in prizes – and demonstrates ways in which fishers can aid in fisheries research.

The all-hazard Outdoor Siren Warning System for Public Safety is one part of the system used to notify the public during emergencies.

The 12 athletes match the highest total for the University of Hawaiʻi in any Olympics, as the university also sent 12 athletes to the games in 2000.

Tatiana Weston-Webb represents her birth country of Brazil in the Olympic Games.

For questions or more information, contact the Department of Parks and Recreation.

A new study has discovered Native Hawaiians experience higher accelerated biological aging in comparison to White and Japanese American residents.

Volunteer efforts to restore an eroding shoreline in Windward Oʻahu are being observed for a new feasibility commissioned by the Hawaiʻi Climate Change Commission, DLNR, UH Sea Grant, and Oʻahu MPO, in contract with Sea Engineering.

The Surfrider Kauaʻi chapter removed 39,581 pounds of marine debris from beaches around the island, and 10,200 pounds of land-based trash, for a total of 49,788 pounds in 2023.

Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are having a positive spillover effect, producing more “trophy-size” fish just outside of the fully protected areas, and the effect is growing stronger over time.

The two-day event will feature solo and group dance performances, drumming and a fire knife contest.

The observatory’s tower on the edge of the Kīlauea caldera inside Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park will be demolished today after work was postponed from Thursday. It is the last remnants of the former observatory and museum complex that was closed after it was damaged beyond repair in 2018 during the 2018 eruption, lava flow and summit eruption of the Big Island volcano.