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A wetter-than-expected winter combined with an impending dry summer spells a risky few months for fire in Hawaii.

Newly formed East Maui Water Authority faces resistance from ‘overt and behind the scenes methods.’

A newly signed consent order will force county officials to make multimillion-dollar upgrades to treatment plants and take steps to eliminate large cesspools.

The project was meant to boost renewable energy production, but local groups worried its proposed stream diversions would do severe harm to the environment.

The voter-created department officially launched in mid-2022 to increase food production across the county.

The council scrutinized requests to hire consultants and to improve the county’s communication with the public.

Hawaii lawmakers are considering a new fee to help HECO’s fire-fighting plan but there was strong testimony against it.

With legislative efforts dead this session, Native Hawaiian leaders remain encouraged by what they’re hearing from elected officials and seeing on the ground.

A monthslong sampling effort turned up elevated levels of copper and zinc but no sign of PCBs or arsenic.

The interim rule has been signed by the Department of Agriculture in a bid to curb the spread of the stinging ants on Oahu.