Tag: Hawaii

Hawaiian Electric blames overgrown albizias for Hawaii Kai outages

May 24—1/1 Swipe or click to see more COURTESY HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC The company’s helicopter inspections showed that critical transmission line corridors have been choked by the extensive overgrowth of invasive albizias. Hawaiian Electric says overgrown albizia trees led to the recent power outages in East Honolulu, and that it is developing plans to clear the […]

Forest Service grants $5.6M to Hawaii for wildfire preparations

May 23—1/1 Swipe or click to see more GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE@STARADVERTISER.COM Dry grass and brush along Honoapiillani Highway near Puukolii Road in Kaanapali on Oct. 22. The U.S. Forest Service is awarding more than $5.6 million in grants to Hawaii for wildfire preparation and prevention. The funding is available through the Community Wildfire […]

Hawaii hotels’ soft spring is carrying over to summer

May 21—Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? to continue reading. Get unlimited access From as low as $12.95 /mo. There wasn’t as much cha-ching this spring for Hawaii hotels, which in April experienced losses in five key performance measures for the second month in a row. […]

Hawaii housing market ‘bleak,’ University of Hawaii report finds

May 21—1/1 Swipe or click to see more CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM To afford a median-priced single-family home, which is a price at which half the homes are more expensive and half are less expensive, a household would need to earn 183% of the median income, a UHERO report says. Above, homes in Pauoa […]

Howell student earns full-ride scholarship to Hawaii after JROTC work

HOWELL — Noah Flores, a senior at Howell High School, is headed to the University of Hawaii on a full-ride scholarship this fall, thanks to a prestigious national scholarship through the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corp he earned working with the school’s Air Force JROTC. The scholarship comes with an annual book stipend, a monthly […]

Hawaii coffee wins greater protection from Legislature after epic struggle

May 19—1/1 Swipe or click to see more CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM State lawmakers passed a bill that says roasted, instant and ready-to-drink coffee sold with packaging using Hawaii place names must contain at least 51% of coffee grown in a region of Hawaii. Hualalai 100% Kona coffee, left, sells for $17.99 for 4 […]