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Board Of Water Supply’s Payroll Software Hit With Cyber Attack
Kronos Private Cloud services, a program used by the Honolulu Board of Water Supply and the city’s emergency medical services, was cyberattacked with ransomware over the weekend. BWS was notified of...
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Blangiardi Says ‘We Don’t Have Enough Money’ To Take Rail To Ala Moana
Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi suggested Monday that the hefty budget shortfall for the Honolulu rail line may force the city to halt the project short of Ala Moana Center — if the Federal Transit...
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The Proposed Sites For Oahu’s New Landfill Would Threaten Drinking Water,...
The Honolulu Board of Water Supply is concerned that Oahu’s next landfill could contaminate drinking water. “Although there are mechanisms and technologies available to try to protect the environment …...
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The Navy Is Working On A Plan To Dispose Of Contaminated Water In Hawaii
The Navy said it’s still working on a concrete plan for how to get rid of water contaminated with petroleum products after being ordered by the Department of Health to stop earlier flushing efforts....
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Military Families Who Sued Over Kaneohe Soil Contamination Get Another Day In...
Even as water contamination in military housing at Pearl Harbor draws widespread condemnation, another case — this one involving contaminated soil on the windward side of the island — is coming back...
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Green Energy Group Ranks Honolulu Among The ‘Most Improved’ Cities
Honolulu was selected as one of the nation’s “most improved cities” by a national organization that scores 100 U.S. cities on their programs to improve energy efficiency and move toward a cleaner...
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Kalani Hao To Be Honolulu’s New Fire Department Chief
A yearlong search for a fire chief that was deadlocked between two finalists for months has now concluded. Sheldon Kalani Hao, the acting deputy chief, will lead the Honolulu Fire Department effective...
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City Finalizing Deal With Consultant To Help Select The Next Honolulu Police...
The City and County of Honolulu’s six-month search for a consultant to help select the next chief of police has finally come to a conclusion. On Wednesday, James Yuen, the Honolulu Police Commission’s...
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Lawsuit Alleges Inmate Was Killed For ‘Being A Snitch’ In The Miske Case
A Circuit Court lawsuit filed this week alleges that a 23-year-old prisoner at Hawaii’s largest jail was murdered by other inmates after being accused of “being a snitch” who provided police with...
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A New Program To Help Homeless People On Oahu Is Off To A Slow Start
John Roberts Jr. was sprawled on the sidewalk, unable to move, next to his wheelchair on the corner of Hotel and River Streets in Chinatown. A team of first responders rushed to the scene after getting...
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Hoyt Zia Stepping Down From The HART Board
The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation board will lose its longest-tenured member at the end of the month. Retired Hawaiian Airlines executive Hoyt Zia delivered his resignation letter last...
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Corrections Commission Again Urges A Pause In Planning For A New Jail
A commission that oversees the Hawaii correctional system is again urging the Department of Public Safety to delay plans for a new Oahu jail while the state investigates ways to reduce the inmate...
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Some In Pearl City Say Clean Water Run Through Navy Pipes Also Seems Tainted
Carrie Baker, a Honolulu military wife and mother of two, thought her family was in the clear. When the news broke that fuel-contaminated water had been pumped into other homes surrounding Pearl...
View ArticleHNN/Civil Beat Special Report: Navy’s Water System Woes Won’t Be Resolved Soon
The Navy water crisis is not yet a month old. But the threat posed by the Red Hill underground fuel storage facility is decades in the making, advocates and government leaders say. Some call it a...
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Another Miske Case Defendant Released Pending Trial
Another co-defendant in the federal criminal case against former local businessman Michael Miske, Jr. will soon be released from Honolulu’s Federal Detention Center into the custody of his father...
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The Navy Illegally Flushed Tainted Water Into Storm Drains As Red Hill Crisis...
In the early days of the Red Hill water contamination crisis, the Navy opened fire hydrants and flushed contaminated water directly on to sidewalks and residential streets that rushed into storm drains...
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‘The Stakes Are High’: Why The Navy Doesn’t Want To Defuel The Red Hill Tanks
Public pressure to remove jet fuel from more than a dozen Navy underground storage tanks on Oahu comes as the U.S. military feels increasing pressure from China to strengthen its presence in the...
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City Attorney Kicked Off HPD Shooting Lawsuit For Creating A Conflict Of...
In late October, a city attorney representing three Honolulu police officers argued in court that the officers were not liable for the shooting death of Kyle Thomas because they were acting within the...
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Climate Change Will Make It Harder To Protect The Environment Around Oahu’s...
The beaches were spotted with used syringes, catheters, raw sewage and other garbage. In late 2010 and early 2011, heavy rains caused a Leeward reservoir to overflow above Oahu’s only municipal...
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Honolulu Board Of Water Supply Says County Water Is Still Clean
Amid on ongoing water contamination crisis impacting thousands of military households, the Honolulu Board of Water Supply says its test results continue to come back clean. The civilian water utility...
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