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Tourists Scramble As Oahu Vacation Rentals Disappear Under New Law
Marlena Rundquist thought everything was squared away for her Sept. 4 wedding on Oahu. It had been months since the Tucson bride-to-be booked her flight and a short-term vacation rental for her bridal...
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Extra Board Members Were Meant To Add Scrutiny On HART — But They Rarely Show Up
In 2017, state leaders touted the extra scrutiny that would come from adding four seats to the Honolulu rail board as part of the troubled transit project’s $2.4 billion bailout package. Two years on,...
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Honolulu Adds Inspectors To Enforce Short-Term Rental Law
Six new part-time inspector positions were added to the Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting this month to help investigate short-term vacation rental operators. In a notice to the city...
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‘A Real Injustice’: Katherine Kealoha Still Stands To Collect $680K From...
Each time Gerard Puana steps through the front door of his Salt Lake condominium he looks south to the Federal Detention Center, where his niece, Katherine Kealoha, awaits sentencing. “She’s not my...
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Hanabusa Takes First Steps In Run For Honolulu Mayor
Colleen Hanabusa is considering seeking the office of mayor of Honolulu in 2020. The former U.S. congresswoman has filed an organizational report with the Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission. It lists...
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How A Design Detail Caused A Multi-Million Dollar Headache For Honolulu Rail
Earlier this month, rail officials led a media tour at three future west side stations, giving a better sense of the transit system that’s taking shape. The event also offered, for the first time, an...
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How One Honolulu Neighborhood Is Trying To Keep From Sliding Away
Month after month, the Palolo Neighborhood Board hears from community residents whose homes are literally slipping down the hillside. They come to the meetings angry, fearful and distressed, looking...
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Honolulu’s New Trains Could Sap Power From Nearby Buildings And Homes
As next year’s planned interim rail service approaches, local officials still aren’t sure whether the transit system as designed will sap too much electricity from nearby homes and businesses when the...
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Councilwoman Tsuneyoshi To Biki: Pay Up For Public Space
The nonprofit Bikeshare Hawaii has gotten no-cost access to city parking spots and sidewalk space since 2017 to rent out 1,300 Biki bikes in downtown Honolulu, but their free ride could end soon....
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Waikiki Medical Marijuana Dispensary To Cater To Tourists
A new medical cannabis dispensary has opened in the heart of Oahu’s tourism district. The new facility is the second medical cannabis facility for Aloha Green Apothecary and the fifth dispensary on...
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Use It Or Lose It? Honolulu Officials Say Ala Wai Project Money In Jeopardy
Honolulu city leaders are scrambling to protect the Ala Wai’s federal flood control dollars so the money doesn’t get diverted to other unfunded projects. What’s been missing from the conversation,...
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Katherine Kealoha’s Relatives Demand New Civil Trial Because Of Her Alleged...
Florence and Gerard Puana haven’t yet given up their fight with Katherine Kealoha. The Puanas’ civil lawyer, Gerald Kurashima, filed a motion in state court last week asking for a new trial in a case...
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Honolulu Invests $500,000 To Reach Hardest-To-Serve Homeless People
Chronically homeless people who have resisted receiving social services are the focus of a new city program that aims to help them whether they want it or not. The city is investing $500,000 to connect...
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‘Stop The Scandals’: Businessman Keith Amemiya Says He’s Running For Mayor
Keith Amemiya, an Oahu businessman, attorney and former director of the Hawaii High School Athletic Association, announced on Tuesday that he is running for mayor of Honolulu. “I’m running for mayor...
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Ala Moana Sand Replenishment Will Kill Sand-Dwelling Creatures, Researchers Say
Ala Moana Regional Park visitors may be looking forward to the wider, softer shoreline after a $10 million sand replenishment project scheduled for next year. But the benefits to beachgoers won’t come...
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City Leaders: Plans For Rail Work Along Dillingham ‘Not Acceptable’
Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell and Kalihi’s city councilman say a recent update on rail construction’s impact leaves them unconvinced that the plan has adequately considered the damage to businesses and...
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Honolulu Fighting Disclosure of Records, Emails Seized by Feds, Councilman Says
After federal officials seized a number of Honolulu documents and employee emails in January, the city is now paying a mainland lawyer – nearly $200,000 so far – to prevent the feds from seeing...
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Effort To Impeach Honolulu Prosecutor Continues
The effort to impeach Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Keith Kaneshiro by a local businessman has been faltering since a state Circuit Court judge ruled earlier this year that the city clerk’s office...
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Attorney Megan Kau Announces Run For Honolulu Prosecutor
Honolulu attorney Megan Kau is running to head the prosecuting attorney’s office where she was once a deputy. The 42-year-old lawyer worked for the office from 2006 to 2010, then worked for two private...
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Honolulu Council OKs Funds To Shield Records Seized By Feds
A mainland law firm will continue to represent the city of Honolulu to protect possible privileged material among documents and emails seized by federal investigators in a January search warrant. The...
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