Cityâs proposed budget focuses on helping low-income families hardest hit in pandemic
City unveils proposed budget plan that works to aid underserved communities By HNN Staff | March 13, 2021 at 12:09 AM HST - Updated March 13 at 12:10 AM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Honolulu City Council members questioned the mayor Friday about his proposed budget plan, which includes a rent relief program and a new focus on helping underserved communities.
The city is planning to offer another round of federal aid for Oahu renters and landlords starting April 1.
City officials told the council Friday that $114 million will be available for lower-income residents to cover both back and future rents.
Siblings looking to ID their father s World War II photos
ELOISE OGDEN, Minot Daily News
March 12, 2021
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MINOT, N.D. (AP) Siblings Dana Perkins and Alice Smith are hoping people in North Dakota and other areas in the country might be able to help them identify a large collection of photos that their father took while he was stationed in Hawaii in the 1940s after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Perkins recently contacted The Minot Daily News about their World War II Pacific Veterans Project.
When World War II veteran Richard Erlon Perkins died several years ago at the age of 92, his son, Dana, of Saco, Maine, and daughter, Alice, of Yarmouth, Maine, found the large tin filled with rolls of film negatives at his home. The film negatives had never been converted into photographic prints.
Thousands of gallons of sewage enters stream in East Honolulu Some 5,000 gallons of sewage overflowed in East Honolulu. (Source: Department of Environmental Services) By HNN Staff | March 11, 2021 at 6:05 PM HST - Updated March 11 at 6:05 PM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Heavy rains caused roughly 5,000 gallons of untreated wastewater to overflow in East Honolulu Wednesday night.
The sewage overflow was caused by a pump station error at a manhole on Kalanianaole Highway.
The Department of Environmental Services recovered 500 gallons of sewage, but the remaining 4,500 gallons entered a nearby stream.
ENV responded to the sanitary sewer overflow at around 8:15 p.m. and stopped the overflow at 8:50 p.m.
Kauai community once again cut off by landslides after storm
AUDREY McAVOY, Associated Press
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HONOLULU (AP) A community on the Hawaiian island of Kauai that was isolated by storm-triggered landslides three years ago was once again cut off from the rest of the island on after a landslide cut across a key road.
The Kauai Emergency Management Agency said Thursday that part of the Kuhio Highway will remain closed at least through Tuesday while officials assess the damage, remove debris and stabilize slopes.
The landslide occurred after days of heavy rain battered the Hawaiian Islands.
Authorities on Maui and Oahu ordered mass evacuations of communities amid concerns over flooding. At least six homes and two bridges were damaged or destroyed on Maui.
After 60 years in business, Pali Lanes is shutting down Pali Lanes will cease operations June 30. (Source: Image: Hawaii News Now) By HNN Staff | March 11, 2021 at 9:41 PM HST - Updated March 11 at 11:20 PM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - After a years-long effort to save Pali Lanes, the Windward Oahu bowling alley will close for good at the end of June.
The Kailua bowling alley faced many hardships before the pandemic, but the effects of COVID-19 limiting and closing business proved to be too difficult.
The owners recently approached Alexander & Baldwin to initiate closing discussions.
Daniel Sylva and Arthur Machado, owners of Pali Lanes, said pandemic made the business impossible to sustain.