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State Land Board To Decide On Dredging Of New Beach At Pohoiki - Honolulu Civil Beat
State Land Board To Decide On Dredging Of New Beach At Pohoiki
The state seeks a waiver to dredge a channel through black sand deposited by the 2018 Kilauea eruption. Reading time: 6 minutes.
When Hawaii County Civil Defense reopened portions of the isolated Puna coastline after the 2018 Kilauea eruption, the public discovered a strikingly beautiful new black sand beach had appeared from the sea, and sand and rock had inundated what was once a heavily used boat ramp at Pohoiki.
Now the state Department of Land and Natural Resources is moving forward with a plan to dredge a channel down the middle of that new beach to restore access to the boat ramp, a project urgently needed by the owners of the fishing boats that used to launch there.
Seven Democrats Apply To Replace Kahele At Legislature - Honolulu Civil Beat
They include Big Island such notables as Chris Todd, Wil Okabe, Amy Kalili and “Fresh” Onishi. Reading time: 2 minutes.
The Democratic Party of Hawaii on Sunday announced the names of seven applicants hoping to replace Kai Kahele at the Capitol.
The former state senator representing Hilo resigned last week in advance of his swearing in to Congress in January.
The applicants who fulfilled “prescribed legal requirements” are as follows: Laura Acacio, Jennifer Kagiwada, Amy Kalili, Wil Okabe, Dennis “Fresh” Onishi, Maureen Namaka Rawlins and Chris Toshiro Todd.
The Hawaii Senate chamber. Cory Lum/Civil Beat