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Posted on Feb 16, 2021 in Latest News, Newsroom (Kapolei, Oʻahu) – The Hawaiian Homes Commission (HHC) adopted Resolution No. 304 to honor the late Hawaiʻi County Mayor and Hawaiian Home Lands lessee William Punapaiaʻalaikahala Kenoi at its Tuesday, February 16, 2021, regularly scheduled meeting. Kenoi died at his Volcano home, surrounded by his wife and children, from myelofibrosis, a rare form of leukemia, on January 26, 2021. In a Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) staff submittal to the Commission, the Department compared the late Kenoi’s public speaking p...

Home » Latest News, Newsroom » DHHL NEWS RELEASE: Hawaiian Homes Commission Adopts Resolution Honoring Late Kenoi DHHL NEWS RELEASE: Hawaiian Homes Commission Adopts Resolution Honoring Late Kenoi Posted on Feb 16, 2021 in Latest News, Newsroom (Kapolei, Oʻahu) – The Hawaiian Homes Commission (HHC) adopted Resolution No. 304 to honor the late Hawaiʻi County Mayor and Hawaiian Home Lands lessee William Punapaiaʻalaikahala Kenoi at its Tuesday, February 16, 2021, regularly scheduled meeting. Kenoi died at his Volcano home, surrounded by his wife and children, from myelofibrosis, a rare f...

Former Hawaii County Mayor Billy Kenoi passed away on Tuesday, January 26, 2021, at 52.  His death was not unexpected –he had been ill with a blood cancer called myelofibrosis, a rare form of leukemia, since 2015.    Since then, the former Mayor had had bone marrow transplants (courtesy of two of his five sisters) and spent several months at the City of Hope in Southern California.  His passing has left many people throughout the state saddened. In a June, 2020 discussion with Sherry Bracken, former host of Island Conversations on KWXX and B97/B93, Kenoi talked about his illness in wha...