AmericanTowns is a virtual "town square", connecting you to all the events and news happening in Honokaa Hawaii. Whether it's town issues and community activism, or school calendars and sports schedules, AmericanTowns delivers the information faster and helps you use it better. en-us 30 https://www.americantowns.com/honokaa-hi 144 69 https://www.americantowns.com/honokaa-hi https://www.americantowns.com/images/atn_rss_logo.gif Wed, 23 Apr 2025 23:35:52 -0500 HONOLULU – Laumaka work furlough inmate Milton Kapule fled from the furlough housing after staff summoned him at about 10 a.m. State Sheriffs https://www.americantowns.com/news/psd-news-release-sheriffs-searching-for-missing-laumaka-work-furlough-inmate-milton-kapule-31567548-kihei-hi.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/psd-news-release-sheriffs-searching-for-missing-laumaka-work-furlough-inmate-milton-kapule-31567548-kihei-hi.html Government and Politics Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 HONOLULU — The Real Estate Commission, together with Community Associations Institute Hawaii Chapter (CAI Hawaii) will conduct a free https://www.americantowns.com/news/dcca-release-real-estate-commission-to-stage-virtual-condorama-education-event-31567549-mililani-hi.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/dcca-release-real-estate-commission-to-stage-virtual-condorama-education-event-31567549-mililani-hi.html Government and Politics Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 HONOLULU, HI. The Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed a case of measles in an O‘ahu resident who was exposed to the previously confirmed https://www.americantowns.com/news/doh-news-release-department-of-health-announces-second-oahu-measles-case-31567550-kaneohe-hi.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/doh-news-release-department-of-health-announces-second-oahu-measles-case-31567550-kaneohe-hi.html Government and Politics Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 HONOLULU – The State of Hawai?i’s Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) recently began the process of https://www.americantowns.com/news/dbedt-news-release-state-of-hawaii-begins-work-to-develop-digital-equity-plan-to-bridge-digital-divide-31567551-waianae-hi.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/dbedt-news-release-state-of-hawaii-begins-work-to-develop-digital-equity-plan-to-bridge-digital-divide-31567551-waianae-hi.html Government and Politics Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 (WAIKOLOA, HAWAI‘I) – At the direction of Governor Josh Green M.D., DLNR Chair Dawn Chang met today with the principals of ABayKitties, https://www.americantowns.com/news/dlnr-news-releasedlnr-chair-meets-with-island-feral-cat-advocates-31567552-waikoloa-hi.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/dlnr-news-releasedlnr-chair-meets-with-island-feral-cat-advocates-31567552-waikoloa-hi.html Government and Politics Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Representatives Ed Case (D-HI) and Jen Kiggans https://www.americantowns.com/news/hirono-murkowski-case-kiggans-reintroduce-bicameral-bipartisan-bill-to-reunite-filipino-world-war-ii-veterans-with-their-children-31567631-kapolei-hi.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/hirono-murkowski-case-kiggans-reintroduce-bicameral-bipartisan-bill-to-reunite-filipino-world-war-ii-veterans-with-their-children-31567631-kapolei-hi.html Government and Politics Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, as South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol marks his first visit to the United States, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono https://www.americantowns.com/news/hirono-introduces-bipartisan-bicameral-legislation-to-encourage-greater-ties-between-american-and-korean-businesses-31568194-lihue-hi.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/hirono-introduces-bipartisan-bicameral-legislation-to-encourage-greater-ties-between-american-and-korean-businesses-31568194-lihue-hi.html Government and Politics Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 After right-wing groups shopped medication abortion case to extremist Texas judge, Stop Judge Shopping Act would change how federal cases with https://www.americantowns.com/news/hirono-introduces-legislation-to-combat-judge-shopping-and-strengthen-integrity-of-federal-courts-31568196-kahului-hi.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/hirono-introduces-legislation-to-combat-judge-shopping-and-strengthen-integrity-of-federal-courts-31568196-kahului-hi.html Government and Politics Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 HONOLULU, HI  ?  Hawai?i’s public school teachers have overwhelmingly approved a new four-year contract providing pay raises of https://www.americantowns.com/news/office-of-the-governor-news-release-92-of-hawaii-public-school-teachers-vote-in-favor-of-new-contract-31568753-hanalei-hi.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/office-of-the-governor-news-release-92-of-hawaii-public-school-teachers-vote-in-favor-of-new-contract-31568753-hanalei-hi.html Government and Politics Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 KAHULUI, HI – The Hawai‘i Department of Health Office of Health Care Assurance (OHCA) issued a Notice of Violation and Order (NOVO) today https://www.americantowns.com/news/department-of-health-issues-notice-of-violation-and-order-to-unlicensed-care-home-31568754-kahului-hi.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/department-of-health-issues-notice-of-violation-and-order-to-unlicensed-care-home-31568754-kahului-hi.html Government and Politics Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 (HONOLULU) – Over the past month, more than a dozen small-eye throw nets have been confiscated by officers from the Division of Conservation and https://www.americantowns.com/news/dlnr-news-releasedocare-conducts-islandwide-enforcement-of-net-rules-31568755-volcano-hi.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/dlnr-news-releasedocare-conducts-islandwide-enforcement-of-net-rules-31568755-volcano-hi.html Government and Politics Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 The State of Hawai?i Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) is hosting a job fair in downtown Honolulu at Tamarind Park in Bishop Square https://www.americantowns.com/news/dcca-release-dcca-to-host-job-fair-in-downtown-honolulu-31568756-keaau-hi.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/dcca-release-dcca-to-host-job-fair-in-downtown-honolulu-31568756-keaau-hi.html Government and Politics Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 HONOLULU, HI – According to preliminary visitor statistics released by the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), a https://www.americantowns.com/news/dbedt-news-release-hawaiis-tourism-industry-was-healthy-in-march-2023-31568757-pahala-hi.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/dbedt-news-release-hawaiis-tourism-industry-was-healthy-in-march-2023-31568757-pahala-hi.html Government and Politics Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 HONOLULU — The monthly test of the all-hazard Statewide Outdoor Warning Siren System is scheduled for Monday, May 1, 2023 at 11:45 a.m. The https://www.americantowns.com/news/monthly-siren-and-emergency-alert-system-test-for-may-2023-31568758-hana-hi.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/monthly-siren-and-emergency-alert-system-test-for-may-2023-31568758-hana-hi.html Government and Politics Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 HONOLULU, HI  ?  The White House and U.S. Department of the Treasury conducted a joint news conference with Governor Josh Green, M.D., to https://www.americantowns.com/news/office-of-the-governor-news-release-gov-green-receives-1155-million-in-federal-funds-to-improve-broadband-in-the-state-of-hawaii-31568759-waimea-hi.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/office-of-the-governor-news-release-gov-green-receives-1155-million-in-federal-funds-to-improve-broadband-in-the-state-of-hawaii-31568759-waimea-hi.html Government and Politics Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500