Local officials in Hawaii plan to open an office that will speed up Maui County's notoriously slow processing of building permits to help the town of Lahaina to recover from last year's deadly wildfire. Keanu Lau Hee, the county's deputy managing director, told a community meeting in ...
A fissure that opened Sunday led authorities to order 10 people to evacuate their homes, Hawaii County Managing Director Wil Okabe said. Overall, nearly 2,000 people have been told to evacuate since May 3, and lava has destroyed more than two dozen homes. The US Geological Survey’s Hawaiian...
Officials on Maui and Kauai islands have also started to examine the feasibility of the plan. The tourists “would be allowed to stay at selected resorts and the resorts would control where the visitors would be allowed to range,” Hawaii County Managing Director Roy Takemoto told ...
Dixie Kaetsu, managing director of Hawaii County, believed that selling bonds could be used to finance the fund and at the same time used for infrastructure cost.Cohen, JackieBond Buyer
County managing director Wil Okabe said his own vacation home in Kapoho Beach Lots was threatened. He described the area as a mix of vacation rentals and year-round residences. “For us it’s more of a vacation area, but for those who live there permanently, they’re trying to figure ...
"This is lava, that is definitely destroying people's homes -- we don't have an exact count -- but it is a devastating situation and it's going to be everyday that it goes on," Hawaii County Managing Director Wil Okabe said Saturday. "Mother nature, there's no way we could've pr...
“We can’t go in because the roads – there’s a river of water down there,” Hawaii County managing director Wil Okabe said. In addition, there are reports of boulders falling into a park in Hilo on the east side of the island. ...
County Managing Director Wil Okabe said his own vacation home in Kapoho Beach Lots was also threatened. Okabe described the area as a mix of vacation rentals and year-round residences. "For us it's more of a vacation area, but for those who live there permanently, they're trying to fi...
“At this time, it looks like maybe Puna will be spared,” county Managing Director Wil Okabe said of the beleaguered, rural district. “But you never know.” Officials were urging residents across the islands to prepare. “People are getting ready, which is exactly what we w...
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