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The state Public Utilities Commission is gathering public input on an application by Hawaiian Electric to raise base rates over the next two years, and comments including opposition from ratepayers are piling up. The post HECO customers weigh in on proposed rate increase appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald.

A Hawaii County attorney argued Tuesday in court that a Hawaii Police Department officer who hit and killed a pedestrian with a police car almost three years ago is immune from liability, but an attorney for the family of the victim, a 16-year-old boy, argued the officer was negligent and liable. The post County seeks dismissal of ‘Sammy’ lawsuit alleging officer was negligent in death of teen appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald.

After a grueling 10-month deployment, the USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. returned to Pearl Harbor on Monday. The post Pearl Harbor-based ship crew return from Iran appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald.

Big Island residents over the weekend braced for rain that could’ve caused a second dose of Hurricane Lala-type destruction from flooding but were spared any major damage when Hurricane Nolo took a hard turn to the west. The post Nolo dropped less rain than Lala before spinning away appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald.

HILO — Hurricane Lala caused catastrophic flooding in the Ka‘u District on Hawaii Island in August, sending floodwaters and debris through the Naalehu Cemetery and displacing an estimated 175 burial plots. More than 10 feet of debris covered portions of the cemetery, complicating efforts to determine which burials remained intact and which were displaced. The post Naalehu cemetery recovery continues after Lala flooding appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald.

Patrick Ferreira, who lives next to the intended site of a new Verizon Wireless cell tower in Papa‘ikou, has filed an appeal challenging the project and requesting construction be halted. The post Papa‘ikou resident files appeal challenging cell tower appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald.

Hawaii Island police report that a motorcyclist critically injured in a single-vehicle traffic collision Sept. 5 in in lower Puna has died. The post Motorcyclist dies after Labor Day weekend crash appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald.

A water quality advisory for Puhi Bay in Hilo has been cancelled. The post A water quality advisory for Puhi Bay lifted appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald.

State lawmakers are seeking ways to improve the HI-5 recycling program, which has shown a steady decline in recovery rates over the past 10 years. The post How to improve the HI-5 recycling program? appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald.

UPDATED 12:25 p.m. The post UPDATE: Hurricane watch canceled for Hawaii Island as Nolo moves west appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald.