Hawai‘i Public Radio — House Bill 1618 sets aside two million dollars in Green Fee funds to create the program. It brings the state one step closer to reaching its goal of eliminating 80,000 cesspools by 2050.

Pacific Business News — The Most Admired Leaders awards celebrate Hawai‘i leaders who are making significant contributions in their companies and their communities.

Hawai‘i Public Radio — A University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa pilot program to test new wastewater technologies may lose out on more than half a million dollars in state funding due to a miscommunication about when the money needed to be spent.

Big Island Now — Those households are now better prepared for ash and tephra fall from the ongoing Kīlauea episodic eruptive activity, protecting the water supplies on which many of them depend.

Aloha State Daily — The nonprofit's president and CEO shares more about the operations and ongoing partnerships at the food bank with warehouses, staff and support on both Oʻahu and Kauaʻi. Her top priority is to expand the organization’s mission of nourishing ʻohana and ending hunger.

Honolulu Star-Advertiser — Emergency officials are warning residents to brace for the possibility of extended power outages as Hawaii enters an El Nino season expected to generate five to 13 tropical storms in the Central Pacific Basin.