Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Hawai‘i News Now — Gov. Josh Green announced the appointment of Ryan Kanaka‘ole as acting chair and director of the Hawai‘i Department of Land and Natural Resources, effective immediately, while Chair Dawn Chang is on medical leave.

City and County of Honolulu Press Release — When complete, this $214 million, multi-phase effort will replace aging structures with 302 new affordable rental homes, creating safe, modern housing designed to serve the Kalihi community for decades to come.

Pacific Business News — The Queen’s Health Systems has named Sondra Leiggi Brandon chief operating officer of The Queen’s Medical Center – Kahi Mohala, the Hawaii health system’s behavioral health hospital for children and adolescents.

Pacific Business News — American Savings Bank presents Child & Family Services with a $100,000 check in honor of the late Wayne Minami, former CEO at ASB.

Aloha State Daily, University of Hawai‘i News — Chosen as the 2025 Hawaiian Word of the Year by the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo Ka Haka ‘Ula o Ke‘elikōlani College of Hawaiian Language, kāhuli speaks to fundamental transformation, “not surface change, but the kind of shift that reorders everything.”

Maui Now, Big Island Now — Hawaiian Airlines marked Giving Tuesday by awarding 500,000 Atmos Rewards points to each of 14 “Atmos Giving by Hawaiian” nonprofits.