Month: July 2018

Some Disaster Recovery Centers (DRC), established to assist Kauai and Honolulu residents in applying for benefits following April’s flooding, will merge and change their hours of operations beginning this weekend. Hanalei Elementary School in Kauai and Aina Haina Elementary School in Honolulu will remain open. Jointly operated by Kauai County, the City and County of Honolulu, the state of Hawai‘i, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Disaster Recovery Centers... Read More

The State Chief Elections Officer and the Hawaii County Clerk have responded to a demand letter from the ACLU of Hawaii. That letter expressed concerns about the constitutionality of the Office of Elections’ original voting plan for precincts 4-03 and 4-04, which did not allow for in-person voting and registration on election day. Both of these precincts have been affected by the ongoing volcanic eruptions. In a new proclamation dated July... Read More

The Disaster Recovery Center in Keaau will have new hours beginning Saturday, July 7. Weekend hours are from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The DRC will be open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. The DRC is located at Keaau High School Gymnasium, 16-725 Keaau-Pahoa Rd., Keaau. The temporary center is staffed by representatives of FEMA, the U.S. Small Business Administration, state and county and voluntary agencies to assist survivors... Read More

Hawai’i County homeowners and renters with losses from the Kilauea eruptions are utilizing low-interest disaster loans to help fund their recovery.   The U.S. Small Business Administration is the federal government’s primary source of money for the long-term rebuilding of disaster-damaged private property.   Registering with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and applying with the SBA are critical steps in the recovery process.  FEMA and SBA are joint federal partners assisting... Read More