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Maui Now provides the latest 2026 Hawai‘i general election results for Hawaiʻi, including updated vote totals, candidate standings and key race results across Maui County and the…
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The results published are preliminary. Hawai‘i County Clerk Jon Henricks said they will be finalized by the state about two weeks after the election.
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Rapozo maintained his lead in the mayoral race according to the third election printout results.
Read on Kauaʻi Now →Maui’s biggest developments are election-related: Pā‘ele Kiakona has taken the lead in the West Maui House race, but ballots remain outstanding, and the county clerk is asking voters to correct 838 ballot envelope deficiencies by Nov. 10. Maui also has a high surf advisory for north-facing shores and a notice that Mayor Richard Bissen will be out of state Nov. 5-10.
On Hawaiʻi Island, the main public-safety items are the brown water advisory at Hilo Bay and along the Hāmākua Coast and the cancellation of the Kaʻieʻie/Pāpaʻikou boil water notice. Big Island police also continue to seek help in a missing-person case, while another previously reported missing woman has been located.
Kauaʻi is focused on recovery and public health: cleanup and repairs continue after Hurricane Lowell, and the state is investigating two Legionnaires’ disease cases linked to Nihi Kai Villas. Election results are also settling in, with Mel Rapozo leading the mayoral race and the top seven County Council vote-getters unchanged in the latest printout.
Statewide items include the Hawaiʻi Department of Health’s investigation of Legionnaires’ disease cases tied to Nihi Kai Villas on Kauaʻi and the Big Island report on the brown water advisory at Hilo Bay and along the Hāmākua Coast. The material also includes a statewide political and legal item: Big Island Now reports Hawaiʻi Attorney General Anne Lopez is urging passage of the federal Kids Online Safety Act.
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Anyone who stayed at Nihi Kai Villas within the past 2 weeks and develops symptoms consistent with the illness caused by Legionella bacteria is advised to seek medical attention…
Read on Kauaʻi Now →Hawai’i Attorney General Anne Lopez and her counterparts around the country are urging Congress to pass legislation to strengthen online protections for children and teens. The…
Read on Big Island Now →Following $17 billion Meta settlement, the National Association of Attorneys General encourages Congressional leaders to pass the bill that would establish minimum safety…
Read on Big Island Now →Cleanup, repairs and reconstruction continue as part of relief and recovery efforts now nearly 2 months after Hurricane Lowell on Labor Day, Sept. 7, ripped throughout Kauaʻi…
Read on Kauaʻi Now →HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR NORTH FACING SHORES FROM 6 AM THURSDAY UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY HST Shores Tonight Thursday Surf Surf PM AM AM PM North Facing 4-6 10-15 14-18 14-18 West Facing…
Read on Maui Now →National Weather Service forecasters in Honolulu issued a wind advisory now in effect until 6 a.m. Thursday for North Hawai‘i and the Kohala region. East winds of 20 to 30 mph…
Read on Big Island Now →Hilo Tonight: Occasional showers. Lows 66 to 72 near the shore to 54 to 59 at 4000 feet. North winds up to 10 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent. Thursday: Mostly cloudy…
Read on Big Island Now →Photo Credit: Pascal Debrunner West Kaua’i Tonight: Partly cloudy with isolated showers. Lows around 73 near the shore to around 64 above 3000 feet. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph…
Read on Kauaʻi Now →HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR NORTH AND WEST FACING SHORES FROM 6 AM THURSDAY UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY HST Shores Tonight Thursday Surf Surf PM AM AM PM North Facing 5-7 12-16 14-18 14-18 West…
Read on Kauaʻi Now →Forecast for Big Island Windward and Southeast Shores Tonight Thursday Surf Surf PM AM AM PM North Facing 3-5 3-5 4-6 4-6 East Facing 6-8 6-8 7-9 7-9 South Facing 4-6 4-6 6-8 6-8…
Read on Big Island Now →Pā‘ele Kiakona, a leader of Lahaina Strong, held a 107-vote lead over Democratic candidate Sne Patel as of Wednesday morning, but there were still 151 ballots in the race with…
Read on Maui Now →Update at 6:51 p.m. Nov. 4, 2026: Hawai‘i Police Department announces that 36-year-old Chasia-Rose Palma, who was previously reported at the end of October to be missing and…
Read on Big Island Now →Hawaiʻi County Department of Water Supply notifies the public that a precautionary boil water notice previously in effect for the Kaʻieʻie/Pāpaʻikou area was canceled as of late…
Read on Big Island Now →A 52-year-old man most recently living in Montana pleaded guilty this week to making antisemitic comments to Hawai‘i Gov. Josh Green and threatening to kill the governor and his…
Read on Kauaʻi Now →A 52-year-old man most recently living in Montana pleaded guilty this week to making antisemitic comments to Hawai‘i Gov. Josh Green and threatening to kill the governor and his…
Read on Big Island Now →The Drowsy Chaperone, (Top) Brayden Mann, Coaster Vines, (Bottom), Bella Hampe, Noah Giesea, Peyton Prouty. Photo courtesy of Seabury Hall/Troy Lau. Seabury Hall Performing Arts…
Read on Maui Now →A high surf advisory is in effect from early Thursday through early Friday for north and west shorelines of Kaua‘i and Ni‘ihau as National Weather Service forecasters in Honolulu…
Read on Kauaʻi Now →Foodland Kehalani. File photo by Wendy Osher. Shoppers at Foodland, Foodland Farms and Sack N Save stores across Hawaiʻi can donate at checkout through December to help the…
Read on Maui Now →Mayor Richard Bissen will travel out of state Thursday morning, Nov. 5, until Tuesday evening, Nov. 10, 2026. During his absence, County of Maui Managing Director Josiah Nishita…
Read on Maui Now →The Hawaiʻi State Department of Health is investigating two confirmed cases of Legionnaires’ disease in nonresident visitors who stayed at Nihi Kai Villas, a multi-building…
Read on Maui Now →David Wilson. Photo Credit: Wilson ‘Ohana Anthology FINN Partners mourns the passing of David Wilson, co-founder of McNeil Wilson Communications. The firm reflected on his…
Read on Maui Now →State health officials issued a brown water advisory at Hilo Bay and along the Hāmākua Coast on the east side of the Big Island. Hawai‘i Department of Health advises beach users…
Read on Big Island Now →PC: https://mauicountyvotes.gov/dropbox-locations The Maui County Clerk’s Office is contacting voters with ballot return envelope deficiencies for the 2026 General Election by…
Read on Maui Now →The annual USPS Operation Santa program is underway, with children invited to send letters to Santa with the possibility of having their wishes fulfilled by anonymous donors…
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