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Statewide

Across the islands, weather and surf remain part of the daily picture, with Maui and Kauaʻi both looking breezy while Big Island readers are also tracking updated surf conditions after advisories were canceled on the Big Island and Kauaʻi. Public safety and infrastructure are also front and center, from Hawaiʻi County’s $1.35 billion budget approval and new enforcement along Daniel K. Inouye Highway to Maui’s reopening of the Ukumehame Firing Range after storm repairs. The Big Island is also dealing with a fatal crash on Daniel K. Inouye Highway, while Kauaʻi and Maui carry more community and civic updates, including YWCA Kauaʻi’s new LGBTQIA2S+ support group and federal and state-level Native Hawaiian education and recovery efforts on Maui.

Maui

Maui’s immediate practical news is centered on weather, surf, and a reopening after storm damage: the forecast calls for sunny, breezy conditions, surf remains active, and Ukumehame Firing Range is set to reopen Friday after repairs. Beyond that, MauiNow.com is also tracking a June 15 liquor license renewal deadline, a new OHA gift card program for families recovering from March storms, and federal action to extend Native Hawaiian education funding.

Big Island

The biggest story on Hawaiʻi Island is fiscal: the Hawaiʻi County Council approved the $1.35 billion operating and capital budgets for the coming year after amendments. Public safety is also a major thread, with increased police enforcement along Daniel K. Inouye Highway following a deadly stretch of crashes and a fiery fatal collision near Hilo that left one person dead. Elsewhere, lead remediation work is beginning at Hakalau Stream Bridge, and county housing officials are getting a positive note from an audit follow-up on the affordable housing credit program.

Kauaʻi

Kauaʻi’s main local thread is community and civic life, led by YWCA Kauaʻi’s new LGBTQIA2S+ support group as Pride Month activities continue. The island is also watching breezy weather and active surf, even as the high surf advisory was canceled late Thursday. Beyond that, KauaʻiNowNews.com is carrying broader statewide items, including a proposed resolution marking 120 years since the first Filipino immigrants arrived in Hawaiʻi and an upcoming statewide telephone town hall with Sen. Brian Schatz.

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