The Hawaiʻi Ledger Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026

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Hawaiʻi, on the record: every county, area by area, and the state boards that decide across them, from the government's own documents.

Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. Oʻahu: 33 board areas, 35 open land-use files, 115 City Council agendas. Maui County: 8 areas, 151 council meetings this year. Hawaiʻi Island: 9 districts. Kauaʻi: 6 planning districts.

Hawaiʻi is governed by four counties and a state, but people live in neighborhoods. The Ledger keeps the public record where people can find it: by the place they live. All four counties, and the state boards that decide across them.

Oʻahu has one government and 33 neighborhoods that talk to it. The City and County of Honolulu covers the whole island; the 33 neighborhood boards are where a project, a bill or a complaint first meets the people who live beside it. The Ledger keeps that record in one place, area by area, every item linked to the government's own document.

Now across Hawaiʻi

New on the record
Lahaina recovery
By the County of Maui's recovery dashboard, Lahaina and Kula together.
20 records
Bill 108 (2026) would repeal the Kīhei-Mākena Community Plan, in effect since March 6, 1998, and adopt an updated South Maui Community Plan (2026).
2 records
The applicant, AREG AC Makena Propco LLC, proposes Mākena Mauka, a low-density master-planned residential community mauka of Mākena Alanui Road, with market-rate and...
1 record
The Kauaʻi County Housing Agency proposes an affordable housing project in Kīlauea of about 310 homes (single-family, multi-family, duplex and live-work units) with...
40 records · 3 ahead
Hawaiʻi County's Bill 147 would set operating standards for transient vacation rentals, make hosted bed-and-breakfasts a permitted use in the single-family...
10 records
Bill 38 (2026) would expand Honolulu's transit-oriented development special district to three more Skyline rail station areas, with land use standards drawn from the...
5 records
Hawaiʻi County's Bill 170 would amend the zoning code's definition of data processing facilities and add a definition of data centers; both of the county's planning...

Briefs: Kīhei-Mākena · West Maui · North Kona · South Hilo · Puna · Makakilo-Kapolei-Honokai Hale · North Shore · Kailua · Līhuʻe · North Shore · Kōloa-Poʻipū · Lānaʻi · ʻEwa · Koʻolauloa · Kāneʻohe · Wailuku-Kahului · Waimea-Kekaha · South Kohala · North Hilo · Hanapēpē-ʻEleʻele · Molokaʻi · Waiʻanae Coast · South Kona · Kapaʻa-Wailua · Ala Moana-Kakaʻako · Downtown-Chinatown · Nuʻuanu-Punchbowl · Pearl City · Mililani-Waipiʻo · Kahaluʻu · Kaʻū · Hāmākua · Oʻahu land use

What the newsrooms are reporting: today's Hawaiʻi headlines, each linking to the outlet that wrote it. · University of Hawaiʻi: every game ahead and the results so far, all twelve sports. · Meetings ahead: every public meeting the Ledger knows of, with a file for your own calendar. · Storms and warnings: what the hurricane centre and the Weather Service have in effect right now. · Primary results: all 135 contests as the Office of Elections certified them.

What's being built near you: type an address on any island and see the applications, hearings and permits on the record within a mile.

Guides: Who decides what gets built · Shoreline certification · How to be heard · Property tax rates · Answers from the record · The Nov. 3 ballot · Who represents you

No neighborhood board is formed hereNo neighborhood board is formed hereNo. 1 Hawaiʻi Kai No. 2 Kuliʻouʻou-Kalani Iki No. 3 Waiʻalae-Kāhala No. 4 Kaimukī No. 5 Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St. Louis Heights No. 6 Pālolo No. 7 Mānoa No. 8 McCully-Mōʻiliʻili No. 9 Waikīkī No. 10 Makiki-Tantalus No. 11 Ala Moana-Kakaʻako No. 12 Nuʻuanu-Punchbowl No. 13 Downtown-Chinatown No. 14 Liliha-ʻĀlewa No. 15 Kalihi-Pālama No. 16 Kalihi Valley No. 18 Āliamanu-Salt Lake No. 20 ʻAiea No. 21 Pearl City No. 22 Waipahu No. 23 ʻEwa No. 24 Waiʻanae Coast No. 25 Mililani-Waipiʻo No. 26 Wahiawā-Whitmore Village No. 27 North Shore No. 28 Koʻolauloa No. 29 Kahaluʻu No. 30 Kāneʻohe No. 31 Kailua No. 32 Waimānalo No. 34 Makakilo-Kapolei-Honokai Hale No. 35 Mililani Mauka-Launani Valley No. 36 Nānākuli-Māʻili 123456789101112131415161820212223242526272829303132343536

Boundaries: City and County of Honolulu GIS, neighborhood board layer. Numbers are board numbers. Dashed areas have no board formed. A locator map, not for measurement.

Kahoʻolawe: uninhabitedWest Maui Kīhei-Mākena Wailuku-Kahului Makawao-Pukalani-Kula Pāʻia-Haʻikū Hāna Molokaʻi Lānaʻi West MauiKīhei-MākenaWailuku-KahuluiMakawao-Pukalani-KulaPāʻia-HaʻikūHānaMolokaʻiLānaʻi

Boundaries: Maui County Community Plan Boundaries, State of Hawaiʻi GIS. Kahoʻolawe (dashed) is uninhabited. A locator map, not for measurement.

Hawaiʻi Island

County of Hawaiʻi
North Kohala South Kohala North Kona South Kona Kaʻū Puna South Hilo North Hilo Hāmākua North KohalaSouth KohalaNorth KonaSouth KonaKaʻūPunaSouth HiloNorth HiloHāmākua

Boundaries: Development Plan Areas, State of Hawaiʻi GIS, digitized from paper copies of the community plan maps; lines are approximate. A locator map, not for measurement.

North Shore Kapaʻa-Wailua Līhuʻe Kōloa-Poʻipū Hanapēpē-ʻEleʻele Waimea-Kekaha North ShoreKapaʻa-WailuaLīhuʻeKōloa-PoʻipūHanapēpē-ʻEleʻeleWaimea-Kekaha

Boundaries: Development Plan Areas, State of Hawaiʻi GIS, digitized from paper copies of the community plan maps; lines are approximate. A locator map, not for measurement.

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From the state's public meetings calendar, read Nov. 3, 2026. Items read from their agendas.

Hearings ahead, as DPP lists them

All 35 open files
Major SMA Permits · Koʻolauloa
DPP's notice: PUBLIC HEARING DATE: Friday, November 20, 2026 at 10:00 am, In-person or Remote Meeting at Fasi Municipal Building, 6th Floor Conference Room, 650 S. King Street, Honolulu, HI (see Notice below).
Major SMA Permits · Koʻolauloa
DPP's notice: PUBLIC HEARING DATE: Friday, November 20, 2026 at 10:00 am, In-person or Remote Meeting at Fasi Municipal Building, 6th Floor Conference Room, 650 S. King Street, Honolulu, HI (see Notice below).

From the Department of Planning and Permitting's public-input map as read Nov. 3, 2026. Dates are the ones DPP's notice prints; confirm with DPP before relying on one.