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Kaʻū: the brief, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026

The Nāʻālehu post office in the Kaʻū district of Hawaiʻi Island.
File photo: The Nāʻālehu post office in the Kaʻū district of Hawaiʻi Island. Image: Ichabod at English Wikipedia via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.

On Sept. 25 the Board of Land and Natural Resources is asked to amend an executive order at Kahilipalinui to allow housing and a public library, and to let the state Department of Human Services build and manage the housing. [source: the Board of Land and Natural Resources' agenda, Sept. 25, 2026]

Basis. Written by the Ledger in a session on Sept. 20, 2026 from the records linked in each sentence; it says what was on the record that day, in plain words, and does not predict outcomes or take sides. What has happened since is on Kaʻū's page. Corrections: the corrections log.

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