The Hawaiʻi Ledger Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026

Hawaiʻi Island · district

North Kohala

What this area is
One of Hawaiʻi Island's districts, as the state's development plan area layer draws it (labeled “NORTH KOHALA”). The layer was digitized from paper maps, so its lines are approximate.
Council districts
District 9 (James E. Hustace). Districts covering at least 3% of this area's land in the state's council district layer; members as the Office of Elections lists them.
Planning commission
The Leeward Planning Commission. Source: the county's Planning Commissions page. Its agendas are read from the county's legal notices.
The council
The state's GIS layer draws nine Hawaiʻi County Council districts.
On the ballot
Councilmember, 9 seats, Tuesday, November 3, 2026. What the ballot decides.
ZIP codes it overlaps
96719, 96743, 96755

What's happening here

Nothing on the record the Ledger reads has placed an item in this district yet.

See what is on the record near a particular address · New on the record across Hawaiʻi

Every record the Ledger reads that places an item in this district by its tax map key or map point, newest and upcoming first, from all sources at once: county agendas and notices, state boards and the Environmental Notice. The sections below break it down by source.

Kohala Elementary Elementary · grades K-5
54-3609 Akoni Pule Highway, Kapaau · 808.889.7100 · school website · Kohala complex

Kohala High High · grades 9-12
54-3611 Akoni Pule Highway, Kapaau · 808.889.7117 · school website · Kohala complex

Kohala Middle Middle · grades 6-8
53-4155 Akoni Pule Highway, Kapaau · 808.889.7119 · school website · Kohala complex

Public schools whose grounds fall in this district, from the State of Hawaiʻi GIS public schools layer, read Sept. 20, 2026: the department's own names, grades, complexes and contact details. Charter schools are marked. Private schools are not listed. Which school serves a particular address is a separate question, answered by the department's attendance areas: look up an address.

Weather and ocean alerts

NWS Honolulu

Checking the National Weather Service for alerts in effect…

Ocean water advisories on Hawaiʻi Island

Checking the Department of Health…

Read live when this page opens: the National Weather Service's alerts for the forecast zones covering North Kohala (HIZ026, HIZ054), and the state Department of Health Clean Water Branch's open advisories (brown water, sewage spills, high bacteria) for the island, which the department names by beach or coastline rather than by area. Nothing here is stored or rewritten; each agency's own wording and dates are shown.

State highway lane closures

HDOT roadwork

Checking the Department of Transportation's closure schedule…

Read live from the state Department of Transportation's lane closure map layer when this page opens: approved closures on state highways in and near North Kohala (within the area's bounding box, so a closure just outside may appear), from now through the next seven days, in the department's words. County streets are not included. Schedules can change without notice and all work is weather permitting, the department says.

In the Environmental Notice

Every item

No item in the issues read so far prints a tax map key in this district.

From the State of Hawaiʻi's Environmental Notice (7 issues read), in its words. An item appears here only when it prints a tax map key that falls in this district.

Before state boards

All state boards

No state board item read so far prints a tax map key in this district.

From state board agendas the Ledger has read (4 so far), in the agencies' words. An item appears here only when it prints a tax map key that falls in this district.

On county agendas

Hawaiʻi Island

No county agenda item read so far prints a tax map key in this district.

From the County of Hawaiʻi's agendas the Ledger has read (2 so far), in the county's words; the full list of meetings is on the Hawaiʻi Island page. An item appears here only when it prints a tax map key that falls in this district.

Who lives here, by ZIP code

ZIP codePeopleHouseholdsMedian household incomeOwner-occupied homesMedian age
967191,974 ±442711 ±178$79,471 ±$16,230609 of 71144.6
967553,677 ±7901,165 ±256$96,813 ±$13,309921 of 1,16545.5
9674312,422 ±1,1494,891 ±428$101,468 ±$9,7813,815 of 4,89148.6
All of Hawaii County, HI205,76974,072$78,63954,795 of 74,07244.3

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates by ZIP Code Tabulation Area, read through the Census Reporter API. Survey estimates; ± is the 90% margin of error. ZIP code areas do not follow these boundaries, so each row describes the ZIP, not this area.

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