North Kona: the brief, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026

On Sept. 24 the Leeward Planning Commission takes up a request from Komo Brothers LLP to undo 1999 decisions that made about 7.8 acres makai of the Queen Kaʻahumanu Highway extension urban and commercial, returning the land to agricultural zoning. [source: the Leeward Planning Commission's agenda, Sept. 24, 2026]

The same meeting takes up Bill 170, which would define data centers in the county's zoning code. [source: the Leeward Planning Commission's agenda, Sept. 24, 2026]

The Planning Department's recent lists of applications accepted include a restaurant on Old Government Road and three bed-and-breakfast permits in North Kona. [source: the Planning Department's notices of applications accepted, July and August 2026]

Basis. Written by the Ledger in a session on Sept. 19, 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 North Kona's page. Corrections: the corrections log.