Puna: the brief, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026
Three bed-and-breakfast permits in Puna are on the Windward Planning Commission's Oct. 1 agenda, and more applications are in line on the Planning Department's lists. [source: the Windward Planning Commission's agenda, Oct. 1, 2026, and the Planning Department's notices]
Hilo Benioff Medical Center has applied for a use permit to build a medical clinic of about 40,000 square feet on W.H. Shipman land, with a separate permit for its access driveway; the Windward Planning Commission took both up on Sept. 3. [source: the Windward Planning Commission's agenda, Sept. 3, 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 Puna's page. Corrections: the corrections log.