South Hilo · Briefs

South Hilo: the brief, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026

The Windward Planning Commission meets Oct. 1 on a permit for a new two-story, 30-room hotel on Puʻueo Street and on changes to the zoning conditions for KBXtreme Hilo. [source: the Windward Planning Commission's agenda, Oct. 1, 2026]

The County Council has before it a change of zone at 283 West Puainako Street in Waiākea that would let the owner split one lot into two; the commission recommended it. [source: the Hawaiʻi County Council's agenda, Sept. 16, 2026 (Bill 181)]

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 South Hilo's page. Corrections: the corrections log.