Waimea-Kekaha: the brief, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026

On Oct. 13 the Planning Commission holds a hearing on changing the Waimea town plan map for a parcel next to the Waimea Hawaiian Church, from village neighborhood to village center; the hearing notice numbers it ZA-2025-7, while the commission's August agenda numbered it ZA-2026-7. [source: the Planning Commission's hearing notice (Sept. 18, 2026) and agenda (Aug. 11, 2026)]

The Navy's final environmental impact statement on keeping its use of 8,172 acres of state land for the Pacific Missile Range Facility, with NASA's 23 acres at Kōkeʻe, is before the Board of Land and Natural Resources for acceptance. [source: the Environmental Notice, Aug. 23, 2026]

The county has begun an environmental impact statement for building Cell 3 of the Kekaha landfill higher. [source: the Environmental Notice, June 8, 2026 (EIS preparation notice)]

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 Waimea-Kekaha's page. Corrections: the corrections log.