Pearl City: the brief, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026

The Planning Commission has a hearing set for Sept. 30 on the revised special use permit application for the Waiawa Correctional Facility, which the state Land Use Commission sent back in 2023 for a fuller record. [source: DPP's public-input map, file 2022/SUP-3]

Basis. Written by the Ledger in a session on Sept. 20, 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 Pearl City's page. Corrections: the corrections log.