r/Oahu 4d ago

What to know about Hawaii’s primary election: Ballots, voting centers, results

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18 Upvotes

r/Oahu 4h ago

Outrageous Rents

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36 Upvotes

If you haven’t seen it yet, read the 1st sentence of the 3rd paragraph.

The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) expands U.S. defense production capacity, authorizes $1.8 billion for barracks and family housing, and expands access to education and childcare for military families.

Then they come to Hawai’i to splatter eggs 🥚 on our faces, feces 💩on our aina, make promises they don’t follow thru with.

Do me and us Hawai’i taxpayers a favor, keep them and their families in barracks and on base where they belong NOT in our communities. Use the barracks for their intended and stated use. Hawaii residents can’t pay rent with ( 1 ) check, afford babysitters while the military can use Hawai’i as their playground.

May not impose a restriction on certain fields of occupation. If you are re-enlisting and making a medical job a career in Hawai’i then you must permanently stay and enter the profession after your enlistment ends!! Period


r/Oahu 6h ago

First time Hawaii Voter

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32 Upvotes

I like what I’ve read on paper, but I’d like to hear from others about some of these candidates. I want to vote for people that actually have the best interest of the residents on this island.


r/Oahu 8h ago

Blooming Onion?

27 Upvotes

Since all the Outback Steakhouses have closed, is there anywhere on island to get a blooming onion or something similar? My wife is having a pregnancy craving and onion rings aren't doing it for her.


r/Oahu 21h ago

Disposable vapes in Hawaiʻi will be disposed of for good starting next year. Gov. Josh Green recently signed Senate Bill 2175 into law, which will prohibit the sale of non-refillable and non-rechargeable electronic smoking devices.

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157 Upvotes

r/Oahu 21h ago

Mayor responds to backlash over new Hawaii license, ID design: “Whatever those people were that didn’t like it, that’s just the way it is. We’re not backing off. This is the card. Get used to it. Fall in love with it. Take it home. Look at it. Stare at it. Learn to like it,” Blangiardi said.

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121 Upvotes

r/Oahu 1h ago

Island voyagers pay tribute to late master navigator Sesario Sewralur: Candles lined the road from the airport in Palau to welcome home Grand Master Navigator Sesario Sewralur.

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r/Oahu 4h ago

Should Hawaiʻi Have a Constitutional Convention in 2030? People are divided: Some say the state’s political status quo needs an overhaul that only a Constitutional Convention can provide. Others fear a new ConCon could be hijacked by outside interests and valuable rights and institutions damaged.

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2 Upvotes

r/Oahu 18h ago

Why you shouldn’t vote for Trevor Ozawa.

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26 Upvotes

r/Oahu 4h ago

Two men have died from their injuries after being critically hurt in separate motor vehicle crashes on Oahu over the weekend, police said.

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2 Upvotes

r/Oahu 13h ago

Hawaiʻi Department of Education sends out its policies as the 2026-2027 school year looms two weeks away: Students across Hawaiʻi are set to return to school on August 3, armed with new guidelines, including a statewide cellphone policy that restricts usage during school hours.

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10 Upvotes

r/Oahu 14h ago

‘We Fight’: Leaders Vow To Defend Native Hawaiian Programs. The kickoff of the three-day annual convention began with a gut check about the toll budget cuts and legal attacks could take on Native Hawaiian-serving programs.

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11 Upvotes

r/Oahu 18h ago

Where to give birth?

21 Upvotes

Hi there!

My OB delivers at three hospitals here on Oahu: Adventist Health Castle, Kapi’olani Medical Center, and Queen’s Medical Center. I’ve scheduled tours, but they’re close to my due date and am not sure I’ll be able to make all of them. Does anybody have experience giving birth in these hospitals and willing to share? The location is not a deciding factor for me. I’m more interested in the quality of the facilities and the staff.

Thanks!


r/Oahu 1d ago

House passes bill to make Daylight Saving Time permanent

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95 Upvotes

r/Oahu 3h ago

Consumers advised to check their pantry for Pumpkin Tree Peter Rabbit Organics Banana & Strawberry Pouch that’s been recalled by Hawaii Department of Health Food and Drug Branch due to potential choking hazard.

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1 Upvotes

r/Oahu 21h ago

Four young children from an orphanage in Japan are now in Hawaii, ready for an invaluable cultural exchange. They arrived from Osaka’s Holy Family Orphanage Tuesday. Members of the U.S. Army’s 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment — the “Wolfhounds” — greeted them with lei.

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19 Upvotes

r/Oahu 1d ago

Exercise Your Vote and Choose Wisely: Being an informed voter has always been – and will always be – important. Voting based on name recognition, rigid partisanship, or by simply checking off the first name on your ballot’s list of candidates is as bad as not voting at all.

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31 Upvotes

r/Oahu 21h ago

Island Wide Issue Animal conservation scientists are observing an alarming decline in native bird populations on Kauaʻi. In the past year, Kauaʻi has seen a dramatic reduction in its honey creeper numbers, including the ʻamakihi, the ʻiʻiwi and the ʻanianiau, Hawaiʻi’s smallest honeycreeper.

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13 Upvotes

r/Oahu 20h ago

Hope for hundreds of Native Hawaiian homestead beneficiaries: The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands awarded residential, agricultural and pastoral lots to almost 500 Native Hawaiians over the weekend on Oahu, with additional awards going to families on Maui. The lots are leased at $1 a year.

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10 Upvotes

r/Oahu 1d ago

Severely Ill Prisoners Granted Early Release Are Left Stuck Behind Bars: Hawaiʻi is the only state without a specific law allowing for compassionate release for prisoners, relying instead on an internal policy.

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9 Upvotes

r/Oahu 1d ago

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the reclassification of the Aʻeo, or Hawaiian stilt (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni), from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act, a rare and hopeful milestone for a native Hawaiian species.

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6 Upvotes

r/Oahu 1d ago

Hawaii’s electricity is among the most expensive in the country. And now a proposal from Japanese energy company JERA is fueling a new debate over how to bring those costs down. JERA wants to build a $2 billion liquefied natural gas power plant and offshore import terminal on Oahu.

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61 Upvotes

r/Oahu 1d ago

Hurricane Fausto remained a Category 1 storm this morning while turning onto a west-northwest track, with forecasters expecting gradual strengthening to resume tonight even as the system remains far from Hawaii.

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r/Oahu 1d ago

Hawaiian Electric Co. recently issued what it says is one of the state’s largest energy procurements. On July 17, the company submitted its Integrated Grid Planning request for proposals, seeking renewable energy projects and storage for Oahu, Hawaii Island, and Maui.

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r/Oahu 1d ago

HECO Is At War With Governor’s Energy Partner Over Creating New Utility: A Japanese rival wants build a new liquefied natural gas power plant and start a new regulated utility for Oʻahu, ending HECO’s 135-year monopoly.

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44 Upvotes