Laupahoehoe News

The North Hawaii Community Hospital says it is only accepting new maternal care patients who live within a certain area to ease overcrowding, according to the hospital website .

Twelve post offices in rural communities from Makaweli on Kauai to Kalaupapa on Molokai and Laupahoehoe on the Big Island may be open for fewer hours under a proposal to help the U.S. Postal Service save money.

Rubbish is seen at the West Hawaii landfill in January. A measure prohibiting trucking trash from Hilo and Puna to the West Hawaii landfill passed from council committee unanimously, with little fanfare and no public testimony.