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Revived Emergency Rental Assistance Program Aids Hawaiʻi Island Residents Starting May 1
The County of Hawaiʻi, together with Neighborhood Place of Puna and the Hawaiʻi County Economic Opportunity Council (HCEOC), is re-launching the Hawaiʻi County Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP). Starting May 1, 2024, this program will help Hawaiʻi Island residents who have struggled economically due to the COVID-19 pandemic by assisting with their rent payments.
Union Says Big Island Wastewater Plants Are Dangerously Understaffed
A union representing Big Island wastewater treatment plant employees say their working conditions are unsafe due to deteriorated equipment and low staffing levels. The aging plants in Hilo, Papaikou and Kulaimano are included in an administrative consent order recently signed between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Hawaii County that aims to bring the facilities into compliance with federal environmental law.
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