From West Hawaii Today:

A group formed to assess health and safety issues associated with geothermal energy will release a draft report of its findings later this week.

Peter Adler, hired by Hawaii County to guide the effort, said the report will be posted online no later than Saturday.

“It will include a set of background information, some findings and some recommendations” for both the county and state, Adler said.

While the recommendations were reached largely by consensus, group members will be allowed to attach their own comments to the report, Adler said.

The group, which held its first meeting in January, consists of a dozen Puna residents with various backgrounds, including medicine, engineering and community activism. Read the full story.

And here’s the latest in other neighbor isle gov’t and politics:

Mayor: Arsonists burning ‘assets of our community’

Commission divided on regulating commercial boating in Hanalei

Big Isle Planning Department faces scrutiny

Kauai Water Dept seeks new home

Pahoa charter school seeks expansion

Molokai vigil remembers Malia and Kaimana Kahalewai

$6.7 M in airport upgrades to support visitor industry

Hawaii Coffee Association crowns champion growers

Kilauea courtesy Pele and Image Editor.

—Chad Blair