Cory Lum/Civil Beat Damon estate heir J.P. Damon has ended up the sole owner of Moanalua Gardens, the historic park on sacred land in west Honolulu.
The causes of rising property crime rates are less certain than the impact: it lowers the quality of life for everyone, particularly the poor.
Readers from more than 50 ZIP codes throughout Hawaii have shared their five-line poems about where they live.
The court-appointed attorney for Katherine Kealoha received the largest chunk of the fees.
A team of biologists brought 13 critically endangered Maui parrotbills to the other side of Haleakala to save the species from extinction. But less than a month later, only three birds have survived.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat Hawaii was once a multicultural melting pot where identity was not rivalry. No more.
Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat Sea-level rise and coastal storms require us to develop innovative erosion control plans based on proven science.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat The city council should pass a law requiring responsible deconstruction and recycling of homes.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat Hawaii will see over $19 billion in losses to coastal infrastructure in the years to come.
The tiny Hawaii forest bird, threatened by climate change and habitat loss, is finding additional support from 7,000 miles away.
Hawaii Congressman Ed Case says that every day he has to balance the House’s ongoing impeachment investigation with his day to day job of representing his district.
Some Native Hawaiian activists who have fought the project for months say Mayor Kirk Caldwell “is really trying to listen.”
The state will switch to an all-mail voting system for the 2020 elections.
Honolulu police officers shot about 20 rounds at the 30-year-old man as he was driving his car toward them, the Honolulu police chief said.
This is a life-and-death issue in a state surrounded by ocean that has one of the country’s highest drowning rates.
Accused drug dealer Tiffany Masunaga wants charges against her dropped because Katherine Kealoha admitted manipulating the case.
Steve Goodenow recalls stories of disguises, staking out nudist camps and the value of Depends in a new book recounting life as a private eye.
A recent vote suggests the proposal may lack the Honolulu City Council support it needs to proceed at Ala Moana.
David Duke endorsed an ultra-right radio show on social media with the caption “the aloha spirit will set you free.”
Since the Superferry demise a decade ago, there is skepticism about creating a new system. But it would be a boon to neighbor island residents, tourists and businesses alike.
Some days, as many 40% of people admitted at the ER at Punchbowl have problems related to meth use, according to hospital officials.
Richard Wiens/Civil Beat Oahu’s waste-to-power facility has a hidden carbon cost, but is it better than shipping all our recyclables off-island?
Claire Caulfield/Civil Beat Hawaii is unlikely to get a recycling facility anytime soon, so your soda cans and water bottles must travel thousands of miles to be recycled.
Courtesy of Kiera Ryon and Kiana Liu Hint: It’s not enough to look for a “reef-friendly” label on sunscreens.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat Civil Beat follows an Ala Moana resident looking for ways to help with climate change in the first episode of “Are We Doomed? And Other Burning Environmental Questions.”
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