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Guthrie Scrimgeour

Guthrie Scrimgeour is a freelance investigative journalist based in New York. He previously worked at The Garden Island newspaper on Kaua‘i. He can be reached at gutscrim@gmail.com.

Kaua‘i’s Robinson Family Seeks To Evict Major Hawaiʻi Farm Courtesy: Alec Sou/2025

Kaua‘i’s Robinson Family Seeks To Evict Major Hawaiʻi Farm

Gay & Robinson has filed a lawsuit demanding nearly $700,000 in unpaid rent from Aloun Farms.

Kauaʻi Security Guard Made Off With $400K. Police Still Haven’t Caught Him Noelle Fujii-Oride/Civil Beat/2026

Kauaʻi Security Guard Made Off With $400K. Police Still Haven’t Caught Him

A former Loomis employee is accused of stealing cash from a truck that was making deliveries to three banks on the island.

Valenciano’s Early Retirement Creates Opening For Kaua‘i’s Next Chief Judge Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Valenciano’s Early Retirement Creates Opening For Kaua‘i’s Next Chief Judge

The Hawai‘i Judicial Selection Commission is evaluating nominees to fill the 5th Circuit Court seat.

Kaua‘i’s Robinson Family Quietly Pursues New Industrial Development Guthrie Scrimgeour/Civil Beat/2025

Kaua‘i’s Robinson Family Quietly Pursues New Industrial Development

The island’s largest private landowner is exploring how to turn the old Olokele sugar mill into the rural Westside’s first industrial park.