Hawaiʻi actors learn how to stay safe and make staged violence look real at Mānoa Valley Theatre.

Ireichō is a book containing the names of 125,284 individuals of Japanese ancestry incarcerated without due process during World War II. Survivors like my father place a Japanese hanko, or stamp, under their name — and the names of their family members — acknowledging the time stolen from their lives.

Graduating students at the John A. Burns School of Medicine gathered in the dark during the recent Kona low to find out where they would continue their medical training. Match Day is a national tradition at medical schools across the country. For some Hawaiʻi students, the perfect match was home in the islands.

Otake Camp, situated on the bank of Kaukonahua Stream, was among Oʻahu’s hardest hit areas after a recent storm devastated the island’s North Shore.

This lifeguard helped launch an ocean safety campaign in Australia. Can his tips for escaping deadly rip currents save lives here?

The final match of the inaugural Ka Mākou Kōnane Championship Tournament was played on the Papamū Kūpuna, one of six known remaining wooden Kōnane boards in existence.

The goal isn’t just to heal the environment, activists say. It’s to forge an island where Hawaiians can reclaim their culture.

Here’s a look at some memorable images from this year, many of them from Civil Beat’s photo storytelling. 

For the past 12 years, Maui businessman Jim Falk has donated hundreds of bicycles to Maui County keiki for Christmas.