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Big Island Detective Charged With Perjury, Tampering With Government Record State Department of the Attorney General

Big Island Detective Charged With Perjury, Tampering With Government Record

Detective William Brown is accused of falsifying testimony before a grand jury in March.

Matthew Leonard: How The Hamakua Burn Of 1901 Started Hawaii’s Fire Clock Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2023

Matthew Leonard: How The Hamakua Burn Of 1901 Started Hawaii’s Fire Clock

Government intervention, or the lack of it, was a contentious issue during the widely reported disaster.

State Ag Agency On Track For Stricter Control Of Invasive Pests David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

State Ag Agency On Track For Stricter Control Of Invasive Pests

The department has been going back and forth on new rules since at least February.

Defunct Big Island Tree-Burning Plant Seeks $1 Billion In Damages From Hawaiian Electric Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Defunct Big Island Tree-Burning Plant Seeks $1 Billion In Damages From Hawaiian Electric

Lawyers for Hu Honua say in federal court papers that the utility has engaged in illegal anticompetitive behavior.

In Rainy Hilo, Big Island Police Chief Ben Moszkowicz Is Seeing Sunshine Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

In Rainy Hilo, Big Island Police Chief Ben Moszkowicz Is Seeing Sunshine

In his first year on the job, the chief has worked to improve transparency, staffing shortages and other issues.

Hawaiian Home Lands Seeks $6M To Test For Geothermal Power Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

Hawaiian Home Lands Seeks $6M To Test For Geothermal Power

Research identifies DHHL lands in three areas of the Big island that show promise for development for geothermal power production.

Hawaii Advances Plans To Distribute $149 Million For Broadband Access State of Hawaii/2021

Hawaii Advances Plans To Distribute $149 Million For Broadband Access

The public is invited to weigh in on which areas lack high-speed service. Those areas will be the top priority for funding.

Most Hawaii Wildfires Are Started By People, But Arson Cases Are Rarely Solved Thomas Heaton/Civil Beat/2023

Most Hawaii Wildfires Are Started By People, But Arson Cases Are Rarely Solved

There are too few investigators and insufficient resources to find out who was to blame in most fires.

Army Engineers Push Forward With WWII Bomb Survey On Big Island Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Army Engineers Push Forward With WWII Bomb Survey On Big Island

The bullets and bombs were left on the range there 80 years ago, but the U.S. military is still cleaning up the mess.

2nd Man Is Exonerated In The Dana Ireland Murder Case Kevin Dayton/Civil Beat/2023

2nd Man Is Exonerated In The Dana Ireland Murder Case

Judge Peter Kubota cited new DNA evidence in clearing Ian and Shawn Schweitzer of the shocking 1991 murder.