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Preparing The Elderly For Disaster: Efforts Are Finally Picking Up in Hawaiʻi Jeremy Hay/Civil Beat/2025

Preparing The Elderly For Disaster: Efforts Are Finally Picking Up in Hawaiʻi

Resilience hubs like those pioneered on the Big Island are seen as a possible model for the rest of the state.

Hawaiʻi Wants More Geothermal Power Plants But Doesn’t Yet Know Where Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

Hawaiʻi Wants More Geothermal Power Plants But Doesn’t Yet Know Where

The state must spend millions to see if more electricity can be produced using heat deep under the earth. And it will have to convince residents to support such an effort.

Hawaiʻi Needs New Tech To Clean Up Old Bombs Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Hawaiʻi Needs New Tech To Clean Up Old Bombs

Magnetic detection can only go so far in an island chain made of volcanic rock. Experts say other methods could be a game-changer.

An Embarrassing Housing Scam Triggers Big Island Reforms Cameron Miculka/Civil Beat/2020

An Embarrassing Housing Scam Triggers Big Island Reforms

A dishonest public worker and his partners slurped up millions of dollars by illegally manipulating a complex system of affordable housing credits.

Hawaiʻi County Should Prioritize Food Security Ku‘u Kauanoe/Civil Beat/2022

Hawaiʻi County Should Prioritize Food Security

Federal cuts threaten vital assistance programs like SNAP. Yet our leaders won’t act.

Photo Essay: A Day At The Hilo Farmers Market Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Photo Essay: A Day At The Hilo Farmers Market

Open daily with “Big Market” days on Wednesday and Saturday, the open-air market has attracted locals and visitors for the past 37 years to downtown Hilo. The market’s website says it started with Richard “Mike” Rankin and four farmers selling produce and goods out of their vehicles in 1988.

Foreclosure Off The Table At Black Sand Beach Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Foreclosure Off The Table At Black Sand Beach

A developer has come up with enough money to satisfy a $3.4 million debt and resolve a mortgage default, surprising those who had other plans for the area.

Foreclosure Opens Door To Preserve Famous Black Sand Beach On Big Island Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Foreclosure Opens Door To Preserve Famous Black Sand Beach On Big Island

Lineal descendants of Punaluʻu and conservationists devise plans to permanently protect the land on Hawaiʻi island and its unique cultural and ecological features.

Photo Essay: Spearfishing Returns To Kealakekua Bay For A Day Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Photo Essay: Spearfishing Returns To Kealakekua Bay For A Day

Big Island groups worked with state agencies to open the cherished waters of Kealakekua Bay to spearfishing invasive fish.

Progress Report: Neighbor Islands Need More State Support On The Job Front Marina Riker/Civil Beat/2023

Progress Report: Neighbor Islands Need More State Support On The Job Front

The Legislature funded minor workforce development initiatives but did not invest much in diversifying the local economy.