A new policy puts Hawaiʻi on par with other states.

Hawai‘i County Council member Matt Kaneali‘i-Kleinfelder is trying to unseat three-term state Rep. Jeanne Kapela in the Democratic primary this August.

UH schools on the Big Island and Maui are training students to convert cesspools to cleaner alternatives.

Loss of the Kohala drug store is symbolic of the healthcare access issues affecting remote regions of the state.

Five candidates are in the running in the district made up of Big Islandʻs southwest corner.

Candidates from South Kona, Kaʻū and Puna share their responses to questions about water, agriculture, waste and other environmental challenges in their districts.

“For geothermal to be a viable reality, it needs to be safe, give back to the community, be culturally sensitive, and involve Native Hawaiian leadership.”

“I support hosted STVRs where the owner lives on-site, but unhosted multi-property operators should not be allowed.”

“The county needs to seriously commit to developing a secondary permanent route in and out of Puna.”

“The main issues with our disaster response has been slow state and federal help.”