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Will Bailey: This Historic Stretch Of Puna Coastline Is Worth Preserving Will Bailey/Civil Beat/2025

Will Bailey: This Historic Stretch Of Puna Coastline Is Worth Preserving

A long-delayed effort to acquire Honolulu Landing takes on new urgency with its real estate listing.

Kirstin Downey: Most Prisoners In Hawaiʻi’s WWII Internment Camp Were Korean National Park Service

Kirstin Downey: Most Prisoners In Hawaiʻi’s WWII Internment Camp Were Korean

While hundreds of Japanese-Americans were the first held at Honouliuli, many more Koreans followed.

Will Bailey: From Pāhoa to Honoka‘a, These Projects Offer Housing And Hope Will Bailey/Civil Beat/2025

Will Bailey: From Pāhoa to Honoka‘a, These Projects Offer Housing And Hope

A fragile, improvised network of services stretches across East Hawai‘i island.

Kirstin Downey: After 150 Years, Family Discovers Ancestor’s Hawaiʻi Ties Kirstin Downey/Civil Beat/2024

Kirstin Downey: After 150 Years, Family Discovers Ancestor’s Hawaiʻi Ties

Edward Gravierʻs descendants never knew he sailed to Hawaiʻi in the late-1870s. Then his great-great-grandson found him on the Civil Beat website.

Neal Milner: 3 Big Public Projects That Should Make You Mad David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

Neal Milner: 3 Big Public Projects That Should Make You Mad

How these beleaguered projects are being handled speaks directly to the transparency and trustworthiness of state officials.

Beth Fukumoto: Hawaiʻi Needs To Get Serious About Accessory Dwelling Units American Institute of Architects Maui

Beth Fukumoto: Hawaiʻi Needs To Get Serious About Accessory Dwelling Units

Unless we’re willing to go all-in on this approach to increasing housing, we should quit pretending it’s part of the solution.

Eric Stinton: Can Settlers Ever Be Pono In Hawaiʻi? Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2018

Eric Stinton: Can Settlers Ever Be Pono In Hawaiʻi?

One Hawaiian cultural expert thinks unity among all cultures is possible. Another says no way.

Kirstin Downey: Historic Preservation Division Is Woefully Understaffed Kirstin Downey/Civil Beat/2025

Kirstin Downey: Historic Preservation Division Is Woefully Understaffed

A single state archeologist is juggling about 300 projects on Oʻahu, from reviewing development proposals to responding when laws are violated.

Denby Fawcett: Seeking Love For The Endangered Hawaiian Land Snail Kenneth Hayes photo

Denby Fawcett: Seeking Love For The Endangered Hawaiian Land Snail

Some people say they’re icky and slimy. But these scientists think they’re beautiful.