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Lee Cataluna: The Media Doesn’t Need Police Scanners To Cover The Cops Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Lee Cataluna: The Media Doesn’t Need Police Scanners To Cover The Cops

Local journalists are crusading for a cause that may no longer be necessary in today’s social media and internet world.

Beth Fukumoto: The Promise And The Pitfalls Of Elon Musk’s America Party AP

Beth Fukumoto: The Promise And The Pitfalls Of Elon Musk’s America Party

Third-party candidates generally don’t do well in Hawaiʻi where political trust is built on relationships.

Kirstin Downey: New Protections Sought For Kailua Neighborhoods Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2023

Kirstin Downey: New Protections Sought For Kailua Neighborhoods

Concerned about gravesites and a new law to quicken development, the Preservation Commission wants area added to historic register.

Will Bailey: Collapse Of Banyan Drive Is A Sign Of Hilo’s Selective Neglect Will Bailey/Civil Beat/2025

Will Bailey: Collapse Of Banyan Drive Is A Sign Of Hilo’s Selective Neglect

A Big Island shoreline meant to welcome the world is now a corridor of decay.

Denby Fawcett: Officials Raise Alarms As Oʻahu Traffic Fatalities Skyrocket Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2015

Denby Fawcett: Officials Raise Alarms As Oʻahu Traffic Fatalities Skyrocket

The numbers have doubled over last year, but the top cause remains the same: speeding.

Lee Cataluna: We’re Being Watched And We Don’t Care Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Lee Cataluna: We’re Being Watched And We Don’t Care

The Hawaiʻi Speed Safety Program is an idea whose time may have finally come.

Will Bailey: The Sacred Sword May Be Legend, But Its Meaning Is Real Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

Will Bailey: The Sacred Sword May Be Legend, But Its Meaning Is Real

A story recounted by Hawaiʻi’s final king bears a message: True welcome is not erasure. It’s exchange.

Will Bailey: The Price A Community Pays With Short-Term Rentals Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2023

Will Bailey: The Price A Community Pays With Short-Term Rentals

In Puna, the houses still stand. But something gets hollowed out when no one’s home.

Beth Fukumoto: Audit Finds State Has Fallen Short On Driver Ed Programs Getty Images/iStockphoto

Beth Fukumoto: Audit Finds State Has Fallen Short On Driver Ed Programs

Only about half the state’s public high schools offer the training teens are required to receive before getting a license.

Lee Cataluna: Survival Sex In Lahaina? Says Who? David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

Lee Cataluna: Survival Sex In Lahaina? Says Who?

This is what happens when two political opportunists try to manipulate the facts for their own selfish reasons.