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Neal Milner: Sometimes, Preserving A Neighborhood Is Exactly The Wrong Call Stephen Edmonds/Wikimedia Commons

Neal Milner: Sometimes, Preserving A Neighborhood Is Exactly The Wrong Call

There are good reasons to oppose a North Shore tramway, but not all projects deserve automatic rejection.

Will Bailey: The Everyday Reality Of Living Off The Grid In Puna Will Bailey/Civil Beat/2025

Will Bailey: The Everyday Reality Of Living Off The Grid In Puna

There’s no trash pickup or mail service and sometimes no power. But there’s plenty of rainwater if you can catch it.

Beth Fukumoto: State Sued For Playing Fast And Loose With Special Funds Danny de Gracia/Civil Beat/2023

Beth Fukumoto: State Sued For Playing Fast And Loose With Special Funds

There are rules governing these pools of money, but what happens when the restrictions are ignored?

Lee Cataluna: Knowing A Place And Its People Is Critical To Protecting It Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Lee Cataluna: Knowing A Place And Its People Is Critical To Protecting It

When disaster strikes, we’re often left to wonder why people don’t evacuate or take precautions. But we’re not the ones who live there.

Will Bailey: Puna’s Long Wait After Lava Cut Off Pohoiki Boat Ramp Kevin Dayton/Civil Beat/2020

Will Bailey: Puna’s Long Wait After Lava Cut Off Pohoiki Boat Ramp

The state has finally started dredging, but it shouldn’t have taken this long to restore a heartbeat of the community.

Denby Fawcett: This 60-Year-Old Classic Opens The Door To Hawaiʻiʻs History Screenshot

Denby Fawcett: This 60-Year-Old Classic Opens The Door To Hawaiʻiʻs History

“Place Names of Hawaiʻi” provides an introductory grasp of the islands’ culture and mythology.

Kirstin Downey: The Secret Life Of A Prominent Kailua Family Revealed Kirstin Downey/Civil Beat/2025)

Kirstin Downey: The Secret Life Of A Prominent Kailua Family Revealed

The Kuehns were arrested the day after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. But they lived in high style for many years before that.

Will Bailey: It Was Never About The Fence Getty Images/iStockphoto/mphillips007

Will Bailey: It Was Never About The Fence

In celebration of Independence Day, a reflection on our country’s foundational document and what it should mean to us today.

Lee Cataluna: Ben Moszkowicz Promises He’ll Never Do It Again Tim Wright/Civil Beat/2024

Lee Cataluna: Ben Moszkowicz Promises He’ll Never Do It Again

The Big Island police chief may have done too much damage to his relationship with the community.

Blue State Blues: One-Party Control? In Hawaiʻi It’s More Like No-Party Control Kalany Omengkar/Civil Beat/2022

Blue State Blues: One-Party Control? In Hawaiʻi It’s More Like No-Party Control

Running as a Democrat or Republican says more about political calculation than party allegiance or ideology.