Legacy Land Conservation Program photo
Kirstin Downey: Maui Properties Get State Money For Preservation
Advocates want the Legislature to fully fund the Legacy Land program to save even more areas that are at risk from developers.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025
Neal Milner: A Tale Of Two Fishponds Says A Lot About Cultural Restoration
Change in Hawaiʻi is a mix of repurposing and reinventing.
AP Photo/Elise Amendola/2018
Lee Cataluna: Bribery Mystery Becoming Most-Watched True Crime Story
Everybody wants to know who got the $35,000 in the paper bag.
Byron Matthews photo
Kirstin Downey: This Lush Big Island Estuary Has Just Been Saved
The 81-acre site was being eyed by real estate developers but Hawaiʻi County just bought it and a local fishing group will manage it.
David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025
Will Bailey: A Quiet Redesign Helped Hawaiʻi Farms Get Past The Paperwork
The system wasn’t broken. It was built for someone else.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021
Denby Fawcett: January Reckonings
This month brings the realization that it should be time to face uncomfortable truths.
Makana Eyre: A Man Of Unyielding Curiosity, Gavan Daws Lived Life Of Words
His work was loudly acclaimed and criticized but news of his death came quietly.
Lee Cataluna/Civil Beat/2025
Lee Cataluna: The End Of A Particular Type Of Tourist Attraction
The last lū‘au at this popular West Oʻahu venue ends on a bittersweet note. But it may lead to a new cultural beginning.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025
Kirstin Downey: Should Oʻahu Be Broken Into 4 Cities With 4 Mayors?
A Honolulu Charter Commission proposal suggests smaller, more localized government authority would be better for the island of 1 million people.
AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana
Will Bailey: After Removal, What Comes Next For Venezuela
Power, restraint and the cost of governing without consent.