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Photo Essay: Adventurers Get A Charge Out Of Electric Hydrofoils Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Photo Essay: Adventurers Get A Charge Out Of Electric Hydrofoils

Electric hydrofoils flying above our waters are becoming more common. Many pioneers of the sport in Hawaiʻi started out surfing human-powered hydrofoils at regular surf breaks.

The Gap Between Hawaiʻi’s Top CEO Salaries And Regular Worker Pay David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

The Gap Between Hawaiʻi’s Top CEO Salaries And Regular Worker Pay

Public companies have to report executive compensation and how that compares with median worker pay.

Hawaiʻi Providers Fear RFK Jr. Could Roll Back Access To Abortion Pill Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Hawaiʻi Providers Fear RFK Jr. Could Roll Back Access To Abortion Pill

Women in remote and rural parts of Hawaiʻi have long struggled to access abortion care.

Auditor: Plan To Cool Hawaiʻi Classrooms A ‘$120 Million Disaster’ PF Bentley/Civil Beat/2014

Auditor: Plan To Cool Hawaiʻi Classrooms A ‘$120 Million Disaster’

A decision to use solar air conditioning created costly maintenance issues and was an inefficient way to cool down sweltering classrooms, state auditors found.

Beat The Heat: Civil Beat Summer Heat Survey David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

Beat The Heat: Civil Beat Summer Heat Survey

Help us learn how Hawaiʻi residents deal with increasing temperatures.

Student Scientists Are Tracking Heat Risk For Their Peers (Leilani Combs/Civil Beat/2025)

Student Scientists Are Tracking Heat Risk For Their Peers

Students are helping with summer research to measure temperatures at Hawaiʻi’s K-12 schools and set guidelines to prevent heat-related illness.

Hawaiʻi Rarely Takes Guns From People In Crisis, Despite ‘Red Flag’ Law Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

Hawaiʻi Rarely Takes Guns From People In Crisis, Despite ‘Red Flag’ Law

A law enacted five years ago was supposed to help loved ones and law enforcement get a court order to temporariliy take away someone’s guns. Only 10 petitions have been filed.

Former Honolulu Police Chief Says Mayor’s Threats Led Him To Quit

Former Honolulu Police Chief Says Mayor’s Threats Led Him To Quit

Joe Logan is suing the city and Mayor Rick Blangiardi, saying the mayor threatened him and his family before forcing him to step down.

Big Island Mayor Says State Won’t Meet 2050 Deadline To Wipe Out Cesspools Cody Yamaguchi/Civil Beat/2024

Big Island Mayor Says State Won’t Meet 2050 Deadline To Wipe Out Cesspools

The state mandate to get rid of the reef-killing sewage systems is unrealistic, according to Mayor Kimo Alameda. But important steps can be taken now.

Tsunami Prediction Has Gotten Much Better. Hawaiʻi Just Needs More Data John Hill/Civil Beat/2025

Tsunami Prediction Has Gotten Much Better. Hawaiʻi Just Needs More Data

Specialized buoys can monitor waves on the seafloor. But there are few sea-level stations between Asia and Hawaiʻi to test the accuracy of the forecast.