Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020
Trump Administration Sends Threatening Letter To Hawaiʻi Elections Chief
The U.S. Justice Department is telling elections officials nationwide they could be criminally liable if they make it possible for non-citizens to vote.
Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024
Shark Attack On Teen Inspires The Start Of A National Alert System
There are between 60 and 80 known unprovoked bites worldwide each year.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023
Makana Eyre: No Ka Pau ʻOle ʻAna O Ka ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi I Kahi Kānāwai Pāpā ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi O Ka Makahiki 1896
Ua ulu a nui loa ka makemake e aʻo i ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, ʻaʻole naʻe lawa nā kumu no nā kula kaiapuni.
Ronen Zilberman/Civil Beat/2020
Part Of A Frantic Charge To Feed People During Covid, He’s Now Charged With Fraud
Former city employee, who helped steer federal funds to the hungry, is accused of deceiving the food bank into spending money that wasn’t there.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2026
Scientists Fear El Niño May Be Big, Bad And Costly With Heat, Floods, Droughts, Fires
The U.S. East and Gulf coasts may get a break, but Hawai‘i and other islands are more in danger, climate scientists say.
Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026
Where, Oh Where, Have The Bikis Gone? Oʻahu Is Missing 800 Bikes
Only 478 bikes remained as of the end of April, down from a peak of roughly 1,300 bikes soon after its start.
AP
Will Doctors Trade 5 Years In Rural Hawaiʻi For Free Med School?
Ambitious financial aid program aims to reduce the doctor shortage in remote and underserved parts of the state.
Hawaiʻi State Archives via AP
Amid Cesar Chavez Fallout, A Hawaiʻi Labor Leader’s Legacy Is Revisited
Pablo Manlapit, who organized plantation workers for equal pay and an eight-hour workday, died in relative obscurity. Lawyers in Hawaiʻi hope to overturn his conspiracy conviction and elevate his place in history.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2026
Honolulu Officials Accept Raises Without Hearing Public Opposition
Members of the public had little opportunity to comment on the raises, which are paid for with their tax dollars.
2026 Legislature: Feral Chickens; Insurance Crisis?; Taxes + More
What were Hawaiʻi legislators up to this year?