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Flashing Crosswalk Broken For Months On A Busy Road Ben Angarone/Civil Beat/2026

Flashing Crosswalk Broken For Months On A Busy Road

Pedestrians need to be extra careful in this popular Mōʻiliʻili crosswalk. City says an upgrade is in the works.

Foreign Oil Floods Into the Islands — But Venezuelan Crude Is Too Tainted Submitted: Par Hawaii

Foreign Oil Floods Into the Islands — But Venezuelan Crude Is Too Tainted

Over the past decade, crude from countries, such as Libya, Russia and Argentina have helped keep the lights on in the Aloha State.

Hawaiʻi Road Deaths Hit 18-Year Peak Last Year. Most Other States Dropped Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Hawaiʻi Road Deaths Hit 18-Year Peak Last Year. Most Other States Dropped

Hawaiʻi was one of just six U.S. states where the rate of road deaths in 2025 rose compared to 2024.

Makana Eyre: A Man Of Unyielding Curiosity, Gavan Daws Lived Life Of Words

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.

Hawaiʻi ICE Arrests And Detentions In 2025  Spiked From Year Before (Brittany Lyte/Civil Beat/2025)

Hawaiʻi ICE Arrests And Detentions In 2025 Spiked From Year Before

Updated tallies are not yet complete but already eclipse those in 2024. Data show immigration arrests are increasingly likely to take place at ICE offices and at the state’s civil court houses.

Word Flower: Jan. 5

Word Flower: Jan. 5

Lots and lots of words in this flower. Have a blast!

Oʻahu Needs Sidewalks. Should The County Be Required To Build Them? Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Oʻahu Needs Sidewalks. Should The County Be Required To Build Them?

Two Honolulu charter amendment proposals this year aim to enshrine sidewalk construction as a core local government responsibility.

By Resisting Feds’ Demand For Personal SNAP Data, Hawaiʻi Could Face Cuts Courtesy: Larry Geller/2021

By Resisting Feds’ Demand For Personal SNAP Data, Hawaiʻi Could Face Cuts

Hawaiʻi is one of 22 states that have called the USDA’s demand for food stamp recipients’ information unprecedented and unlawful.

Help Pick The Winner Of Civil Beat’s 2025 Neighborhood Haiku Contest

Help Pick The Winner Of Civil Beat’s 2025 Neighborhood Haiku Contest

We’re still collecting votes to determine the winner of this year’s Neighborhood Haiku competition, but one thing is certain: Civil Beat readers are wild about where they live.

Hōʻike Ākea Ke Kiaʻāina I Kāna Kōmike Aʻoaʻo No Nā Hoʻoholo ʻĀina Pūʻalikoa Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Hōʻike Ākea Ke Kiaʻāina I Kāna Kōmike Aʻoaʻo No Nā Hoʻoholo ʻĀina Pūʻalikoa

Wehewehe ka Luna Hoʻomalu OHA Kai Kahele i ka papaha o ko ke aupuni pekelala ʻauʻa ʻana i ka ʻāina ma lalo o ka mana kāʻili aupuni ma ke ʻano he “kiʻina hoʻohana nui ʻia a nā kolonaio i kiʻi ai no nā hanauna he nui.”