Honolulu

Oʻahu’s Wahiawā Dam At ‘Imminent Threat’ Of Failure Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Oʻahu’s Wahiawā Dam At ‘Imminent Threat’ Of Failure

The dam is more than 100 years old and does not meet current safety standards.

Honolulu’s Mayor Has Ideas To Improve Everyday Life On The Island Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Honolulu’s Mayor Has Ideas To Improve Everyday Life On The Island

Mayor Rick Blangiardi pledged Wednesday night to make city services work faster for Oʻahu’s residents.

City Warns Wahiawā Dam Could Fail, Cause ‘Catastrophic Flooding’

City Warns Wahiawā Dam Could Fail, Cause ‘Catastrophic Flooding’

Waialua and Haleʻiwa residents are making decisions about whether to evacuate their homes. 

Storm Batters Hawaiʻi Causing Floods, Prolonged Outages And Toppled Trees Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Storm Batters Hawaiʻi Causing Floods, Prolonged Outages And Toppled Trees

HECO outages rankled Oʻahu Friday, with outages possibly extending into Saturday for East Honolulu and Hawaiʻi Kai. Flash flood warnings were issued elsewhere.

Here’s Where Honolulu Wants To Cut Funding For Open Jobs Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Here’s Where Honolulu Wants To Cut Funding For Open Jobs

With 1 in 5 city jobs unfilled, some departments would lose millions of dollars while others would lose nothing.

Audit: Sylvia Luke’s Campaign Missed Thousands In Donations Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Audit: Sylvia Luke’s Campaign Missed Thousands In Donations

Donations tied to Tobi Solidum weren’t included in the audit’s findings.

Does Japan Hold The Answer To Fixing Honolulu’s Rail System? Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Does Japan Hold The Answer To Fixing Honolulu’s Rail System?

Gov. Josh Green is negotiating an agreement with a Japanese rail conglomerate to work on transit-oriented development along the Skyline.

Kūpuna Wait On Fix For Broken Elevator At Liliha Apartments Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Kūpuna Wait On Fix For Broken Elevator At Liliha Apartments

Flooding damaged elevators in the 16-story building. Repair of the main passenger elevator will take months.

‘Tough Times’: Honolulu Mayor Wants To Cut  $50 Million For Vacant Jobs Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

‘Tough Times’: Honolulu Mayor Wants To Cut $50 Million For Vacant Jobs

After years of budget increases as the city emerged from the pandemic, this year the mayor proposed a lower budget than last year’s.

Kidney Nonprofit Charged Taxpayers ‘Outrageous’ Prices For Covid Tests Caldwell Facebook/2020

Kidney Nonprofit Charged Taxpayers ‘Outrageous’ Prices For Covid Tests

Following Civil Beat’s reporting, the nonprofit is enlisting outside help to review its books.