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Retired Law Professor Turns Into Full-Time Environmental Activist On The North Shore Stewart Yerton/Civil Beat/2024

Retired Law Professor Turns Into Full-Time Environmental Activist On The North Shore

Denise Antolini has always been an environmentalist, but now she’s tackling the area’s challenges full-time.

Hawaii Island’s Population Drop Signals An Ominous Economic Trend April Estrellon/Civil Beat/2024

Hawaii Island’s Population Drop Signals An Ominous Economic Trend

A natural decrease in population portends fewer younger working people supporting older residents.

Civil Beat Will Be In Kaneohe On Wednesday Alana Eagle/Civil Beat

Civil Beat Will Be In Kaneohe On Wednesday

Join us for another pop-up newsroom on the Windward side.

Losing North Kohala’s Irrigation System Was ‘Catastrophic.’ Will It Ever Be Fixed? Courtesy: Kohala Ditch Co-Op/2006

Losing North Kohala’s Irrigation System Was ‘Catastrophic.’ Will It Ever Be Fixed?

The Kohala Ditch was built in the early 1900s to water sugarcane fields, then it fed ranches and small farmers’ operations. But it has languished since breaking in 2021.

Civil Beat’s Next Pop-Up Newsroom Is In Pearl City Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Civil Beat’s Next Pop-Up Newsroom Is In Pearl City

Talk story with the team at the Pearl City Public Library.

New State Law Could Bring Peace To Graveyard Plagued By Vandals And ‘Spirits’ David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

New State Law Could Bring Peace To Graveyard Plagued By Vandals And ‘Spirits’

A legislative proposal would allow nonprofit groups to take over abandoned cemeteries, including Pearl City’s infamous 100-year-old Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery.

Head To North Kohala Public Library For The Next Civil Beat Pop-Up Newsroom April Estrellon/Civil Beat/2023)

Head To North Kohala Public Library For The Next Civil Beat Pop-Up Newsroom

Meet Civil Beat staff on Thursday when we again take our newsroom on the road.

Civil Beat’s Next Pop-Up Newsroom Will Be On The Big Island

Civil Beat’s Next Pop-Up Newsroom Will Be On The Big Island

Drop by the Kealakekua Public Library on Monday and talk story with Civil Beat team members.