Creating a way for tourists and casual oceangoers to flag diseased coral is underway as white syndrome threatens reefs around Hawaiʻi.

The Honolulu Police Commission has been long-criticized and often targeted for significant reform. Several proposals are in the works for voters to consider next election.

Solving the problem is seen as an important step in helping recruit and retain much-needed workers on the Garden Island. Initiatives could be models for the rest of the state.

Mālama Kauaʻi, which runs its own food hub, is embracing the challenge of making farming as accessible and streamlined as possible on a newly leased plot near Kapaʻa. But it won’t be easy.

Covid-19 closures inspired a huge improvement in public access with livestreaming, video archiving and remote testimony.

Honolulu is considering how to promote deconstruction and re-use of the materials from buildings that are being torn down, an idea that has already caught on in other cities.

Experts say regulating contractor donations along with publicly financed elections could go a long way to taming corruption.

An innovative recycling plant also hopes to provide a process to turn invasive weeds and grasses into something more useful.

California communities offer some practical solutions to the serious challenges facing Maui in the years ahead.

The severely degraded island has undergone two decades of restoration work after years of overgrazing, bombing and burning. That endeavor could help guide efforts to control runoff and replant thousands of scorched acres.