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‘What’s That Smell?’ Mysterious Stench Stumps Nānākuli Residents Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

‘What’s That Smell?’ Mysterious Stench Stumps Nānākuli Residents

A West Side community has been plagued for several months by a deathly stink, but no one knows where it’s coming from.

Fix It! What’s A Playground Without A Slide? Ben Angarone/Civil Beat/2025

Fix It! What’s A Playground Without A Slide?

A Honolulu park slide was removed and its entrance boarded up earlier this year. It’s still unclear when it’ll be replaced.

Fixed It! Elevator, Broken For Many Months,  Rises Again Jeremy Hay/Civil Beat/2025

Fixed It! Elevator, Broken For Many Months, Rises Again

Medical building patients who had to climb the stairs express relief

Fix It! This Kāneʻohe Road Is Overdue For Repair Matthew Leonard/Civil Beat/2025

Fix It! This Kāneʻohe Road Is Overdue For Repair

Kea’ahala Road connects Kāneʻohe town to major state facilities, but it’s been 20 years since it was properly repaved, and sidewalks are impassable for many.

Fix It! Streetlight Keeps Losing A Fight Against An Unruly Tree Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Fix It! Streetlight Keeps Losing A Fight Against An Unruly Tree

Residents of the Hawaiian homestead in Kapolei worry the overgrown foliage could be a bigger hazard soon.

Fix It! Big Island Building’s Solar Panel System Is On The Blink — Again Kevin Dayton/Civil Beat 2025

Fix It! Big Island Building’s Solar Panel System Is On The Blink — Again

It costs taxpayers $4,000 every month that system isn’t producing electricity.

Fixed It! This Popular Waikīkī Promenade Is Finally Open Again Ben Angarone/Civil Beat/2025

Fixed It! This Popular Waikīkī Promenade Is Finally Open Again

Civil Beat followed up on three previously broken pieces of infrastructure we’ve written about. Here’s what we found.

Fix It! Roosters Love The Waikīkī High Life But Neighbors Don’t Love Them Provided: Marina Kamahele/2025

Fix It! Roosters Love The Waikīkī High Life But Neighbors Don’t Love Them

Responsibility for managing feral chickens on Oʻahu varies from property to property.

Fix It! Kapālama Hale Parking Has Lots Of Signs But Little Direction Matthew Leonard/Civil Beat/2025

Fix It! Kapālama Hale Parking Has Lots Of Signs But Little Direction

Repaving heavily used parking lots is a logistical challenge, the city says, but scheduled maintenance has been moved up following inquiries by Civil Beat.