Special Report

Slideshows

April 2022

Thursday, April 7

SLIDESHOW: Honolulu Rail Is Still Off Track 11 Years After Groundbreaking

December 2021

Monday, December 27

SLIDESHOW: 2021 — The Year In Photographs

March 2021

Wednesday, March 10

The 10-Year Anniversary Of The Great East Japan Earthquake And Tsunami

February 2020

Friday, February 7

SLIDESHOW: The Beat Must Go On

January 2020

Thursday, January 30

SLIDESHOW: Emotions Run High At Memorial Service For Slain HPD Officer

December 2019

Tuesday, December 31

SLIDESHOW: 2019 — The Year In Photographs

November 2019

Tuesday, November 26

SLIDESHOW: Inside Hawaii’s Prisons And Jails

July 2019

Monday, July 29

SLIDESHOW: The Routines Of Life At Mauna Kea Base Camp

Monday, July 15

SLIDESHOW: Hawaii’s Newest US Citizens

Friday, July 5

SLIDESHOW: Oahu’s Slice Of Rodeo Life

April 2019

Tuesday, April 23

SLIDESHOW: Connecting Children And The Sea

Tuesday, April 2

SLIDESHOW: Restoring An Ancient Fishpond in Kaneohe Bay

March 2019

Tuesday, March 12

SLIDESHOW: Battling High Winds, Falling Rocks To Fix Pali Highway

Wednesday, March 6

SLIDESHOW: Growing Food, Fixing Bikes — This Is Kalihi’s Cornerstone

February 2019

Monday, February 11

SLIDESHOW: They’re Covering America With Giant Postcards

January 2019

Tuesday, January 22

SLIDESHOW: Canoes Are The Classrooms For Youth Paddling Team

December 2018

Thursday, December 20

SLIDESHOW: Hooves For The Holidays

Wednesday, December 12

SLIDESHOW: You Have To Get Up Early To Catch This Ahi Ritual

November 2018

Saturday, November 10

SLIDESHOW: 160,000 Pounds Of Marine Trash From Papahanaumokuakea

August 2018

Friday, August 24

SLIDESHOW: Lane’s Slow Approach To Islands

Saturday, August 11

SLIDESHOW: Primary Election Scenes

Wednesday, August 1

SLIDESHOW: The Long Road Home

May 2018

Saturday, May 19

SLIDESHOW: Hawaii Bids A Final Aloha To Sen. Daniel Akaka

Thursday, May 10

SLIDESHOW: Life in the The Big Island’s Lava Zone

March 2018

Friday, March 2

Slideshow: Rusting Road Show In Paradise

August 2017

Wednesday, August 30

Comic Con — Three Days Of Escapism In Honolulu

June 2017

Saturday, June 17

SLIDESHOW: End Of An Odyssey For Hokulea

May 2017

Thursday, May 25

Waikiki Beaches Contract While Ala Wai Canal Rises

Friday, May 19

What Goes On Inside A Craft Brewery

February 2017

Monday, February 13

The Projector: Protesters Wear What They Want Banned In ‘Trashion Show’

January 2017

Wednesday, January 18

The Projector: The Hawaii Legislature Is Back In Business

December 2016

Friday, December 30

The Projector: Images Of 2016

Friday, December 23

The Projector: If It’s Christmas, It Must Be The Obamas

Friday, December 9

The Projector: Five Days At Standing Rock

Wednesday, December 7

The Projector: Pearl Harbor, 75 Years Later

Thursday, December 1

The Projector: Rain Can’t Stop A Search For The Perfect Tree

November 2016

Wednesday, November 9

The Projector: General Election — The Day The Earth Stood Still

September 2016

Friday, September 16

The Projector: Close Encounters With Molten Lava

Friday, September 9

The Projector: Bringing Kaneohe Bay Coral Back From the Brink

Thursday, September 1

The Projector: Hawaii Welcomes World Conservation Congress

August 2016

Thursday, August 18

The Projector: Aloha, Congressman Mark Takai

Sunday, August 14

The Projector: Night Of Drama After Day Of Voter Apathy

Friday, August 12

The Projector: Maui’s Final Year Of Cane Burning

Friday, August 5

The Projector: Assault On Pyramid Rock Beach

July 2016

Wednesday, July 20

Scenes From Mark Takai’s All-Too-Short Congressional Career

Friday, July 15

The Projector: Stepping Back In Time Amid Native Birds, Plants

Friday, July 1

The Projector: Showing Off Hale Mauliola, A New Type Of Shelter

June 2016

Friday, June 24

The Projector: Taking Their Shots At Koko Head

Friday, June 10

The Projector: A Hawaii-Flavored Week In The Nation’s Capital

May 2016

Friday, May 27

The Projector: Despite Rail Turmoil, Just Another Day On The Job

Friday, May 20

The Projector: Honoring 46 Fallen Honolulu Police Officers

April 2016

Friday, April 29

The Projector: Crunch Time At The Legislature

Friday, April 22

The Projector: From Politics To Rail, Public Officials Make The Scenes

Friday, April 15

The Projector: A Week Of Heavy Legislative Lifting, And A Little Levity

March 2016

Friday, March 25

The Projector: Politics And Police

February 2016

Friday, February 26

The Projector: Mayor Takes A Stroll In Beleaguered Chinatown

January 2016

Friday, January 29

The Projector: Session Starts With Ambitious Plans And The Loss Of A Senator

Friday, January 15

The Projector: Paradise Can Be Perilous

December 2015

Thursday, December 31

The Projector: Images of 2015 — The New Governor, The TMT Fight And The Nomadic Homeless

Thursday, December 24

The Projector: Holidays In Hawaii — Shopping, Budgeting And Presidential Golf

Friday, December 18

The Projector: The Fish Auction Is A Morning Ritual At Pier 38

Friday, December 11

The Projector: Elite Surfers Ride Banzai Pipeline’s Monster Waves

November 2015

Friday, November 27

The Projector: Beautiful Survivors

Friday, November 13

The Projector: A Grand-Nephew’s Love For Auntie Dorothy

October 2015

Friday, October 16

The Projector: The Micronesians

Friday, October 2

The Projector: The Sun, the Fun and the Danger Along the Ka Iwi Coast

September 2015

Friday, September 25

The Projector: The Sublime and the Swept

Friday, September 11

The Projector: City Dispatches Some Homeless People While Improving Emergency Dispatching

Friday, September 4

The Projector: Escalating the War on Homelessness, Celebrating the End of Another Kind of War

August 2015

Friday, August 28

The Projector: Bike, Energy and TMT Events Unfold, But a Sewage Spill Overshadows All

Friday, August 21

The Projector: Hawaii Talks About Falun Gong, Homelessness and Immigration

Friday, August 14

The Projector: Living on Borrowed Time Under the Nimitz Highway

Friday, August 7

The Projector: Guillermo Kicks Up the Surf; TMT Protesters Seek Astronomers’ Attention

July 2015

Friday, July 31

The Projector: New Team Targets Homelessness; New Classrooms at Schofield Barracks School

Friday, July 24

The Projector: Hula, Hookele, Hemp and a Dash of Ethics

Friday, July 17

The Projector: From Maunalua to Ala Moana to Mauna Kea, People Are Talking

Friday, July 10

The Projector: Oahu Visited by High Surf and High-Ranking Federal Officials

June 2015

Thursday, June 25

The Projector: ‘Mutual Respect and Aloha’ on the Mountain, But No Meeting of the Minds

Friday, June 19

The Projector: A Week of Celebrations and Protests

Friday, June 12

The Projector: There Are Many Kinds of Warriors in Hawaii

Friday, June 5

The Projector: It Was a Big Week at Local Schools

May 2015

Friday, May 29

The Projector: Honors for the Fallen, Greetings for a Carrier Crew

Friday, May 22

The Projector: The Big Day Arrives for 1,700-Plus Graduates at UH Manoa

April 2015

Thursday, April 30

The Projector: Near Session’s End, Rallies and Dealmaking at the Capitol

Friday, April 24

The Projector: Senators, Reps Rub Elbows During Conference Committee

Friday, April 10

The Projector: Voyage Recalled, Rail Debated, New DLNR Pick and the Mountaintop Scene

Friday, April 3

The Projector: History and Hope Mark the Week in Honolulu

March 2015

Friday, March 27

The Projector: Civil Beat Checks Out a Gun Show as the Legislature Continues

Friday, March 20

The Projector: Parade Celebrates Luck of Irish; Ching Nomination Runs Out of Luck

Thursday, March 12

The Projector: Fireworks at the Festival and at the Carleton Ching Nomination Hearing

Friday, March 6

The Projector: A Tough Week for Supporters of Rail and Pesticide Buffer Zones

February 2015

Friday, February 27

The Projector: Civil Beat Goes to Washington

Friday, February 20

The Projector: Legislative Hearings, Street Scenes and Goodbye to Mele

Friday, February 13

The Projector: No Shortage of Testimony for Hawaii’s State Lawmakers

Friday, February 6

The Projector: Lowering the Boom on a Jet Fuel Spill, Picketing at Kaiser Permanente

January 2015

Friday, January 30

The Projector: Gubernatorial Delivery, Mayoral Grilling and Judicial Update

Friday, January 23

The Projector: Celebrations, Protests Open a Session of Challenges

Friday, January 16

The Projector: Strange Scenes at the Capitol, and the Legislature Hasn’t Even Convened Yet

Friday, January 9

The Projector: Money Talk at Capitol, Head of State and Headless Snowman

December 2014

Wednesday, December 31

The Projector: New Year’s Mochi and Presidential Chip Shots

Tuesday, December 23

The Projector: Season Greeted by Rain, Crowded Malls and ‘The Nutcracker’

Friday, December 19

The Projector: Stormy Weather for Tourists, Police Chief and Rail Project

Friday, December 12

The Projector: Ben Jay Resignation, Pearl Harbor, Vog and Holiday Decor

Friday, December 5

The Projector: A Week of New Deals at the Capitol, at HECO and Along the Rail Route

November 2014

Thursday, November 27

The Projector: Pre-holiday Food Bank, UH Football and Where Rail Meets Highway

Friday, November 21

The Projector: Duke Aiona Changes Diapers, UH Protesters and the Case Against PRP

September 2014

Friday, September 26

The Projector: Candidates and Cannabis Make Good Pictures

Friday, September 19

The Projector — Photos of Boys of Summer, Honolulu Cycling and Political Scrutiny

August 2014

Friday, August 29

The Projector: The Governor’s Race and HECO’s Renewable Power Play

Friday, August 22

The Projector: The Week in Pictures — Aug. 16 – 22

Sunday, August 17

The Projector: Photos of Polls, Poles and Punatics

Monday, August 11

The Projector: Pictures From Hawaii’s Dramatic Primary Election Day

Saturday, August 9

The Projector: Pictures From Hawaii — in the Path of Two Hurricanes

Sunday, August 3

The Projector: The Week in Pictures — July 28 – Aug. 3

July 2014

Sunday, July 27

The Projector: The Week in Pictures — July 21-27

Sunday, July 20

The Projector: The Faces of Molokai’s GMO Economy — July 14-20

Sunday, July 13

The Projector: The Week in Pictures — July 7 – 13

June 2014

Sunday, June 29

The Projector: The Week in Pictures — June 23 – 29

Sunday, June 22

The Projector: The Politics of Homelessness — June 16 – 22

Sunday, June 15

The Projector: Homeless in Waikiki — June 9 – 15

Sunday, June 8

The Projector: The Week in Pictures — June 2 – 8

Sunday, June 1

The Projector: The Week in Pictures — May 26 – June 1

May 2014

Saturday, May 24

The Projector: The Week in Pictures — May 19 – 25

Friday, May 16

The Projector: The Week in Pictures — May 12-18

Saturday, May 10

The Projector: The Week in Pictures — May 5-11

Sunday, May 4

The Projector: The Week in Pictures — April 28-May 4

April 2014

Sunday, April 27

The Projector: The Week in Pictures in Hawaii — April 21-27

Sunday, April 20

The Projector: Hawaii’s Week in Pictures

SLIDESHOW: Honolulu Rail Is Still Off Track 11 Years After Groundbreaking Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2018

SLIDESHOW: Honolulu Rail Is Still Off Track 11 Years After Groundbreaking

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The original plan called for 20 miles of rail and 21 stations with trains traveling from East Kapolei to Ala Moana Center, but it's falling short.
SLIDESHOW: 2021 — The Year In Photographs Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

SLIDESHOW: 2021 — The Year In Photographs

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When vaccine rates and new Covid-19 variants weren't making headlines, it was the Red Hill contaminated water crisis and a historic deluge. But onward Hawaii moved.
The 10-Year Anniversary Of The Great East Japan Earthquake And Tsunami Mark Edward Harris/Civil Beat

The 10-Year Anniversary Of The Great East Japan Earthquake And Tsunami

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Award-winning photographer Mark Edward Harris offers a look back at the tragedy and road to recovery.
SLIDESHOW: The Beat Must Go On Ronen Zilberman/Civil Beat/2020

SLIDESHOW: The Beat Must Go On

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Since its founding in 1994 by the husband and wife duo Kenny and Chizuko Endo, the Taiko Center of the Pacific has been fostering the art of taiko drumming and a vibrant community of students and performers. These drums take a lot of beatings, which means every two to three years they must take the drums apart and give them a complete rehaul, making repairs and refreshing the cowhide skins. For the New Year, students and their families came together this month to get the job done.
SLIDESHOW: Emotions Run High At Memorial Service For Slain HPD Officer Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

SLIDESHOW: Emotions Run High At Memorial Service For Slain HPD Officer

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Tiffany Enriquez, shot to death on Jan. 19 while responding to a call in the Diamond Head area, was honored by law enforcement, family and friends Thursday.
SLIDESHOW: 2019 — The Year In Photographs Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

SLIDESHOW: 2019 — The Year In Photographs

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The fall of Honolulu's law enforcement power couple. A resurgence of Hawaiian activism. The fading star power of Tulsi Gabbard. And the islands' unstable future in the face of a changing climate.
SLIDESHOW: Inside Hawaii’s Prisons And Jails Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

SLIDESHOW: Inside Hawaii’s Prisons And Jails

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Civil Beat reporter Yoohyun Jung and photographer Cory Lum visited six state correctional facilities last week. No surprise, the facilities are overcrowded and seriously in need of repair.
SLIDESHOW: The Routines Of Life At Mauna Kea Base Camp Ronit Fahl/Civil Beat/2019

SLIDESHOW: The Routines Of Life At Mauna Kea Base Camp

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Daily classes, medical care and a food tent: Thirty Meter Telescope opponents of all ages settle in for what could be a long standoff.
SLIDESHOW: Hawaii’s Newest US Citizens Cory Lum/Civil Beat

SLIDESHOW: Hawaii’s Newest US Citizens

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Sixty-eight local immigrants from 15 countries are sworn in as U.S. citizens during a naturalization ceremony aboard the USS Missouri.