Tam, a prolific introducer of bills and longtime political insider, is being challenged by city worker Corey Morihara in his ...

Perry Allen left Maui with little more than the clothes on his back, desperate to get to the Honolulu hospital where his wife had been airlifted after running through fire to flee their Lahaina ...

Tiare Couto, who grew up on the North Shore, died after falling on a muddy trail following a party that neighbors say has grown in popularity over the years. A young woman’s death at an illegal New ...

Tracking Corruption And Government Accountability Civil Beat opinion writers are closely following efforts to bring more transparency and accountability to state and local government — at the ...

Bella was sitting in her fifth grade classroom at Waikoloa Elementary and Middle School five days before Christmas in 2019 when the principal told her that her father was there to pick her up. Bella ...

A proposed hydro project — the first of its kind in the world — could supply up to a quarter of the island’s power by diverting 4 billion gallons a year from the Waimea River. Wesley Yadao, 71, farms ...

Join us in-person at the Grand Naniloa Hotel Hilo – a DoubleTree by Hilton on Monday, June 29, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. for Honolulu Civil Beat’s 2026 Election Forum featuring House District 5 ...

Graded gravel lots line the shore along Lahaina’s historic Front Street more than 20 months after wildfires razed most of the town and killed 102 people. The mesmerizing blue of the ocean, lapping ...

The lawsuit argues that Kapalua’s water shortages are not simply the result of less rainfall in the area, but rather Maui Land & Pineapple’s failure to maintain its water system. A Japanese ...

First come the killings. Then, inevitably, the comments. Whenever feral or free-roaming cats are deemed the culprits in a high-profile killing of Hawaiʻi’s native wildlife, such as the recent mass ...

Under Trump plans, the state could be a hub for ship building, logistics, ocean energy, marine research, artificial intelligence and advanced manufacturing. Civil Beat has been named the best overall ...