Pacific Tuna Fleets Pushed To Lift Ban In Waters They Barely Fished
The vessels hardly spent any time right outside a marine protected area before its expansion, but fishing leaders and managers say times have changed.
View ArticleThe Housing Numbers Keep Talking. We Must Listen
To house Hawai‘i’s future, we must be ready to reform, invest and build, a new essay argues.
View ArticleControversial CEO Of Domestic Violence Action Center Steps Down
Laurie Tochiki, a Hawaiʻi family law attorney and former executive director of EPIC ʻOhana, will serve as interim CEO.
View ArticlePlans To Improve Lahaina Evacuation Routes Are Slowly Inching Forward
Nearly three dozen people died trying to escape the Kuhua Camp neighborhood, where the county is now working to extend and widen roadways.
View ArticleMaui Fires Settlement: Kamehameha Schools Poised To Pay $872 Million
A state court will decide soon whether to allow one of Hawaiʻi's oldest and largest charitable trusts to settle claims related to the fires that destroyed Lahaina.
View ArticleBurden For Preventing Drownings In Hawaiʻi Falls On Counties — And Residents
Ocean safety efforts are left up to individual counties, leading to big disparities in drowning prevention across the islands. The state does little to help them.
View ArticleBig Island Chief Forced Out After Trying To Withdraw Resignation
UPDATED: Hawaiʻi County police commissioners said the chief had lost trust with the community after prematurely submitting his resignation and expressing interest in the Honolulu interim chief job.
View ArticleNative Hawaiian Man Faces Longer Sentence For Hate Crime Against White Man
Kaulana Alo-Kaonohi was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in 2023 for attacking a white man who tried to move into a remote Maui community in 2014.
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