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Pod Squad: Ravi Shankar Talks Peace And Happiness In Honolulu
Pod Squad host Chad Blair and producer April Estrellon sat down with Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, who was in Honolulu last week for a talk on finding tranquility in turbulent times. “Don’t equate...
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Honolulu Officials Promise Feds They’re On Board With Rail Money
WASHINGTON — Top city officials, including Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell, visited the nation’s capital Monday to reassure the Federal Transit Administration they’re committed to completing the 20-mile...
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What Honolulu Rail Officials Know They Don’t Know
The mayor and the Honolulu City Council are haggling over a $44 million funding gap for rail, while pretending the latest construction cost estimate of $8.165 billion is chiseled in granite. In truth,...
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Letters: Protect The Hilo Doctor From Death Threats
Death Threats For Hilo Doctor Government must step in to protect freedom (April 13, 2018) Thank you, Jason Armstrong and Civil Beat, for keeping us aware (“Big Island: Gun-Surrender Laws Don’t Reassure...
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Hawaii Lawmakers May Expand Definition Of Drugged Driving
Some Hawaii lawmakers want to ensure that driving under the influence of marijuana remains illegal while also expanding the definition of drugged driving. House Bill 2399 was introduced at the behest...
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Denby Fawcett: Bowling Alley Supporters Fight For ‘Soul Of Kailua’
It could only happen in the era of social media. A group of five millennials, all childhood friends from Kailua, all 2009 Punahou graduates, texted back and forth on their cellphones a few nights...
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Sen. Donna Kim Leads Crowded Congressional Field In Fundraising
WASHINGTON — State Sen. Donna Mercado Kim continues to lead her opponents when it comes to raising campaign cash in the race for Hawaii’s 1st Congressional District, which covers urban Oahu. According...
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Kauai: The Path To Recovery In Hanalei Will Be A Long One
Editors Note: Columnist Allan Parachini is a volunteer Community Emergency Response Team member on Kauai. This column is partly based on the accounts of his colleagues who were in Hanalei and other...
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DLNR: Yes We Do Provide Adequate Hiking Trail Information
While we appreciate and respect Paul Arinaga’s opinions and insights about hiking in Hawaii, as outlined in the April 11 Community Voice feature in Civil Beat (“How To Make Hiking In Hawaii Safer”),...
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Firsthand Accounts Of Kauai North Shore Flooding Devastation
HANALEI, Kauai — Early Monday, residents of Kauai’s flood-ravaged North Shore organized an effort to transport flood victims from Haena and Hanalei Bay since the roads were closed due to landslides. I...
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Governor Selects Replacement For Vacant Hawaii House Spot
(AP) — Hawaii Gov. David Ige on Tuesday appointed Troy Hashimoto to fill a state House seat vacated by former Speaker Joe Souki, who resigned last month after acknowledging he sexually harassed women....
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Former First Lady Barbara Bush Dies At Age 92
HOUSTON (AP) — Barbara Bush, the snowy-haired first lady whose plainspoken manner and utter lack of pretense made her more popular at times than her husband, President George H.W. Bush, died Tuesday,...
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Letters: Why Weren’t People Warned About Massive Rainstorm?
The Historic Floods Why were there no evacuation orders? (April 17, 2018) The thought that initially ran through my mind was, “Why didn’t the folks of the Hanalei area know this much rain was on the...
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Kauai: Record Storm Drives Tourists Out But Hanalei Residents Dig In
HANALEI, Kauai — One thing will stick with me most about the aftermath of the record weekend storm that devastated Hanalei and much of the rest of Kauai’s North Shore all the way to Haena. The first is...
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Are Hawaii Schools Doing Enough To Address Bullying?
A 2-year-old civil rights lawsuit against the Hawaii Department of Education is inching closer to trial this summer on behalf of two Native Hawaiian children who allege they were repeatedly harassed at...
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Tourism Industry Needs Better Planning, Not Budget Cuts
Watching the evolution of Hawaii tourism over time has been like watching a kid grow up. We’ve had our growth spurts. We’ve skinned our knees a few times. We’ve even had some awkward phases. It seems...
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The Disconnect Between Trump And Christian Values
Fueled by a force apparently stronger than corporate greed, evangelical Christians have, in many cases, refused to abandon their support for Donald Trump even in the face of behavior which is directly...
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Lawmakers Really Need To Prohibit Fundraising During Session
Hawaii must end its shameless pay-to-play practice of allowing people running for elective office to hold campaign fundraisers during legislative session. This is the very same time at which many of...
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Reality Sets In For Kauai’s Flooded-Out Residents
On Monday, Courtney McLaughlin found her beat-up bedside table high in the boughs of a hau bush. She located her childhood photographs, tattered and wet, on the Anahola bridge in a pile of muck. But...
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Whose Side Is This Workers’ Comp Doctor On?
Editor’s Note: This is Part 4 of an ongoing series, “Waiting In Pain,” about Hawaii’s workers’ compensation system. Chris Brigham presents himself as an advocate for people who have been injured on the...
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