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Despite Risks, Volcano Offers Affordable Piece Of Paradise
PAHOA, Hawaii Island (AP) — The slopes of Kilauea offer a lush rural setting and affordable land that contrasts sharply with Hawaii’s more expensive real estate, but living on one of the world’s most...
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Letters: We Knew The Risk Of Living In A Lava Zone
Volcanic Eruption If we lose our home, we’ll contemplate our next adventure (May 7, 2018) Regarding the lava flow in Leilani Estates (“Kilauea: 35 Homes Burned So Far And ‘No Idea When We Can Get...
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Big Island: Everyone’s Talking About Pele The Fire Goddess
PUNA, Hawaii Island – Iwa, Sandy and Katrina are all feminine names of memorable disasters, but collectively they didn’t pack the power of Hawaii’s goddess of fire. These days it’s hard to talk to...
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Adding To This Patient’s Pain — A $350 Bill For Paperwork
Saul Ramos, debilitated by Alzheimer’s, could no longer work as a mason. Money was getting tight and he and his family were counting on him qualifying for Social Security disability benefits. So when a...
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Hawaii Gets An ‘F’ For Its Transparency On State Government Spending
A measure that would have required the state to publish the formulas used to calculate the financial impact of proposed bills died in the Legislature in the recently adjourned session. That probably...
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More Big Island Residents Ordered To Evacuate As New Lava Flows Open
PAHOA, Hawaii — Here’s the latest on lava pouring out from fissures caused by Kilauea volcano on the Big Island : 2:30 p.m. Hawaii County officials sent out an emergency alert ordering all remaining...
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Hawaii Just Found A New Way To Fight Climate Change
How much is a tree worth to the environment? It might seem like an abstract, even whimsical question. But it’s one that Hawaii policymakers soon will try answer, thanks to two bills passed by the...
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Why This Church Breaks The Law Every Sunday
Tucked away on an 8-acre parcel of agriculturally zoned land in Waimanalo, South Shore Christian Fellowship meets in an old ranch on Sunday mornings to host church services. Last Sunday, nearly 100...
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Chad Blair: Naked And Afraid In Hawaii
Not everybody is comfortable taking their clothes off in public. But they shouldn’t have to die doing so. That’s what I think every time I visit remote Kehena Beach in the Puna district of the Big...
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Letters: Aid In Dying In Big Sky Country
Aid In Dying Montana is not immune (May 7, 2018) Only six states and the District of Columbia have laws to provide immunity to all involved including predatory corporations and others. (“Pod Squad:...
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Should The Mayor Choose Honolulu’s Police Chief?
Voters may get a chance to decide how Honolulu selects its police chief. Now, the power to hire and fire a police chief rests with the Honolulu Police Commission, a seven-member board appointed by the...
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How Hawaii Schools Are Building Bridges To Micronesian Students
Editors Note: This is the first of two stories examining efforts to narrow the achievement gap among the growing numbers of Micronesian students in Hawaii. Last spring, Jonathan Loomis couldn’t shake...
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In Puna, We May Be Poor But We At Least Deserve Paved Roads
Tutu Pele has been teaching us all about impermanence, and reminding us how this amazing island we live on was created. Like everyone reading this, I am praying no lives are lost and that we come...
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Federal Geologists: Hawaii Volcano Could Have Explosive Eruption
PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — Geologists say the Big Island’s Kilauea volcano could erupt explosively and send boulders, rocks and ash into the air around its summit caldera in coming weeks. The U.S. Geological...
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Ige Calls For Federal Disaster Declaration On Big Island
Gov. David Ige has asked President Donald Trump to declare a disaster declaration on the Big Island, which continues to grapple with ongoing quakes and lava flow from the Kilauea volcano. He’s also...
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An Arkansas School District Goes All-In Welcoming Marshallese Students
Editor’s Note: This is the second of two stories examining various efforts to narrow the achievement gap among the growing numbers of Micronesian students in Arkansas and Hawaii. SPRINGDALE, Arkansas...
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More Victims Of The Kauai Flood — Tourist Vacation Rentals
The mid-April deluge that damaged hundreds of homes and halted tourism on the farthest reaches of Kauai’s North Shore has revived a red-hot debate over whether vacation rentals should be allowed to...
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Neal Milner: Stop Talking About The Homeless As If They’re Not Like Us
I want to show how property laws harm the way we deal with the homeless, to their detriment as well as ours. The best way to do this is by telling a story about Crazy Bird and the raccoons. I’ll do...
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This Marshallese Tutor Is A ‘Connection To Home’ For Students
SPRINGDALE, Arkansas — The kid in the red sweatshirt runs up to Chris Timos as he steps through the front door of Elmdale Elementary School. The student, Joshua, has been waiting all morning to tell...
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How I Escaped The Vicious Cycle Of Homelessness
I’ve been houseless between camping out and shelters over eight years now. I see houselessness as a vicious cycle of a lack of stable shelter, unemployment, substance abuse and mental illness. It’s a...
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