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Letters: Let The Press Be Our Eyes And Ears
Media Access In Emergencies The HTA’s very misleading advisory (May 11, 2018) In the recent editorial “Officials Need To Back Off When It Comes To Media Access To Hazardous Scenes,” I read the official...
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Will There Be Enough Workers For Hawaii’s Hot Economy?
When Whole Foods opened its 72,000-square foot, two-story food emporium in Kakaako last week, it brought its typical array of organic apples, artisanal cheeses and and quinoa sold in bulk. There are...
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Rail Leaders Look To Curb Runaway Costs With New Partners
Honolulu rail officials, beset by several years of budget woes, could soon take a different approach to build the final, trickiest 4 miles and eight stations — one that’s backed by private financing....
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Kauai: Peace, Quiet And A Revived Sense of Community
HAENA, Kauai — At the northwest tip of Kauai, where the highway leads to Kee beach — otherwise known as the end of the road — locals have introduced a new name for Hanalei, the closest actual town....
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Beth Fukumoto Takes Her Hunt For Campaign Cash To DC
WASHINGTON — Hawaii congressional candidate Beth Fukumoto, a state representative who gained fame when she switched parties last year, has spent the past several days in Washington, D.C., in an effort...
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The Time They Bombed Mauna Loa And Other Lava-Stopping Schemes
Volcanic eruptions have threatened to destroy Big Island communities since long before the keeping of written records. Written and oral histories tell of Kilauea and Mauna Loa eruptions wiping out...
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Letters: Live Lava Cam ‘Fascinating But Scary’
Volcanic Activity In Lower Puna “Real time coverage” (May 14, 2018) Just wanted you to know that I have been watching your live feed of the eruption since you started covering it! Thanks for being the...
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Taxing Investment Properties To Help Teachers Is A Bad Idea
Nearly everyone agrees that teachers and schools need better salaries and funding. Teachers who are trusted with our most valuable asset should be among our best paid. The big question is how to...
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Asian-Americans Turn Angst For Trump Into Political Activism
Members of the country’s fastest growing minority group are running for federal office, dozens of them as Democratic candidates deliberately playing up their Asian roots against a president they say...
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As Lava Destroys Big Island Homes, Owners Ask: Am I Covered
HONOLULU (AP) — Patricia Deter moved from Oregon to Hawaii to be closer to her two daughters, but the Kilauea volcano burned down her home only a month after she bought it. Now Deter and others who...
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Ex-Death Row Inmate Wants To Be Tried By A Judge In Hawaii Case
HONOLULU (AP) — A former death row inmate from Delaware now facing sex trafficking charges in Hawaii wants a trial before a judge and not a jury. Isaiah McCoy made the request Tuesday after the judge...
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Campaign Corner: Iwamoto Will Change The Office Of LG
I have known Kim Coco Iwamoto for decades. We met years before she entered the realm of politics with her election to the state school board. We were on an appointed committee to address school...
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Big Island: The Volcano Is Wiping Out Property Values And County Coffers
From mounting property losses and government expenses to reduced tourism dollars, Hawaii’s latest natural disaster is sending financial shockwaves throughout the Big Island. The price tag – and the...
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Lawsuit: Managers Took Bribes At Low-Income Rentals
A recent lawsuit filed by several rental housing companies accuses a local property management company of accepting money in exchange for quicker placement and other mismanagement at...
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New Plan Looks To Spare City From Cuts to Pay For Rail
Honolulu City Council leaders have hashed out a plan to cover the city’s $44 million share of rail costs next year, with a budget maneuver they say will spare Oahu from millions of dollars in service...
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Letters: DOE’s Kishimoto Is Not ‘Highly Effective’
Kishimoto And Title IX How could Civil Beat miss this issue? (May 14, 2018) Your article on the positive evaluation of DOE Superintendent Christina Kishimoto (“School Board: Schools ‘Heading In The...
View ArticleWhat It’s Like Spending Three Days Watching A Volcano
For the last three days, Civil Beat video chief Anthony Quintano was holed up in a hillside house livestreaming the fiery lava flows and massive steam clouds erupting out of the newest fissures on the...
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Hirono Evokes Floods And Volcanoes In Effort To Restore Net Neutrality
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono cited Madame Pele and the recent 50-inch deluge on the North Shore of Kauai as the Senate Wednesday passed a measure intended to restore Obama-era net neutrality...
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Earthquakes Batter Roads As More Ash Spews From Kilauea
HONOLULU — Earthquakes were damaging roads and buildings on Hawaii’s Big Island on Wednesday as ash emissions streamed from Kilauea volcano. The strongest shaking was recorded around 8:30 a.m.,...
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Don’t Let The Mayor Pick Honolulu’s Top Cop
All this week Honolulu Hale is illuminated in blue in observance of Police Week. The national tradition dates to a proclamation signed by President John F. Kennedy in 1962 to honor law enforcement...
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