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Letters: Look Closer At Why Homes Are Built In Lava’s Path
Imperiled In Puna The state and county are inconsistent in what they allow (May 22, 2018) Life in the Punaverse had been pretty good until this rift eruption (“Letters: Life In The ‘Punaverse’”)....
View ArticleWe’re Now Taking Comments On The Latest Civil Beat Poll
For the last few days we’ve been sharing the results of our latest Civil Beat Poll: • Colleen Hanabusa over David Ige by 6 points in the governor’s race with Clayton Hee a distant third. • The Kauai...
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Volcanic Ash Coats Desks, Floors Of These Big Island Schools
(AP) — Aina Akamu gave final exams to his students as they sat on bleachers or the floor of the basketball court in the gym in his small town on Hawaii’s Big Island. He moved his class to the community...
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State Board Again Rejects Plan To Demolish Kahala Swimming Cove
The state Board of Land and Natural Resources has again denied a permit to allow the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art to dismantle a breakwater in front of its Kahala oceanfront museum Shangri La....
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Ige Takes Shots At Trump To Fire Up Audience At Democratric Convention
KONA, Hawaii Island — In the opinion of Hawaii Gov. David Ige, the United States is at a crossroads and it’s all Donald Trump’s fault. Calling the president’s policies “hateful and hurtful,” the...
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Tom Yamachika: Even If You Can’t See Or Touch It, State Wants To Tax It
This week we look at House Bill 2416, a bill that applies Hawaii use tax to intangible property. The use tax is a tax designed to protect our local businesses. As a consumer, you often have a choice...
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Lava Flow Enters Geothermal Plant Property
(AP) — Lava from the Kilauea volcano covered at least one well Sunday at a geothermal power plant on the Big Island, according to a Hawaii County Civil Defense report. The well was successfully...
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Hawaii’s Future Is At Stake, Hanabusa Tells State Democratic Convention
KONA, Hawaii Island — U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa said people often ask her these days why she is running for governor. After all, she said, a lot of people are telling her she’s doing a pretty good job...
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Taro Shortage Expected After Rains Swamp Kauai Farms
(AP) — Farmers on Kauai say Hawaii should brace for a shortage of its taro crop, a staple of the traditional Hawaiian diet, after record-breaking rains flooded their fields. The deluge hit the north...
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On Campus: A Culture of Collaboration
Kamalani Academy founder Kuuipo Laumatia had no previous background in public education when she decided she wanted to start her own school. All she knew was that she wanted a school that would engage...
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Some Residents Ordered To Flee Fast-Moving Lava
(AP) — Hawaii County officials are knocking on doors on several streets in the Leilani Estates subdivision alerting residents to flee fast-moving lava from Kilauea volcano. Evacuation orders were...
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Don’t Tell Anyone Who Works That They Need To Get A Real Job
I took a year off from higher education between high school and college because I didn’t know what I wanted to study and I was tired of going to school. Perhaps for the aforementioned reasons, when I...
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How The World Is Celebrating Hawaii This Year
The cultural treasures of ancient Hawaii were scattered to the four winds during the six decades after the Europeans and Americans first arrived in the islands. Hundreds of sacred items of enormous...
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Letters: Not Buying Hawaii’s Most Popular Politician
The Congresswoman And ‘The Limelight’ She’s actually a grandstander (May 24, 2018) I fail to understand why Civil Beat would choose to quote the polled Mililani resident who said that Tulsi Gabbard...
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Denby Fawcett: Politically Correct Terms for Race Are Racist Themselves
I have been wondering ever since Hawaii Island Mayor Harry Kim was criticized for calling an African-American emergency official “colored” if the mayor would have gotten a pass if he instead had...
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This Unique Maui School Encourages ‘Wild Ideas’ Through The Arts
KAHULUI, Maui — Word spread fast about Pomaikai Elementary School’s unusual curriculum. Pomaikai, with support from local and national arts organizations, opened in 2007 as Hawaii’s first arts...
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FBI Offers $20K Reward For Info About Missing Hawaii Kai Man
The FBI has offered a reward of up to $20,000 Tuesday for information leading to the whereabouts of Jonathan Fraser, a 23-year-old Honolulu resident who was last seen in July 2016 at his Hawaii Kai...
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Lava Crosses Highway 132, Destroys 400 Utility Poles
(AP) — Lava has crossed a key highway in the mostly rural district of the Big Island where Kilauea volcano is erupting. Highway 132 connects the commercial center of Pahoa with smaller towns and farms...
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Winner Of Governor’s Race Will Have Stronger Hand In Rail Project
As the state takes more control over rail, whoever wins the Hawaii governor’s race this year could play a larger role overseeing the beleaguered Honolulu transit project than any prior occupant of...
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Health Beat: Hawaii Can Do More To Save Opioid Overdose Victims
“Can I have a prescription for Narcan?” asked Judith Jordan, one of my long-time patients. She’s in her late 70s and wanted to comply with Surgeon General Jerome Adam’s recommendation last month that...
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