Updated: Since he took office, Gov. Josh Green has pushed for a green fee to offset tourism's impact on climate and the environment in general. So far, Legislature has balked.

Researchers say more monitoring and input from local fishers is needed to help the marine mammals. Hawaiʻi is the only place where theyʻre endangered.

Lesley Macpherson, herself a longtime Hawaiian monk seal volunteer, remains on the job. Other seal advocates are calling for her removal.

The crowd-sourced map, which hasn't been made public yet, is bound to rankle many locals who regularly feed and care for free-roaming cats.

Inside the race to save the tree supporting Hawaii's flora, fauna and culture.

The power company plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in the next few years on wildfire prevention. Some lawmakers question why that didn't happen before Lahaina.

Whale researchers praised the shipping giant's strides to improve its record, which followed a Civil Beat investigation. Competitor Pasha remains among the worst offenders.

Without the dead end on Kuhua Street and the private lot dividing Aki Street, everyone there likely would have gotten out safely, Maui county planners say.

Investigators are using Civil Beat photos of a gate on Kuhua Street to prepare the third installment of their Lahaina analysis for the state attorney general.

The area's popular cave will stay closed, however, because fecal matter was found there as part of the testing and cleanup.