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Defunct Big Island Tree-Burning Plant Seeks $1 Billion In Damages From Hawaiian Electric Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Defunct Big Island Tree-Burning Plant Seeks $1 Billion In Damages From Hawaiian Electric

Lawyers for Hu Honua say in federal court papers that the utility has engaged in illegal anticompetitive behavior.

In Rainy Hilo, Big Island Police Chief Ben Moszkowicz Is Seeing Sunshine Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

In Rainy Hilo, Big Island Police Chief Ben Moszkowicz Is Seeing Sunshine

In his first year on the job, the chief has worked to improve transparency, staffing shortages and other issues.

Hawaiian Home Lands Seeks $6M To Test For Geothermal Power Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

Hawaiian Home Lands Seeks $6M To Test For Geothermal Power

Research identifies DHHL lands in three areas of the Big island that show promise for development for geothermal power production.

Hawaii Advances Plans To Distribute $149 Million For Broadband Access State of Hawaii/2021

Hawaii Advances Plans To Distribute $149 Million For Broadband Access

The public is invited to weigh in on which areas lack high-speed service. Those areas will be the top priority for funding.

Most Hawaii Wildfires Are Started By People, But Arson Cases Are Rarely Solved Thomas Heaton/Civil Beat/2023

Most Hawaii Wildfires Are Started By People, But Arson Cases Are Rarely Solved

There are too few investigators and insufficient resources to find out who was to blame in most fires.

Army Engineers Push Forward With WWII Bomb Survey On Big Island Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Army Engineers Push Forward With WWII Bomb Survey On Big Island

The bullets and bombs were left on the range there 80 years ago, but the U.S. military is still cleaning up the mess.

2nd Man Is Exonerated In The Dana Ireland Murder Case Kevin Dayton/Civil Beat/2023

2nd Man Is Exonerated In The Dana Ireland Murder Case

Judge Peter Kubota cited new DNA evidence in clearing Ian and Shawn Schweitzer of the shocking 1991 murder.

This State Employee Is Scouring The Earth For Solutions To Combat Hawaii’s Invasive Species Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

This State Employee Is Scouring The Earth For Solutions To Combat Hawaii’s Invasive Species

Government needs to speed up its approval process and invest in research infrastructure to defeat a list of environmentally and economically threatening pests, experts say.

Hawaii County Police Kill Man Who Fired At Them, Chief Says Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Hawaii County Police Kill Man Who Fired At Them, Chief Says

Police Chief Ben Moszcowicz said he expects bodycam footage of the incident to be released on Monday.

Removal Of Mauna Kea Telescope Has Begun Screenshot: California Institute of Technology

Removal Of Mauna Kea Telescope Has Begun

The important astronomical instrument has been in decline for years.