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Kirstin Downey: How Digital Experts Managed To Save Some Of The History Of Lahaina Historic Lahaina Photos - Ingalls Collection/Lahaina Restoration Foundation

Kirstin Downey: How Digital Experts Managed To Save Some Of The History Of Lahaina

The digitized records will provide a window into Lahaina鈥檚 past at a time the town鈥檚 future remains in question.

Neal Milner: Too Many Problems In Hawaii Seem Lost In Space NASA

Neal Milner: Too Many Problems In Hawaii Seem Lost In Space

Lingering issues are the poison pen of Hawaii politics. They are what people think about when they say that Hawaii government doesn鈥檛 work.

Denby Fawcett: Good Luck Trying To Find A Working Water Fountain In Honolulu Parks Denby Fawcett/Civil Beat/2024

Denby Fawcett: Good Luck Trying To Find A Working Water Fountain In Honolulu Parks

Free drinking water must be more accessible to reduce the use of plastic bottles and make sure all residents can stay adequately hydrated.

Danny De Gracia: Climate Change Means We Have To Think About Future Hurricanes Differently聽 Jessica Terrell/Civil Beat

Danny De Gracia: Climate Change Means We Have To Think About Future Hurricanes Differently聽

Oahu has been fortunate to avoid the worst of storms but the effects of a warming planet will require a more proactive approach to disaster preparedness.

Beth Fukumoto: Hawaii Should Consider Mandatory Voting To Boost Abysmal Turnout Marco Garcia/Civil Beat/2024

Beth Fukumoto: Hawaii Should Consider Mandatory Voting To Boost Abysmal Turnout

In the meantime, we should strengthen our communities and let those around us know we are voting.

Naka Nathaniel: We Need To Foster A Culture Of Belonging In A Land Of Inequality Cory Lum / Civil Beat

Naka Nathaniel: We Need To Foster A Culture Of Belonging In A Land Of Inequality

Hawaii has tools that can help bridge the wide gap between the haves and have-nots. Let’s use them.

Denby Fawcett: Homelessness Is Everybody’s Problem, So We All Need to Help David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

Denby Fawcett: Homelessness Is Everybody’s Problem, So We All Need to Help

Honolulu appears headed for a new round of sweeps but the mayor says he鈥檒l have places for the homeless to go.

Danny De Gracia: Won Your Primary? Take Responsibility For Fixing Hawaii Kalany Omengkar/Civil Beat/2024

Danny De Gracia: Won Your Primary? Take Responsibility For Fixing Hawaii

We have no shortage of rubber-stampers and wait-and-seers. What we need are people willing to do the hard work of reform and be accountable.

Lee Cataluna: Maui鈥檚 Identity Crisis Is On Display At Kahului Airport Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024

Lee Cataluna: Maui鈥檚 Identity Crisis Is On Display At Kahului Airport

Why glorify rich celebrities who gobble up the Valley Island鈥檚 real estate?

Kirstin Downey: How An 18th-Century Teenager’s Sketches Preserved Hawaiian History Kirstin Downey/Civil Beat/2024

Kirstin Downey: How An 18th-Century Teenager’s Sketches Preserved Hawaiian History

A Bishop Museum exhibit features images of artifacts taken from the islands by the Captain Cook expedition.