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The History And Challenge Of Searching For A UH President PF Bentley/Civil Beat/2014

The History And Challenge Of Searching For A UH President

Will the 16th leader help it become an engine of economic growth, or fall short of greatness?

Capturing The Hawaii Shaka: A Photographic Journey Tim Wright/2023

Capturing The Hawaii Shaka: A Photographic Journey

From mayors to sports heroes, from movie stars to average folk, a Big Island photographer revisits his files.

Hawaii Has Much To Celebrate This Pride Month, But Also Much Still To Do Change23.org

Hawaii Has Much To Celebrate This Pride Month, But Also Much Still To Do

History offers powerful lessons, but unless known, they can hardly be heeded.

Celebrate ‘Herbivore Action’ On World Oceans Day Pauline Fiene

Celebrate ‘Herbivore Action’ On World Oceans Day

They are a critical part of the coral ecosystem and are as essential to Hawaii’s reefs as pollinators are to forests.

Transition To Renewables Not To Blame For Recent Power Grid Challenges City and County of Honolulu/2017

Transition To Renewables Not To Blame For Recent Power Grid Challenges

Hawaii’s rolling blackouts were due to unexpected outages of oil-fired generating plants at a time when others were offline.

Honolulu Building Code Bill Puts Developer Profits Ahead Of Public Safety File Photo

Honolulu Building Code Bill Puts Developer Profits Ahead Of Public Safety

The Honolulu City Council appears to be ready and willing to ignore tsunami safety and emergency procedures.

FestPAC: Protecting Oceania And Charting Future Voyages Screenshot/2024

FestPAC: Protecting Oceania And Charting Future Voyages

It’s the first time the Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture, which starts Thursday, will be held in Hawaii.

Rep. Gene Ward: We Need A Special Session To Solve Our Homeowners Insurance Crisis Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Rep. Gene Ward: We Need A Special Session To Solve Our Homeowners Insurance Crisis

Emergency meetings are happening in condos across the state, though our local government does not feel the same level of urgency.

Take TheBus To The Airport But Don’t Bring Your Luggage Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

Take TheBus To The Airport But Don’t Bring Your Luggage

Other cities have figured out how to take travelers, and their luggage, on public buses to the airport.

It’s Time To Diversify Hawaii’s Inbound Tourism Market Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

It’s Time To Diversify Hawaii’s Inbound Tourism Market

This requires shifting the focus from Japan to other countries in the region that have relatively stronger economies.