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Community Comes To Rescue Of Nursery Hit By Flash Floods Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Community Comes To Rescue Of Nursery Hit By Flash Floods

A canoe club donated $10,000, and even jail inmates are helping Aloha Aina Kamilo Nui dig out after the April 13 storm.

Community Outcry Saves A Banyan Tree Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

Community Outcry Saves A Banyan Tree

Residents and others rejoiced after their protests changed the plan of a condo association and the city to cut down the massive tree.

Rocky The Monk Seal Births Another Pup — Back On Kauai Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

Rocky The Monk Seal Births Another Pup — Back On Kauai

She caused a sensation last year when she gave birth to a pup named Kaimana on a crowded Waikiki beach.

Feds Will Spend $345 Million To Prevent A Devastating Waikiki Flood Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Feds Will Spend $345 Million To Prevent A Devastating Waikiki Flood

Every year there’s a small chance a flood will engulf Waikiki, destroying buildings and throwing Hawaii’s tourist mecca into mayhem.

Hawaii Governor’s Race: Clear Differences On Energy Policy Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2017

Hawaii Governor’s Race: Clear Differences On Energy Policy

Among the biggest splits between the two Democratic contenders is whether natural gas should be part of the state’s energy future.

Is Wireless Phone Giant Using Hawaii To Greenwash Its Image? Verizon Communications

Is Wireless Phone Giant Using Hawaii To Greenwash Its Image?

An environmental group says a national ad by Verizon Communications misleads viewers about the company’s policies.

Hawaii Governor Starts The Clock On Sunscreen Ban Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Hawaii Governor Starts The Clock On Sunscreen Ban

David Ige signs a bill that prohibits the sale of sunscreen containing oxybenzone and octinoxate in the islands, beginning in 2021.

Why A Hawaii Senator Wants To Stop A Coal-Fired Plant In Kenya Flickr: UniversityBlogSpot

Why A Hawaii Senator Wants To Stop A Coal-Fired Plant In Kenya

Brian Schatz teamed up with fellow senators to fill a gap left by President Trump’s refusal to address climate change.

3 More Monk Seals Die From Disease Linked To Feral Cats Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

3 More Monk Seals Die From Disease Linked To Feral Cats

Scientists urge the public to stop feeding free-roaming cats, which are the only animals that can transmit the parasitic disease.

Mesmerizing New Videos Of Hawaii Volcano Eruption

Mesmerizing New Videos Of Hawaii Volcano Eruption

Civil Beat videographer Anthony Quintano just sent back these recent views of the Kilauea hot lava flows.