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Hawaii’s Hot Housing Market Is Squeezing Out Renters Getty Images/iStockphoto

Hawaii’s Hot Housing Market Is Squeezing Out Renters

The number of renters who are looking for a new place to live could rise when the eviction moratorium is lifted in August.

Scientists Are Running Out Of Time To Save This Critically Endangered Kauai Bird Courtesy: Kauai Forest Birds Recovery Project

Scientists Are Running Out Of Time To Save This Critically Endangered Kauai Bird

The new data suggests the population of akikiki — a honeycreeper bird found only on Kauai —  may be declining faster than previously thought. 

$9 For A Loaf Of Bread? Here’s Why It’s So Expensive To Eat At Home These Days

$9 For A Loaf Of Bread? Here’s Why It’s So Expensive To Eat At Home These Days

Bottlenecks throughout supply chains combined with rising demand are pushing up the cost of groceries.

Hawaii Marks World Oceans Day With 9 New Laws To Protect Sharks And Marine Life Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Hawaii Marks World Oceans Day With 9 New Laws To Protect Sharks And Marine Life

The measures cover a range of issues focused on ocean conservation, resource management, regulation and enforcement.

DOH Survey: Hawaii Vaccine Attitudes Vary By Age, Ethnicity, Income Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

DOH Survey: Hawaii Vaccine Attitudes Vary By Age, Ethnicity, Income

The most vaccine-hesitant tended to be among a younger segment of the population, among other indicators.

Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Locked Down Over Security Threat Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Locked Down Over Security Threat

UPDATED: Officials said it was due to a suspected bomb threat that proved to be a false alarm. The gates reopened after about three hours.

Hawaii’s Rental Car Crisis Is Sending More Riders To Biki And TheBus Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Hawaii’s Rental Car Crisis Is Sending More Riders To Biki And TheBus

But Biki still faces steep hurdles recovering from the pandemic, including a spike in vandalized and damaged bikes.

Ige Outlines Plan To Ease COVID-19 Restrictions For Restaurants, Gatherings Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Ige Outlines Plan To Ease COVID-19 Restrictions For Restaurants, Gatherings

More rules will be lifted on the condition that more of Hawaii’s population gets vaccinated.

Hawaii’s Eviction Moratorium To End In August Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Hawaii’s Eviction Moratorium To End In August

Gov. David Ige said he plans to extend the moratorium for another 60 days but no longer.

Broken Promise? Native Hawaiians’ Ongoing Feud With Bank of America Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Broken Promise? Native Hawaiians’ Ongoing Feud With Bank of America

The bank promised to lend $150 million to Native Hawaiians to help them buy homes on lands that had been set aside for them after the overthrow.