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Kauai Tightens Restrictions To Slow Spike In COVID-19 Cases Brittany Lyte/Civil Beat/2020

Kauai Tightens Restrictions To Slow Spike In COVID-19 Cases

Health authorities say the island has moved from largely isolated clusters to “sustained community transmission.”

Civil Beat/HNN Poll: Voters Split Over Recreational Marijuana Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat/2018

Civil Beat/HNN Poll: Voters Split Over Recreational Marijuana

The Hawaii Legislature chose not to advance a bill this year to make pot legal, even as more states progress in the opposite direction.

A Maui Farmer’s Dream: Where Food, Not Fences, Separates The Homes Brittany Lyte/Civil Beat/2021

A Maui Farmer’s Dream: Where Food, Not Fences, Separates The Homes

Facing a shortage of affordable agricultural land, a Maui farmer is forging unique partnerships with high-end homeowners to grow food in their yards.

Civil Beat/HNN Poll: Majority Of Oahu Voters Oppose Rail Project Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Civil Beat/HNN Poll: Majority Of Oahu Voters Oppose Rail Project

But 44% say it should go all the way to Ala Moana Center instead of shortening the 20-mile route.

Guilty Plea: Former Maui Cop Offered To Sabotage Case In Exchange For Sexual Relationship

Guilty Plea: Former Maui Cop Offered To Sabotage Case In Exchange For Sexual Relationship

The former officer could go to prison for offering to perjure himself in exchange for sex, the DOJ said.

Big Island Planning Commissioner Gets Three Months To Improve Behavior Screenshot

Big Island Planning Commissioner Gets Three Months To Improve Behavior

The Hawaii County mayor had asked the County Council to remove Leeward Planning Commissioner Mark Van Pernis, saying he was too combative and rude.

Hawaii To Launch School-Based COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Hawaii To Launch School-Based COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics

The clinics, which are seen as a key step toward fully reopening campuses, will begin Thursday at Waipahu High School.

Hirono Dishes On Rail, Anti-Asian Hate And Vaccine-Hesitant Trumpers Screenshot

Hirono Dishes On Rail, Anti-Asian Hate And Vaccine-Hesitant Trumpers

Hawaii U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono says Honolulu shouldn’t expect more money from the federal government to bail out its $12 billion transportation project.

Civil Beat/HNN Poll: Hawaii Voters Really, Really Like Lt. Gov. Josh Green Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Civil Beat/HNN Poll: Hawaii Voters Really, Really Like Lt. Gov. Josh Green

But Gov. David Ige gets low marks as does Speaker Scott Saiki, the Legislature and former Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell.