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Hawaii Wildfire-Fighting Force Eyes Eightfold Increase In Funding Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

Hawaii Wildfire-Fighting Force Eyes Eightfold Increase In Funding

Purchasing new firefighting vehicles and drastically reducing fuel for fires reduction would be priorities.

John Hill: Hawaii Should Come Clean About Its Actions In A Notorious Child Abuse Case Hawaii News Now/2021

John Hill: Hawaii Should Come Clean About Its Actions In A Notorious Child Abuse Case

Almost nothing is known about the actions of the public officials who handed over Ariel Sellers to the Waimanalo couple accused of killing her.

Hawaii’s New Chief Housing Officer Is Resigning David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

Hawaii’s New Chief Housing Officer Is Resigning

Nani Medeiros’ move comes amid extended personal attacks in person and on social media.

Hawaii Said This Big Island Dad Abused His Son — Then Three Years Later Changed Its Mind Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Hawaii Said This Big Island Dad Abused His Son — Then Three Years Later Changed Its Mind

In the meantime, Carlos Valdez lost custody of his son in a case that sheds light on the state’s procedure for deciding whether to label parents as abusers.

Trial Of Couple Accused Of Killing Waimanalo Girl Is Postponed HPD

Trial Of Couple Accused Of Killing Waimanalo Girl Is Postponed

Isabella Kalua’s adoptive parents are scheduled to stand trial early next year.

Senior Managers At Hawaii State Hospital Fired In Major Shake-Up Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2014

Senior Managers At Hawaii State Hospital Fired In Major Shake-Up

The facility has been spending $2 million to $3 million per quarter on overtime since the pandemic.

A Hawaii Mother Haunted By The Brutal Killing Of One Child Tries To Hold Onto Another David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

A Hawaii Mother Haunted By The Brutal Killing Of One Child Tries To Hold Onto Another

The mother of a Waimanalo girl allegedly murdered by the couple who adopted her says she is sober and working to prevent the state from putting her newborn son into the same system.

Maui Emergency Chief Defends Decision Not To Activate Warning Sirens

Maui Emergency Chief Defends Decision Not To Activate Warning Sirens

The Maui Emergency Management Agency didn’t see the sirens as a viable tool to warn Lahaina’s people about the incoming blaze.

State Failed To Heed Warnings Of Waimanalo Girl’s Abuse, Lawsuit Alleges Honolulu Police Department

State Failed To Heed Warnings Of Waimanalo Girl’s Abuse, Lawsuit Alleges

The lawsuit by the estate of Isabella Kalua says the state advocated her adoption by her foster parents despite multiple reports of suspicious injuries by doctors and others.

Can An Emergency Proclamation Solve Hawaii’s Housing Crisis? ‘That’s The Million Dollar Question’ David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

Can An Emergency Proclamation Solve Hawaii’s Housing Crisis? ‘That’s The Million Dollar Question’

Most agree Gov. Josh Green’s emergency proclamation on housing was bold; whether it will achieve its intended goal is far from clear.