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Sandwich Isles Cut Services To Hawaiian Homelands Despite Orders Not To David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

Sandwich Isles Cut Services To Hawaiian Homelands Despite Orders Not To

Updated: State regulators are set to decide Monday what penalties, if any, the company should face.

Kalaupapa Tours Remain Shut Down 4 Years After Pandemic Closure Brittany Lyte/Civil Beat/2023

Kalaupapa Tours Remain Shut Down 4 Years After Pandemic Closure

One would-be tour provider said the National Park Service has revoked the application process for companies that want to reinstate tours of the isolated peninsula on Molokai.

Man Arrested On Molokai After Army Base Lockdown Was A Soldier Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

Man Arrested On Molokai After Army Base Lockdown Was A Soldier

How the suspect managed to fly from Oahu to Molokai remains unclear.

Molokai Family Sues Over Police Killing Of Man With A Machete Ludwig Laab/Civil Beat/2021

Molokai Family Sues Over Police Killing Of Man With A Machete

The lawsuit says body cam footage shows Nathaniel Naki was not acting in a threatening manner when he was shot to death.

Electric Seagliders Could Come To Hawaii As Soon As 2026 Courtesy of Regent

Electric Seagliders Could Come To Hawaii As Soon As 2026

But Mokulele Airlines’ new parent company says interisland travelers will start to see improvements in service much sooner than that.

Troubling Trajectory Of Hawaii Newspapers Has ‘Deep Implications’ For Democracy Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Troubling Trajectory Of Hawaii Newspapers Has ‘Deep Implications’ For Democracy

Ongoing cutbacks at local publications mean there are fewer watchdogs for the public’s interest.

Biden Officials Had To Charter A Plane So They Wouldn’t Get Stuck On Molokai Marina Riker/Civil Beat/2023

Biden Officials Had To Charter A Plane So They Wouldn’t Get Stuck On Molokai

The group didn’t trust Mokulele Airlines’ scheduled flights, underscoring the difficulties island residents have accessing health care and other services.

Giving Birth Is An Expensive And Lonely Trip For Some Rural Hawaii Women Courtesy: Getty Images/iStockphoto/2023

Giving Birth Is An Expensive And Lonely Trip For Some Rural Hawaii Women

Lanai and Molokai residents often must fly to Honolulu weeks before their baby’s due date to be close to an urban medical center when they go into labor.

Mokulele Airlines To Suspend Hilo-Kahului Service, Boost Flights to Molokai, Lanai Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2022

Mokulele Airlines To Suspend Hilo-Kahului Service, Boost Flights to Molokai, Lanai

The airline has come under pressure to offer more reliable service to Molokai and Lanai.