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What’s In A Name? Scientists Are Tying Hawaiian Islands Back To Their Roots Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024

What’s In A Name? Scientists Are Tying Hawaiian Islands Back To Their Roots

A movement is taking hold to restore the original Hawaiian names of places and species.

Native Hawaiian Contractor Chris Dawson Has Died While Under Investigation Hawaiian Native Corp. photo

Native Hawaiian Contractor Chris Dawson Has Died While Under Investigation

Christopher Dawson, the founder of the Dawson family of companies, died by suicide as he faced potential criminal charges for alleged financial crimes.

Selection Of Kamehameha Schools Trustees Is Under Scrutiny Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Selection Of Kamehameha Schools Trustees Is Under Scrutiny

While new transparency measures are proposed, some groups want more input.

Who Should Be Trusted To Manage Remains Of Hawaiian Royals? Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Who Should Be Trusted To Manage Remains Of Hawaiian Royals?

Proposals are floating for either the Office of Hawaiian Affairs or a private entity to take over at the Royal Mausoleum.

Department Of Hawaiian Home Lands Looks At New Lots To Reduce Waitlist Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Department Of Hawaiian Home Lands Looks At New Lots To Reduce Waitlist

The new strategy is to buy land that can more easily accommodate homes without the extra expense of installing infrastructure from scratch.

Broadband Coming To More Hawaiian Homes Via Surge In Federal Funding Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Broadband Coming To More Hawaiian Homes Via Surge In Federal Funding

Much of the latest tranche of $72 million will be used to provide or upgrade high-speed service in rural areas of Oahu, Big Island, Maui, Kauai and Molokai.

OHA Election Results: Incumbents Returning To Office Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

OHA Election Results: Incumbents Returning To Office

Island trustees for Molokai, Lanai and Kauai are gaining reelection.

Rural Hawaiian Homelands Residents Should Be Online By 2025 DHHL

Rural Hawaiian Homelands Residents Should Be Online By 2025

Most Hawaiian homesteaders have switched from Sandwich Isles to either Spectrum or Hawaiian Telcom.

OHA Wants Out From Under Hawaii’s Sunshine Law Cory Lum/Civil Beat

OHA Wants Out From Under Hawaii’s Sunshine Law

On Wednesday, the Board of Trustees also plans to discuss proposals on OHA’s salary commission and burials.

Ancestral Remains Conflict Means Trouble For Hawaii Cesspool Owners Google Earth/2024

Ancestral Remains Conflict Means Trouble For Hawaii Cesspool Owners

A stop work order has been placed on a septic installation project in Hanalei while the State Historic Preservation Division investigates the finding of iwi kupuna on the property.