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Hawaii Land Board Grants Permit To Build Thirty Meter Telescope Courtesy TMT International Observatory

Hawaii Land Board Grants Permit To Build Thirty Meter Telescope

UPDATED: Plans for the $1.4 billion telescope have caused bitter divisions, with some Native Hawaiians saying it will desecrate Mauna Kea.

Hawaiian Charter School Concerns Dominate OHA Meeting Suevon Lee

Hawaiian Charter School Concerns Dominate OHA Meeting

The Board of Trustees solicits more input regarding a recent decision about who will administer money to the schools.

Native Hawaiian Schools: Fight Erupts Over Money Management Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2017

Native Hawaiian Schools: Fight Erupts Over Money Management

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs awarded the administration of a $1.5 million grant for Hawaiian-focused charter schools to a new organization this year.

Reader Rep: Dig Deeper Into Peter Apo’s Misdeeds

Reader Rep: Dig Deeper Into Peter Apo’s Misdeeds

Civil Beat also owes its readers more transparency about why the OHA trustee is no longer a columnist at the news organization.

Hawaiian Heiress Hires Doctors To Help Reclaim Her $215M Fortune Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Hawaiian Heiress Hires Doctors To Help Reclaim Her $215M Fortune

Abigail Kawananakoa, 91, says she’s mentally fit to manage her own finances even though she suffered a stroke in June.

Native Hawaiians Want Control Of Troubled Telcom Service Courtesy of Robin Danner

Native Hawaiians Want Control Of Troubled Telcom Service

The coalition worries that service could falter as Sandwich Isles Communications tries to recover from former owner’s fraud case.

Brittany Lyte: These Kauai Schools Opt For Farm-To-Table Lunches Courtesy of Malama Kauai

Brittany Lyte: These Kauai Schools Opt For Farm-To-Table Lunches

Poi and lau-lau, not burgers, are the focus of healthier menus at two charter schools taking part in a $170,000 pilot program.

Royal Hawaiian Heiress Asks Judge To Silence Her Former Attorney Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Royal Hawaiian Heiress Asks Judge To Silence Her Former Attorney

The fight over Abigail Kawananakoa’s $215 million fortune continues to intensify.

Is Hawaii’s Royal Princess Mentally Fit? Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2015

Is Hawaii’s Royal Princess Mentally Fit?

With her $200 million fortune at stake, her former attorney wants an independent investigation into Abigail Kawananakoa’s mental state.

How A Princess’s Embattled Fortune Could Become A Massive Native Hawaiian Charity Cory Lum/Civil Beat

How A Princess’s Embattled Fortune Could Become A Massive Native Hawaiian Charity

Four other trusts, derived from the wealth of Native Hawaiian royalty, support a wide range of philanthropies and hold vast business interests.