Courtesy: Angel Flight West/2023
These Volunteer Pilots Are Helping Rural Hawaii Residents Get Much-Needed Medical Help
The free service can’t solve rural health care access issues. But organizers say it can help more people than it does currently.
Ben Angarone/Civil Beat/2023
A Rough-And-Tumble Oahu Park Is Finally Getting Some Love As Rail Opening Looms
Community input is helping resuscitate this neglected facility along the future rail corridor.
Courtesy: Donna Gamiao/2023
Molokai Medical Clinic Opens To Fill Dire Doctor Shortage
A Big Island physician has a plan to make rural health care more sustainable.
Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2022
Here’s What You’ve Been Telling Us At Our Pop-Up Newsrooms
Rural areas feel left out of conversations that many of you say are too Honolulu-centric.
Courtesy: DLNR/2023
State Inches Closer To Restoring Access To Big Island Boat Ramp 5 Years After Eruption
Fishermen and residents say it’s time to reopen the Pohoiki Bay boat ramp to subsistence fishing, cultural practices, recreation and other uses.
Courtesy: Kimo Alameda
Hawaii Is Set To Decriminalize Fentanyl Test Strips As Drug Overdoses Reach Record Highs
A new federal grant is expected to fund 20 vending machines stocked with overdose-reversing drugs and later fentanyl test strips.
Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2022
With One Airline Left, Molokai And Lanai Residents Struggle To Access Medical Care
Hospital officials are very concerned that the problem is only getting worse.
Pahoa Is Next For Civil Beat’s Pop-Up Newsroom
We will be at the Pahoa Public Library on Thursday.
Civil Beat Is Heading To Kalihi-Palama This Week
Come and talk story with our reporters on Wednesday at the public library.
Civil Beat/2022
Civil Beat’s Next Pop-Up Newsroom: Ewa Beach
Come and meet our journalists on Wednesday at the public library.