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The Solar Wars In NextEra鈥檚 Home State Cory Lum/Civil Beat

The Solar Wars In NextEra鈥檚 Home State

Rolling Stone magazine examined the extensive efforts of old-school electric companies to protect their profit centers.

Hawaii Judges, AG Don’t Want To Be Elected Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Hawaii Judges, AG Don’t Want To Be Elected

Senate committee defers bill to make LG an appointed position.

Kite Surfer Found Dead Off Maui Flickr: Forest and Kim Starr

Kite Surfer Found Dead Off Maui

The California visitor was out in heavy surf Thursday.

Zika Virus In Marshall Islands? Mark Edward Harris/Civil Beat/2015

Zika Virus In Marshall Islands?

A newspaper in Majuro reports聽that a visitor聽in November tested positive after leaving the Pacific nation.

Pistol-Packing Solar Advocates?

Pistol-Packing Solar Advocates?

Some people upset with Nevada’s Public Utilities Commission are showing up at PUC sessions with sidearms prominently displayed.

Monsanto Among Top Hawaii Lobbyists PF Bentley/Civil Beat

Monsanto Among Top Hawaii Lobbyists

The Center for Public Integrity also lists Castle & Cooke and the Hawaii Association of Realtors.

Judge Rejects Maui Hospital Challenge Chad Blair/Civil Beat

Judge Rejects Maui Hospital Challenge

It was a last-ditch effort by聽labor unions to halt privatization of three state-run hospitals.

Bill: ‘Facility’ Dogs Allowed In Court Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney

Bill: ‘Facility’ Dogs Allowed In Court

It’s for聽Hawaii judicial proceedings involving the testimony of a vulnerable witness.

Fire Forces 42 People To Abandon Ship Courtesy: U.S. Coast Guard

Fire Forces 42 People To Abandon Ship

UPDATED: Responding from Honolulu,聽U.S. Coast Guard is en route to site 1,800 miles south of isles.

Big Island Co-op’s Clean Energy Plan Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat

Big Island Co-op’s Clean Energy Plan

The Hawaii Island Energy Cooperative says the county can be nearly 100 percent renewable, at a savings, by 2030.