Hawaii Has Been Facing A Housing Crisis For Generations
Politicians have been pledging to address a shortage of housing in the islands for decades, but the root causes of the crisis run deep. They were going to solve Hawaii’s [...]
Rainbow Warriors Fall To No. 13 Oregon On The Road
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How Ag Tech Is Helping Hawai‘i Farmers Grow More Food
Innovations such as data sensors, drones and controlled environments make farming easier, more productive and more profitable. John Seward of Hawaii Farming says the farm deploys an array of data [...]
Living on Kīlauea — one of world’s most active volcanoes — involves risk, mitigation efforts : Big Island Now
Big Island residents who live on Kīlauea, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, know it comes with high risk. Memories of the destructive and unprecedented 2018 lower East Rift [...]
Unique KCC Farmers Market | A Honolulu Must Do
When staying in Waikiki, there’s a Saturday morning farmers market we never miss on the beautiful slopes of Diamond Head at Kapiolani Community College. Sponsored by the Hawaii Farm Bureau, it [...]
Shootz! Moments In Time From The Past Week
Civil Beat photographers document the week’s news in our regular photo feature. Let’s talk about time. Time begins the healing process. Twenty-two years after the 9/11 terrorist attack to one [...]
Women’s Volleyball Sweeps Florida State
Next Match: CSU Bakersfield 9/22/2023 | 7:00 P.M. HT Sep. 22 (Fri) / 7:00 P.M. HT CSU Bakersfield History FORT WORTH, Texas—The University of [...]
To Get to X with Their Ideas, Hawai‘i Entrepreneurs Turn to preX
preX, a scaling accelerator for local businesses, passed a significant threshold this year: The number of companies that have graduated from its program is now in triple digits. The free [...]
Weekly Hawai‘i Island lane closures: Sept. 16-22 : Big Island Now
The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation announced lane closure scheduled for the week of Sept. 2-8. Schedules also can change at any time without further notice. All projects are weather permitting. [...]
Maui Travel Isn’t Recovering; Now What?
Nearly all airlines have cut Maui flights this week, including Alaska, Delta, Southwest, United, and others. While Hawaiian hasn’t yet, it will likely join soon for various reasons (see below). [...]
Maui Fire Death Toll Lowered From 115 To 97
Additional DNA testing along with dental and other analyses have reduced the number of dead and missing, authorities said. The number of people who died in the fire that swept [...]
Women’s Volleyball Sweeps Western Carolina
Next Match: vs. Florida State 9/16/2023 | 7:00 A.M. HT ESPN Honolulu Sep. 16 (Sat) / 7:00 A.M. HT vs. Florida State History FORT [...]
Hawai‘i’s Sustainability Heroes: Makena Coffman
The UH Mānoa professor is an energy and climate policy expert focused on reducing carbon emissions, especially in the transportation sector. Makena Coffman spent a lot of time outside while [...]
Hawaii County Weather Forecast for September 15, 2023 : Big Island Now
Photo Credit: James Grenz Hilo Today: Mostly sunny. Scattered showers in the morning, then isolated showers in the afternoon. Highs around 86 near the shore to 70 to 75 at [...]
Aloha Friday Photo: Gorgeous Makena Beach, Maui
Mahalo to Bea Leal for sharing this beautiful shot for Aloha Friday Photos. This photo was just taken on Monday, September 11, 2023. Here’s what Bea said about this scene, [...]
Let’s Build An Aloha Stadium We Can Be Proud Of
Hawaii has a rare opportunity to not only serve sports fans and concertgoers but a broad coalition of stakeholders. Wait, keep the roof! A covered grandstand might just be the [...]
Women’s Volleyball Falls in Four at TCU; Career High 21 kills for Alexander
Next Match: vs. Western Carolina 9/15/2023 | 9:00 A.M. HT ESPN Honolulu Sep. 15 (Fri) / 9:00 A.M. HT vs. Western Carolina History FORT [...]
It’s Easier to Buy a Car Now, But Probably Not the One You Want
If you want to buy a new car in Hawai‘i, the vehicle you want might not be in stock. That’s what happened to Makakilo residents Wendy Marx-Cunitz and her husband. [...]
Vog sets in on West Hawai‘i as Kīlauea erupts : Big Island Now
Hualalai shrouded in haze on Sept. 14, 2023, from vog emitted off the Kīlauea eruption. (Tiffany DeMasters/Big Island Now) Air quality in West Hawai‘i is currently at “moderate” as trade [...]
US House Sets First Hearing On HECO’s Role In Deadly Wildfires
Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who traveled to Maui earlier this month to witness the devastation, has vowed to get to the bottom of what happened when a wildfire destroyed much of [...]
Women’s Volleyball Travels to Texas for Fight in the Fort Tournament
Story Links FORT WORTH, Texas--The University of Hawai'i women's volleyball team (5-3) embarks on its first roadtrip of the season this week. The Rainbow Wahine travel to Texas [...]
Hawai‘i’s Sustainability Heroes: Pono Home
The company helps homeowners and renters reduce their energy and water waste, while saving customers $6.3 million a year. After nearly a decade in business, Pono Home is more than [...]
Two more Maui wildfire victims identified; five still pending next of kin notification : Big Island Now
September 13, 2023, 5:23 PM HST Maui police Wednesday afternoon officially confirmed the identities of two more victims of the West Maui wildfires. Those named were 14-year-old Keyiro Fuentes and [...]
Hawaii’s Airports: Beyond The Good, Bad, And Ugly
Did you know that Hawaii Airports include 14 active civil aviation facilities, 5 of which handle the bulk of the state’s inter-island and trans-Pacific traffic? Here’s more about your arrival airports [...]
Schatz: Government Shutdown Shouldn’t Stop Maui Recovery Efforts
President Biden has already approved a disaster declaration that allows Hawaii to access federal relief aid. WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz says federal disaster recovery efforts that are ongoing [...]
























