Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023
      
      
				Hawaiian Home Lands Seeks $6M To Test For Geothermal Power
Research identifies DHHL lands in three areas of the Big island that show promise for development for geothermal power production.
          
        State of Hawaii/2021
      
      
				Hawaii Advances Plans To Distribute $149 Million For Broadband Access
The public is invited to weigh in on which areas lack high-speed service. Those areas will be the top priority for funding.
          
        Thomas Heaton/Civil Beat/2023
      
      
				Most Hawaii Wildfires Are Started By People, But Arson Cases Are Rarely Solved
There are too few investigators and insufficient resources to find out who was to blame in most fires.
          
        Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021
      
      
				Army Engineers Push Forward With WWII Bomb Survey On Big Island
The bullets and bombs were left on the range there 80 years ago, but the U.S. military is still cleaning up the mess.
          
        Kevin Dayton/Civil Beat/2023
      
      
				2nd Man Is Exonerated In The Dana Ireland Murder Case
Judge Peter Kubota cited new DNA evidence in clearing Ian and Shawn Schweitzer of the shocking 1991 murder.
          
        Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023
      
      
				This State Employee Is Scouring The Earth For Solutions To Combat Hawaii’s Invasive Species
Government needs to speed up its approval process and invest in research infrastructure to defeat a list of environmentally and economically threatening pests, experts say.
          
        Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022
      
      
				Hawaii County Police Kill Man Who Fired At Them, Chief Says
Police Chief Ben Moszcowicz said he expects bodycam footage of the incident to be released on Monday.
          
        Screenshot: California Institute of Technology
      
      
				Removal Of Mauna Kea Telescope Has Begun
The important astronomical instrument has been in decline for years.
          
        Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022
      
      
				Inmate Found Dead In Apparent Suicide At Hilo Jail Was Due A Mental Evaluation
A Honolulu lawyer plans to ask a federal judge to appoint a special master to force the state to provide better mental health care to inmates.
          
        Thomas Heaton/Civil Beat/2023
      
      
				Big Island Farmers Held Back A Fire Until Help Arrived: ‘It Could Have Been Another Lahaina’
That same fateful day, a couple of farmers, a troop of cowboys and fire crews were all that stood between a Waimea wildfire and potential catastrophe.