Allan Parachini/Civil Beat/2020
      
      
				Kauai May Buy The Blighted Coco Palms Hotel
Kauai County Council Chair Mel Rapozo suggested taking ownership through eminent domain. The owner says it's for sale anyway.
          
        Brittany Lyte/Civil Beat/2022
      
      
				Kauai Charter School Pursues New Campus In Kilauea
The planned middle and high school for students on the North Shore is fundraising to buy an 11-acre campus.
          
        Brittany Lyte/Civil Beat/2021
      
      
				Kauai Wants To House The Homeless — Just Not In Their Backyard
The county is trying to address an increase in homelessness despite persistent NIMBYism.
          
        Courtesy: Richard Takase/2023
      
      
				Oahu Land Crunch Leads Aloun Farms To Expand Acreage On Fertile West Kauai
The family-owned vegetable grower has found better prices on water and land leases.
          
        Brittany Lyte/Civil Beat/2023
      
      
				An Innovative Kauai Farm Project May Depend On Saving A 100-Year-Old Reservoir
The ag project needs lots of water but the dam that could supply it will be torn down unless the farm can raise millions of dollars to save it.
          
        Courtesy: Bret Nainoa Mossman/MFBRP
      
      
				Historic Effort To Save Hawaii Forest Birds With ‘Mosquito Birth Control’ Hurtles Forward
The world's first attempt at landscape-scale mosquito control for conservation holds promising health benefits for people too.
          
        Courtesy: Matson
      
      
				Matson Commits Another $5 million For Food Banks In Hawaii, Guam and Alaska
Lower shipping costs have freed up funds for more food supplies, Hawaii Foodbank said.
          
        Courtesy: Clay Trauernicht/2019
      
      
				Hawaii Wildfire Defense Plans Gain Federal Funds
Local plans were last updated 8 years ago.
          
        Brittany Lyte/Civil Beat/2023
      
      
				The Shift To A Green Energy Future Is Renewing Plantation-Era Water Wars On Kauai
A proposed hydro project — the first of its kind in the world — could supply up to a quarter of the island’s power by diverting 4 billion gallons a year from the Waimea River.
          
        Courtesy: DLNR
      
      
				Hawaii Spent Decades Developing Community-Managed Fishing Areas. Lawmakers May Undo That
Despite overwhelming testimony in opposition, a measure is moving forward in the Senate.