The measure to leave the surcharge in place for an additional 17 years is expected to win strong support from Kaua'i, Maui ...

The organized crime leader's death in federal detention upended his criminal case, but prosecutors are still trying to claim ...

This week we took a trip to a fish auction and a West Maui temporary home village, and caught people high above the action.

As he reaches Hawaiʻi's age limit to serve, Mark Recktenwald calls for more transparency “so the public can see what we are ...

Hawaiʻi summer school has been free for students over the past four years, but the end of federal funding means schools must ...

Wing Tek Lum is a Honolulu businessman and poet. His collection of poems, The Oldtimers, was published earlier this year by Bamboo Ridge Press. The poem is reprinted with permission of the author.

Honolulu officials thought fire could stop the bubonic plague from spreading through the growing city. But high winds ...

Hundreds of Civil Beat readers offer up their fireworks solutions after a deadly New Year's explosion in the Salt Lake area.

Narrow alleyways turn into gauntlets of flame. A fireball scours the street, combusting all in its path. Faces are blistered, ...

The state of Hawaiʻi has revoked the licenses of an acupuncturist and physical therapist convicted two and a half years ago ...

Kamalani Academy, a Wahiawā charter school serving 115 students in grades kindergarten through eight, is expected to close in June after the Hawaiʻi State Public Charter School Commission voted on ...

Staff vacancies require corrections officers to work at least 16- or 24-hour shifts, and the mandatory overtime takes a toll.