By JESSICA HILL Associated Press More than 2,000 people remained without power Sunday afternoon after Hawaii suffered its worst flooding in more than 20 years when heavy rains fell across the islands. Heavy rains fell on soil already saturated by downpours from a winter storm a week ...
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Muddy floodwaters from severe rains inundated streets, pushed homes off their foundations, swallowed vehicles and prompted evacuation orders for thousands of residents in towns north of Honolulu on Friday as ...
By GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA Associated Press Mari Younger cherished her life in West Maui. She worked hard at her career in the restaurant industry and was proudly self-sufficient, happily living in the same condo for 11 years, lovingly doting on her cat, Stella. Then came a health emergency ...
By MARCEL HONORÉ/Honolulu Civil Beat Honolulu Civil Beat Hawaiʻi island resident Kekoa Alip knows there are recent state reports showing at least some aquarium-trade fishing could resume off the Kona Coast without shrinking the region's current numbers of prized reef fish. But the ...
By MEGAN TAGAMI/Honolulu Civil Beat Parents, lawmakers and county leaders across Hawaiʻi have made a recurring request to the education department in recent years: open up school playgrounds and fields for the public when classes aren't in session. The ask seemed to be gaining traction ...
By THOMAS HEATON/Honolulu Civil Beat Hawaiʻi's 6,500 farms range from small operations that produce food and raise livestock for their families and their communities to large companies that supply big box stores and export coffee, macadamia nuts and other luxury foods. But what exactly ...
