This is the only proposed charter amendment Big Island voters will consider this year.

Roaring runoff from the hurricane wiped out a privately run water system serving about 100 homes. Should the utility have been better prepared?

The County Council is weighing a bill that would more than double the rates over the next five years.

A community devastated by Hurricane Lala now faces the gruesome and heart-wrenching task of identifying their deceased loved ones and burying them all over again. 

After the storm, remote neighborhoods from Ocean View to ʻĀhualoa were largely left to deal with the damage on their own.

Kaʻū residents are bringing a new level of scrutiny to the hills above Nāʻālehu after Hurricane Lala prompted questions about the aging water systems above the town.

Most of the pumps that deliver water from wells stopped working when the electricity was cut off. The county lacks emergency generators to run them all.

The county created a new program to respond to disasters and the mayor is now planning to hire a recovery officer to head it.

Climate-fueled storms like Hurricane Lala may help spread invasive pests, plants and pathogens already on the islands and usher new ones into the state. Experts say Hawaiʻi needs more planning.

With two more storms developing, emergency workers are rushing to prepare.