The bill would create a new low-interest loan program to help eliminate some of the 80,000 cesspools leaking millions of gallons of sewage into Hawaiʻi’s nearshore waters daily.

Stronger enforcement and better registration requirements are on the horizon on the Big Island.

The volunteer board often cancels meetings for lack of quorum and doesn’t have a paid staff like other counties to shoulder some of the load.

Coral reefs already face a litany of threats. Experts say storm runoff from the recent Kona lows will only make matters worse.

Most schools are on track to reopen later this month, but at least two schools are searching for alternatives in the final months of the school year.

Crop insurance is hard to attain in Hawaiʻi, and federal programs are tailored to mainland agriculture.

A look at how a Kona low shows up in real life on the east side of the state — small failures, stretched systems, and the point where things stop holding.

Bills primarily serving Hawaiʻi, Maui and Kauaʻi counties often struggle to gain traction, but a major housing bill has promise.

Not everyone living on agricultural land is a farmer. But state agencies have struggled to distinguish the genuine food producers from the hobby farmers looking for a tax break.

The storm brought flash floods and damaging winds to all parts of the state between Thursday and Sunday, but no deaths and only two serious injuries were reported.