Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023
HECO Joins With Wildfire Plaintiffs In Asking Maui Judge To Help Break Settlement Logjam
Letters to judge show rare common ground between opposing parties.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023
Long-Term Lease, Water Deal Saves The North Shore’s Airfield From Closure
The threat of an imminent shutdown had loomed over the aviation businesses there for several years.
David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024
Sandwich Isles Assets To Be Sold To Hawaiian Telcom
U.S. District Court Judge J. Michael Seabright rejected arguments from Sandwich Isles Communications and its parent company.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024
Sandwich Isles Communications Broke The Law When It Cut Services To Hawaiian Homelands
The Public Utilities Commission must now decide how to remedy the situation.
David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023
Sandwich Isles Cut Services To Hawaiian Homelands Despite Orders Not To
Updated: State regulators are set to decide Monday what penalties, if any, the company should face.
David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024
Porn Producer Is Waging War In Honolulu Against Alleged Copyright Pirates
The lawsuits are part of a national campaign pitting “swarms of lawyers” against thousands of defendants.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022
Hawaiian Home Lands Broadband Customers Say The Service Has Been Bad For Years
State regulators and the governor stopped the communications company from cutting off phone and internet services over the weekend.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022
DHHL Tells Beneficiaries To Ditch Sandwich Isles Communications Service
The company says that encouraging homesteaders to go to other service providers has driven down revenues.
Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2023
Hawaiian Electric Shareholders Overwhelmingly Supported Exec Pay Raises In 2023
The board didn’t consider wildfire mitigation in executive performance metrics.
Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2023
Hawaiian Electric Execs Got Big Raises In 2023. They’re About To See How Shareholders Feel About It
A vote on compensation and reelection of board members is set for May 13.