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Will Patient Death Halt Kalaupapa Access? ‘No One Really Knows’ Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Will Patient Death Halt Kalaupapa Access? ‘No One Really Knows’

The National Park Service is working with the late Meli Watanuki’s estate and tour operators on options to continue.

Maui’s Speed Bump Bonanza Is Driving Some Locals Crazy Erin Nolan/Civil Beat/2026

Maui’s Speed Bump Bonanza Is Driving Some Locals Crazy

The county has installed dozens of traffic-calming devices to improve public safety. Some residents say it has gone too far.

EPA Just Walked Back Hawaiʻi’s Plan To Retire Its Dinosaur Power Plants Cory Lum/Civil Beat

EPA Just Walked Back Hawaiʻi’s Plan To Retire Its Dinosaur Power Plants

By throwing a wrench in the state’s Regional Haze State Implementation Plan, advocates say HECO can sidestep rules years in the making.

Maui Council Races Could Reshape Power Balance Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024

Maui Council Races Could Reshape Power Balance

This election will bring new faces — and possibly a progressive majority — to the county’s nine-member lawmaking body.

People Usually Get Away With Harming Hawai‘i’s Seals Despite Tourist Case Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

People Usually Get Away With Harming Hawai‘i’s Seals Despite Tourist Case

A Seattle visitor was arrested a week after lobbing a rock at an endangered seal on Maui. But cases involving people killing the seals are rarely prosecuted.

Despite A Death And Damage, Maui Stalls On Chronic Kīhei Flooding Sean Hower/Civil Beat/2026

Despite A Death And Damage, Maui Stalls On Chronic Kīhei Flooding

Residents remain frustrated by the county’s lack of progress in addressing the decades-long problem facing the burgeoning South Maui town.

Hawaiʻi Balks At Funding Maui Fire Victim Health Study

Hawaiʻi Balks At Funding Maui Fire Victim Health Study

Lawmakers did not pass a bill that would have funded the continuation of the most comprehensive study of the long-term health effects of the wildfires.

Billionaire’s Private Airline Prepares New Moloka‘i Route Marina Riker/Civil Beat/2023

Billionaire’s Private Airline Prepares New Moloka‘i Route

Lānaʻi Air was formed to fly guests in style to Larry Ellison’s luxury resorts. Now the company wants to help close the gulf in access to off-island doctors for Moloka‘i residents amid a shortage of air travel options.

Maui Fire Lawsuit Payouts Are Near. Few Survivors Will Break Even Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2023

Maui Fire Lawsuit Payouts Are Near. Few Survivors Will Break Even

Money could start flowing to victims by June, nearly two years after the settlement was finalized.

Lawsuit: Maui Mayor’s Former Chief Of Staff Claims Whistleblower Retaliation (Erin Nolan/Civil Beat/2026)

Lawsuit: Maui Mayor’s Former Chief Of Staff Claims Whistleblower Retaliation

Leo Caires says he was wrongfully terminated after reporting county fraud.