SLIDESHOW: Honolulu Rail Is Still Off Track 11 Years After Groundbreaking
The original plan called for 20 miles of rail and 21 stations with trains traveling from East Kapolei to Ala Moana Center, but it’s falling short.
SLIDESHOW: 2021 — The Year In Photographs
When vaccine rates and new Covid-19 variants weren’t making headlines, it was the Red Hill contaminated water crisis and a historic deluge. But onward Hawaii moved.
The 10-Year Anniversary Of The Great East Japan Earthquake And Tsunami
Award-winning photographer Mark Edward Harris offers a look back at the tragedy and road to recovery.
SLIDESHOW: The Beat Must Go On
Since its founding in 1994 by the husband and wife duo Kenny and Chizuko Endo, the Taiko Center of the Pacific has been fostering the art of taiko drumming and a vibrant community of students and performers. These drums take a lot of beatings, which means every two to three years they must take the drums apart and give them a complete rehaul, making repairs and refreshing the cowhide skins. For the New Year, students and their families came together this month to get the job done.
SLIDESHOW: Emotions Run High At Memorial Service For Slain HPD Officer
Tiffany Enriquez, shot to death on Jan. 19 while responding to a call in the Diamond Head area, was honored by law enforcement, family and friends Thursday.
SLIDESHOW: 2019 — The Year In Photographs
The fall of Honolulu’s law enforcement power couple. A resurgence of Hawaiian activism. The fading star power of Tulsi Gabbard. And the islands’ unstable future in the face of a changing climate.
SLIDESHOW: Inside Hawaii’s Prisons And Jails
Civil Beat reporter Yoohyun Jung and photographer Cory Lum visited six state correctional facilities last week. No surprise, the facilities are overcrowded and seriously in need of repair.
SLIDESHOW: The Routines Of Life At Mauna Kea Base Camp
Daily classes, medical care and a food tent: Thirty Meter Telescope opponents of all ages settle in for what could be a long standoff.
SLIDESHOW: Hawaii’s Newest US Citizens
Sixty-eight local immigrants from 15 countries are sworn in as U.S. citizens during a naturalization ceremony aboard the USS Missouri.
April 2022
Thursday, April 7
SLIDESHOW: Honolulu Rail Is Still Off Track 11 Years After Groundbreaking
December 2021
Monday, December 27
SLIDESHOW: 2021 — The Year In Photographs
March 2021
Wednesday, March 10
The 10-Year Anniversary Of The Great East Japan Earthquake And Tsunami
February 2020
Friday, February 7
SLIDESHOW: The Beat Must Go On
January 2020
Thursday, January 30
SLIDESHOW: Emotions Run High At Memorial Service For Slain HPD Officer
December 2019
Tuesday, December 31
SLIDESHOW: 2019 — The Year In Photographs
November 2019
Tuesday, November 26
SLIDESHOW: Inside Hawaii’s Prisons And Jails
July 2019
Monday, July 29
SLIDESHOW: The Routines Of Life At Mauna Kea Base Camp
Monday, July 15
SLIDESHOW: Hawaii’s Newest US Citizens
Friday, July 5
SLIDESHOW: Oahu’s Slice Of Rodeo Life
April 2019
Tuesday, April 23
SLIDESHOW: Connecting Children And The Sea
Tuesday, April 2
SLIDESHOW: Restoring An Ancient Fishpond in Kaneohe Bay
March 2019
Tuesday, March 12
SLIDESHOW: Battling High Winds, Falling Rocks To Fix Pali Highway
Wednesday, March 6
SLIDESHOW: Growing Food, Fixing Bikes — This Is Kalihi’s Cornerstone
February 2019
Monday, February 11
SLIDESHOW: They’re Covering America With Giant Postcards
January 2019
Tuesday, January 22
SLIDESHOW: Canoes Are The Classrooms For Youth Paddling Team
December 2018
Thursday, December 20
SLIDESHOW: Hooves For The Holidays
Wednesday, December 12
SLIDESHOW: You Have To Get Up Early To Catch This Ahi Ritual
November 2018
Saturday, November 10
SLIDESHOW: 160,000 Pounds Of Marine Trash From Papahanaumokuakea
August 2018
Friday, August 24
SLIDESHOW: Lane’s Slow Approach To Islands
Saturday, August 11
SLIDESHOW: Primary Election Scenes
Wednesday, August 1
May 2018
Saturday, May 19
SLIDESHOW: Hawaii Bids A Final Aloha To Sen. Daniel Akaka
Thursday, May 10
SLIDESHOW: Life in the The Big Island’s Lava Zone
March 2018
Friday, March 2
Slideshow: Rusting Road Show In Paradise
August 2017
Wednesday, August 30
Comic Con — Three Days Of Escapism In Honolulu
June 2017
Saturday, June 17
SLIDESHOW: End Of An Odyssey For Hokulea
May 2017
Thursday, May 25
Waikiki Beaches Contract While Ala Wai Canal Rises
Friday, May 19
What Goes On Inside A Craft Brewery
February 2017
Monday, February 13
The Projector: Protesters Wear What They Want Banned In ‘Trashion Show’
January 2017
Wednesday, January 18
The Projector: The Hawaii Legislature Is Back In Business
December 2016
Friday, December 30
Friday, December 23
The Projector: If It’s Christmas, It Must Be The Obamas
Friday, December 9
The Projector: Five Days At Standing Rock
Wednesday, December 7
The Projector: Pearl Harbor, 75 Years Later
Thursday, December 1
The Projector: Rain Can’t Stop A Search For The Perfect Tree
November 2016
Wednesday, November 9
The Projector: General Election — The Day The Earth Stood Still
September 2016
Friday, September 16
The Projector: Close Encounters With Molten Lava
Friday, September 9
The Projector: Bringing Kaneohe Bay Coral Back From the Brink
Thursday, September 1
The Projector: Hawaii Welcomes World Conservation Congress
August 2016
Thursday, August 18
The Projector: Aloha, Congressman Mark Takai
Sunday, August 14
The Projector: Night Of Drama After Day Of Voter Apathy
Friday, August 12
The Projector: Maui’s Final Year Of Cane Burning
Friday, August 5
The Projector: Assault On Pyramid Rock Beach
July 2016
Wednesday, July 20
Scenes From Mark Takai’s All-Too-Short Congressional Career
Friday, July 15
The Projector: Stepping Back In Time Amid Native Birds, Plants
Friday, July 1
The Projector: Showing Off Hale Mauliola, A New Type Of Shelter
June 2016
Friday, June 24
The Projector: Taking Their Shots At Koko Head
Friday, June 10
The Projector: A Hawaii-Flavored Week In The Nation’s Capital
May 2016
Friday, May 27
The Projector: Despite Rail Turmoil, Just Another Day On The Job
Friday, May 20
The Projector: Honoring 46 Fallen Honolulu Police Officers
April 2016
Friday, April 29
The Projector: Crunch Time At The Legislature
Friday, April 22
The Projector: From Politics To Rail, Public Officials Make The Scenes
Friday, April 15
The Projector: A Week Of Heavy Legislative Lifting, And A Little Levity
March 2016
Friday, March 25
The Projector: Politics And Police
February 2016
Friday, February 26
The Projector: Mayor Takes A Stroll In Beleaguered Chinatown
January 2016
Friday, January 29
The Projector: Session Starts With Ambitious Plans And The Loss Of A Senator
Friday, January 15
The Projector: Paradise Can Be Perilous
December 2015
Thursday, December 31
The Projector: Images of 2015 — The New Governor, The TMT Fight And The Nomadic Homeless
Thursday, December 24
The Projector: Holidays In Hawaii — Shopping, Budgeting And Presidential Golf
Friday, December 18
The Projector: The Fish Auction Is A Morning Ritual At Pier 38
Friday, December 11
The Projector: Elite Surfers Ride Banzai Pipeline’s Monster Waves
November 2015
Friday, November 27
The Projector: Beautiful Survivors
Friday, November 13
The Projector: A Grand-Nephew’s Love For Auntie Dorothy
October 2015
Friday, October 16
The Projector: The Micronesians
Friday, October 2
The Projector: The Sun, the Fun and the Danger Along the Ka Iwi Coast
September 2015
Friday, September 25
The Projector: The Sublime and the Swept
Friday, September 11
The Projector: City Dispatches Some Homeless People While Improving Emergency Dispatching
Friday, September 4
The Projector: Escalating the War on Homelessness, Celebrating the End of Another Kind of War
August 2015
Friday, August 28
The Projector: Bike, Energy and TMT Events Unfold, But a Sewage Spill Overshadows All
Friday, August 21
The Projector: Hawaii Talks About Falun Gong, Homelessness and Immigration
Friday, August 14
The Projector: Living on Borrowed Time Under the Nimitz Highway
Friday, August 7
The Projector: Guillermo Kicks Up the Surf; TMT Protesters Seek Astronomers’ Attention
July 2015
Friday, July 31
The Projector: New Team Targets Homelessness; New Classrooms at Schofield Barracks School
Friday, July 24
The Projector: Hula, Hookele, Hemp and a Dash of Ethics
Friday, July 17
The Projector: From Maunalua to Ala Moana to Mauna Kea, People Are Talking
Friday, July 10
The Projector: Oahu Visited by High Surf and High-Ranking Federal Officials
June 2015
Thursday, June 25
The Projector: ‘Mutual Respect and Aloha’ on the Mountain, But No Meeting of the Minds
Friday, June 19
The Projector: A Week of Celebrations and Protests
Friday, June 12
The Projector: There Are Many Kinds of Warriors in Hawaii
Friday, June 5
The Projector: It Was a Big Week at Local Schools
May 2015
Friday, May 29
The Projector: Honors for the Fallen, Greetings for a Carrier Crew
Friday, May 22
The Projector: The Big Day Arrives for 1,700-Plus Graduates at UH Manoa
April 2015
Thursday, April 30
The Projector: Near Session’s End, Rallies and Dealmaking at the Capitol
Friday, April 24
The Projector: Senators, Reps Rub Elbows During Conference Committee
Friday, April 10
The Projector: Voyage Recalled, Rail Debated, New DLNR Pick and the Mountaintop Scene
Friday, April 3
The Projector: History and Hope Mark the Week in Honolulu
March 2015
Friday, March 27
The Projector: Civil Beat Checks Out a Gun Show as the Legislature Continues
Friday, March 20
The Projector: Parade Celebrates Luck of Irish; Ching Nomination Runs Out of Luck
Thursday, March 12
The Projector: Fireworks at the Festival and at the Carleton Ching Nomination Hearing
Friday, March 6
The Projector: A Tough Week for Supporters of Rail and Pesticide Buffer Zones
February 2015
Friday, February 27
The Projector: Civil Beat Goes to Washington
Friday, February 20
The Projector: Legislative Hearings, Street Scenes and Goodbye to Mele
Friday, February 13
The Projector: No Shortage of Testimony for Hawaii’s State Lawmakers
Friday, February 6
The Projector: Lowering the Boom on a Jet Fuel Spill, Picketing at Kaiser Permanente
January 2015
Friday, January 30
The Projector: Gubernatorial Delivery, Mayoral Grilling and Judicial Update
Friday, January 23
The Projector: Celebrations, Protests Open a Session of Challenges
Friday, January 16
The Projector: Strange Scenes at the Capitol, and the Legislature Hasn’t Even Convened Yet
Friday, January 9
The Projector: Money Talk at Capitol, Head of State and Headless Snowman
December 2014
Wednesday, December 31
The Projector: New Year’s Mochi and Presidential Chip Shots
Tuesday, December 23
The Projector: Season Greeted by Rain, Crowded Malls and ‘The Nutcracker’
Friday, December 19
The Projector: Stormy Weather for Tourists, Police Chief and Rail Project
Friday, December 12
The Projector: Ben Jay Resignation, Pearl Harbor, Vog and Holiday Decor
Friday, December 5
The Projector: A Week of New Deals at the Capitol, at HECO and Along the Rail Route
November 2014
Thursday, November 27
The Projector: Pre-holiday Food Bank, UH Football and Where Rail Meets Highway
Friday, November 21
The Projector: Duke Aiona Changes Diapers, UH Protesters and the Case Against PRP
September 2014
Friday, September 26
The Projector: Candidates and Cannabis Make Good Pictures
Friday, September 19
The Projector — Photos of Boys of Summer, Honolulu Cycling and Political Scrutiny
August 2014
Friday, August 29
The Projector: The Governor’s Race and HECO’s Renewable Power Play
Friday, August 22
The Projector: The Week in Pictures — Aug. 16 – 22
Sunday, August 17
The Projector: Photos of Polls, Poles and Punatics
Monday, August 11
The Projector: Pictures From Hawaii’s Dramatic Primary Election Day
Saturday, August 9
The Projector: Pictures From Hawaii — in the Path of Two Hurricanes
Sunday, August 3
The Projector: The Week in Pictures — July 28 – Aug. 3
July 2014
Sunday, July 27
The Projector: The Week in Pictures — July 21-27
Sunday, July 20
The Projector: The Faces of Molokai’s GMO Economy — July 14-20
Sunday, July 13
The Projector: The Week in Pictures — July 7 – 13
June 2014
Sunday, June 29
The Projector: The Week in Pictures — June 23 – 29
Sunday, June 22
The Projector: The Politics of Homelessness — June 16 – 22
Sunday, June 15
The Projector: Homeless in Waikiki — June 9 – 15
Sunday, June 8
The Projector: The Week in Pictures — June 2 – 8
Sunday, June 1
The Projector: The Week in Pictures — May 26 – June 1
May 2014
Saturday, May 24
The Projector: The Week in Pictures — May 19 – 25
Friday, May 16
The Projector: The Week in Pictures — May 12-18
Saturday, May 10
The Projector: The Week in Pictures — May 5-11
Sunday, May 4
The Projector: The Week in Pictures — April 28-May 4
April 2014
Sunday, April 27
The Projector: The Week in Pictures in Hawaii — April 21-27
Sunday, April 20
About This Series
A photo essay about Hawaii as seen through the lens of Civil Beat’s photographer.