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Kauai May Buy The Blighted Coco Palms Hotel Allan Parachini/Civil Beat/2020

Kauai May Buy The Blighted Coco Palms Hotel

Kauai County Council Chair Mel Rapozo suggested taking ownership through eminent domain. The owner says it's for sale anyway.

Kauai Charter School Pursues New Campus In Kilauea Brittany Lyte/Civil Beat/2022

Kauai Charter School Pursues New Campus In Kilauea

The planned middle and high school for students on the North Shore is fundraising to buy an 11-acre campus.

Kauai Wants To House The Homeless — Just Not In Their Backyard Brittany Lyte/Civil Beat/2021

Kauai Wants To House The Homeless — Just Not In Their Backyard

The county is trying to address an increase in homelessness despite persistent NIMBYism.

Oahu Land Crunch Leads Aloun Farms To Expand Acreage On Fertile West Kauai Courtesy: Richard Takase/2023

Oahu Land Crunch Leads Aloun Farms To Expand Acreage On Fertile West Kauai

The family-owned vegetable grower has found better prices on water and land leases.

An Innovative Kauai Farm Project May Depend On Saving A 100-Year-Old Reservoir Brittany Lyte/Civil Beat/2023

An Innovative Kauai Farm Project May Depend On Saving A 100-Year-Old Reservoir

The ag project needs lots of water but the dam that could supply it will be torn down unless the farm can raise millions of dollars to save it.

Historic Effort To Save Hawaii Forest Birds With ‘Mosquito Birth Control’ Hurtles Forward Courtesy: Bret Nainoa Mossman/MFBRP

Historic Effort To Save Hawaii Forest Birds With ‘Mosquito Birth Control’ Hurtles Forward

The world's first attempt at landscape-scale mosquito control for conservation holds promising health benefits for people too.

Matson Commits Another $5 million For Food Banks In Hawaii, Guam and Alaska Courtesy: Matson

Matson Commits Another $5 million For Food Banks In Hawaii, Guam and Alaska

Lower shipping costs have freed up funds for more food supplies, Hawaii Foodbank said.

The Shift To A Green Energy Future Is Renewing Plantation-Era Water Wars On Kauai Brittany Lyte/Civil Beat/2023

The Shift To A Green Energy Future Is Renewing Plantation-Era Water Wars On Kauai

A proposed hydro project — the first of its kind in the world — could supply up to a quarter of the island’s power by diverting 4 billion gallons a year from the Waimea River.

Hawaii Spent Decades Developing Community-Managed Fishing Areas. Lawmakers May Undo That Courtesy: DLNR

Hawaii Spent Decades Developing Community-Managed Fishing Areas. Lawmakers May Undo That

Despite overwhelming testimony in opposition, a measure is moving forward in the Senate.