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How A Canoe Helped Turn Hawaiian Culture Into A Source Of Pride And Even Influenced Hollywood David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025

How A Canoe Helped Turn Hawaiian Culture Into A Source Of Pride And Even Influenced Hollywood

The Hōkūleʻa became a vehicle of discovery, exploration and justice for Native Hawaiians.

Suspect In 1977 Killing Agrees To Be Extradited From Utah To Hawaii Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Suspect In 1977 Killing Agrees To Be Extradited From Utah To Hawaii

Police used advances in DNA technology to identify a suspect in the decades-old cold case killing of a Hawaiʻi teenager.

Maui Man Released After 30 Years In Prison For A Murder He Says He Didn’t Commit Screenshot/Hawaii News Now/2025

Maui Man Released After 30 Years In Prison For A Murder He Says He Didn’t Commit

Gordon Cordeiro was convicted for the 1994 killing of a Maui man during a drug deal robbery.

Senate Confirms Gabbard As Director Of National Intelligence Nick Grube/Civil Beat/2025

Senate Confirms Gabbard As Director Of National Intelligence

Only one Republican opposed the controversial nomination of the former Hawaiʻi congresswoman.

CDC Report Finds Traces Of PFAs In Maui Firefighters’ Blood Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

CDC Report Finds Traces Of PFAs In Maui Firefighters’ Blood

The report was delayed by a temporary Trump administration shutdown of a weekly federal report that public health leaders consider important.

Grim Memories Resurface After Police Arrest Suspect In 1977 Hawaiʻi Murder Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Grim Memories Resurface After Police Arrest Suspect In 1977 Hawaiʻi Murder

Dawn Momohara was discovered dead on the second floor of a building at McKinley High School. Last week police used advances in DNA technology to arrest a 66-year-old Utah man.

Supreme Court Lets Honolulu Lawsuit Against Oil And Gas Companies Proceed AP Photo/Alex Brandon/2023

Supreme Court Lets Honolulu Lawsuit Against Oil And Gas Companies Proceed

The companies had appealed to the Supreme Court in an effort to get the case moved to federal court, where they’ve successfully had suits tossed out.

The Rise In Mail Voting Comes With A Price Due To Mismatched Signatures Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

The Rise In Mail Voting Comes With A Price Due To Mismatched Signatures

The use of mail ballots exploded in 2020 as states looked for ways to accommodate voters during the Covid-19 pandemic.