News Archive

Afterthoughts: Fence Hopping

Michael Keany,

The Haiku Stairs might be Hawaii’s busiest off-limits hike.

Egg Donations: A Honolulu Woman’s Story

Jennifer Meleana Hee, Photography by Rae Huo,

A Good Egg: Why one Honolulu woman has donated her eggs, six times.

Endangered Kahuli Snails on Oahu

Sheila Sarhangi,

Hail Snails!: Sometimes, you build a jail to keep bad guys out.

iPhone Apps for a Better Honolulu

Tamara Moan,

Coding for a Fix: Better government through… iPhones?

The Bird Scarers of Honolulu International Airport

Site Staff,

How a handful of Wildlife Services officers with a mixed bag of tricks safeguards aviation at Honolulu International Airport.

Editor's Page: Paying the Paradise Tax

A. Kam Napier,

The downside to life in Hawaii is mainly economic. How much are we willing to pay?

"Think About It" segment

A. Kam Napier,

Please do check this out and think about it! To John Fink and the crew at KFVE, thank you.

Governor Fasttrack?

A. Kam Napier,

I'm reading over at Civil Beat about how Gov. Neil Abercrombie supports Senate Bill 755 in Hawaii.

Honolulu Rail: "Lousy Practices of Public Manipulation"

A. Kam Napier,

Former Gov. Ben Cayetano and his fellow plaintiffs have released emails from the Federal Transit Authority about the Honolulu rail project.

Afterthoughts: Quonset Cool

Michael Keany,

Curved, corrugated, casual—Hawaii’s kamaboko houses are prefab-ulous.

Not So Hard in Honolulu for a Pimp

A. Kam Napier,

"In one year, Honolulu police made more than 200 prostitution arrests. But only one of those arrests involved a pimp — and he was never charged."–via Civil Beat

Education

Na Puka Kula: Hawaiian Immersion Graduates

Martha Cheng,

Some of the first graduates of the Hawaiian immersion schools have been out on their own in the adult world for a few years now. We caught up with four of them for their reflections on the schools, the language and their futures.