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Hawaiʻi island police chief Ben Moszkowicz thought he was going to be the new acting Honolulu police chief, so he sent a memo ...

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Six shooting incidents over the Fourth of July weekend on Oʻahu, a majority on the Westside, left half a dozen people injured ...

Aquaculture is projected to become Hawaiʻi's strongest food industry, but the state may not be doing enough to ensure there ...

More residents drown on the North Shore of Oʻahu than almost anywhere else in the state. Even as the county ramps up ...

Honolulu Police Chief Joe Logan attributes the declining crime rate to the work of his officers, but a researcher with the ...

After the tragic explosion in Āliamanu took six lives on New Year’s Eve, Civil Beat took a deep look at Hawaiʻi’s illegal ...

Lawmakers are wary about giving the education department more money and control over construction funds after leaders have ...

Gov. Josh Green’s decision on Friday to sign a labeling bill to protect Hawaiʻi-grown māmaki tea from counterfeiters drew ...