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Menor Raising Cash For Possible Mayoral Bid
Businessman Keith Amemiya is running for Honolulu mayor, and City Council member Kymberly Pine is all-but-declared. Both are actively raising money for the 2020 open seat. Count council member Ron...
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FTA Won’t Confirm ‘High Praise’ For HART
Honolulu rail officials have been touting publicly the “high praise” they’ve received from their federal partners, but the feds won’t say whether they’re actually that impressed with the project’s...
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AG Won’t Press Charges Against Deputy Sheriff In Capitol Shooting
The state attorney general has decided it won’t pursue charges against a deputy sheriff who fatally shot a homeless man during a struggle at the Hawaii Capitol in February. Krishna Jarayam, special...
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Waimanalo Sports Field Protest Flares Again
Hawaiian protesters converged in large numbers Monday morning in opposition to a controversial city plan to build a ball field and parking lot at a popular Waimanalo beach park that many residents...
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Mysteries Surround Pay For Top Staffers At Prominent Honolulu Rehab
Something puzzling is happening with salaries at Sand Island Treatment Center. The rehab, the subject of a Civil Beat investigation in April, lists widely disparate salaries for the same top workers in...
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Another Candidate Running For Manahan’s Council Seat
Earlier this month we reported that Radiant Cordero, chief of staff for Honolulu City Councilman Joey Manahan, is campaigning to take his open seat next year. Manahan is completing his final term. Add...
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Kealohas Could Avoid Bank Fraud Trial If Plea Deal Reached
Katherine and Louis Kealoha were back in federal court Tuesday where they pleaded not guilty to an updated indictment on bank fraud and identity theft charges. Trial has already been set in the case...
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Keep The Change: Honolulu Won’t Try To Recover Almost $100,000 It Overpaid...
For two years, the City and County of Honolulu overpaid 240 employees a total of $98,000 due to a “glitch” in the payroll system. Despite a state law that says governments that overpay employees “shall...
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Study: Honolulu Airport Ranks Low For Traveler Satisfaction
Civil Beat and the Honolulu Star-Advertiser have both run recent articles on improvements to Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, which seems to be eternally in repair-and-maintenance mode. Even...
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Kealoha Corruption Probe Is Why Honolulu Is Paying A Mainland Law Firm To...
When the FBI executed a search warrant on Honolulu offices in January, agents collected a massive trove of documents for a “Kealoha investigation,” according to two City Council members. The warrant...
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Ex-Cop Pleads Guilty To Role In Forcing Man To Lick Urinal
HONOLULU (AP) — A Honolulu homeless man fearing he would be arrested, reluctantly obeyed a police officer’s orders to lick a urinal, according to a court document made public Wednesday after a former...
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Honolulu Is Slashing Crosswalks As It Touts Pedestrian Friendly Policies
City officials often tout their efforts to make Honolulu more pedestrian-friendly. But they’re also removing dozens of painted crosswalks, making it harder and potentially more dangerous in key places...
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Police Arrest 28 Protesters Blocking Construction At Waimanalo Park
Honolulu city officials moved to quash a six-month-long demonstration against a controversial park project in Waimanalo by conducting a mass arrest of protesters Thursday morning. Closing off...
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Hefty Property Fine? Honolulu Will Happily Settle For 10%
As Honolulu cracks down on illegal short-term vacation rentals, violators are getting hit with financial penalties. But some of them will end up paying only a fraction of their fines by taking...
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Opponents Of Sherwood Forest Development File Lawsuit Against Honolulu,...
Opponents of a deeply unpopular development at Waimanalo Bay Beach Park are headed to court to protect what they say is a sacred Native Hawaiian burial ground where the city arrested more than two...
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Feds Say Honolulu Rail’s Relocation Payments Are A Mess And Must Be Redone
A report released Friday paints a damning picture of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation’s efforts to compensate businesses and tenants displaced by the future transit line. The local rail...
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Waimanalo Park Opponents Are Settling In For A Long Fight
Undaunted by the mass arrests of protesters opposing construction at Waimanalo Bay Beach Park, about 100 people gathered outside the demolition zone Saturday morning to underscore their resolve to...
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Find The Money Now To Fix Diamond Head’s Lookout
Visitors reading the sign marking Hawaii’s most recognized landmark might sometimes wonder whether the word “monument” in Diamond Head State Monument stands for monument of shame. The popular...
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Newly Released Minutes Reveal How Louis Kealoha Got His $250K Buyout
Over the course of three closed-door meetings in January 2017 the Honolulu Police Commission negotiated a $250,000 retirement package for then-police chief Louis Kealoha, who had just been named the...
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Army Corps Looks To Scrap Three Basins From Ala Wai Flood Plans
After months of additional study, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is now looking to remove three large detention basins in the Palolo and Makiki valleys from its controversial Ala Wai flood control...
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