Editorial: Prepare AANHPI groups for disaster

• Sept. 13, 2024

Hawaii has become closely acquainted with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) since last August, when the agency shouldered a key role in relief and recovery after the disastrous Lahaina wildfire. Read more

Editorial: DPP must overhaul lax enforcement

• Sept. 12, 2024

Because any mass shooting is incomprehensible, reprehensible and unbearably tragic, there is a human reflex to cast blame and to seek answers. Read more

Editorial: Police commission must wisely evolve

• Sept. 11, 2024

A city audit finding that the Honolulu Police Commission (HPC) does not have adequate, “defined processes” for evaluating the Honolulu Police Department (HPD) deserves full consideration as a potential roadmap for improvements. Read more

Editorial: Ewa hotel a boon, but mind land use

• Sept. 10, 2024

Another limited-service hotel, under the broad Hyatt umbrella, is on the way for Oahu’s second city, the sprawling Kapolei area that encompasses Ho‘opili and Ewa Beach, and it’s a location that makes perfect sense. Read more

Editorial: CORE Bus driving in right direction

• Sept. 9, 2024

The City and County’s Crisis Outreach Response and Engagement Program (CORE) has a new — very large — set of wheels that officials hope will propel the fledgling unit forward in its necessary goal to support and serve Oahu’s homeless population. Read more

Editorial: Radford grounds must be cleared

• Sept. 8, 2024

After the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, debris from the bombed Navy facility and waste from the war effort went to a dump site nearby: Makalapa Crater, now the site of Radford High School. Read more

Editorial: Navy must conduct weekly water tests

• Sept. 6, 2024

Nearly 105 million gallons of military fuel stored 100 feet above a key aquifer have now been removed from Red Hill — good — but unfortunately, threat of serious contamination from residual toxins lingers. Read more

Editorial: Support land trust to rebuild Lahaina

• Sept. 5, 2024

The Lahaina Community Land Trust (LCLT) is just getting started, but its ambitions are bold: to keep longtime residents in the West Maui community where they had a foundation before the disastrous Aug. 8 wildfires. Read more

Editorial: West Side violence must be mollified

• Sept. 4, 2024

Stories of violence on Oahu’s West Side have become seemingly routine. If the public becomes numb to them and ultimately writes off the community for its persistently high crime rate, that would be the biggest calamity of all. Read more

Editorial: Ramp up Hawaii fire protection efforts

• Sept. 3, 2024

As the massive losses and trauma of the 2023 West Maui fires continue to send shock waves through the state, the disaster has also created a sharp awareness — and healthy fear — of fire’s potential danger to Hawaii’s communities. Read more

Editorial: Do more to help working families

• Sept. 2, 2024

On this Labor Day 2024, Hawaii and the U.S. are more focused on labor than is typical in a period of statistically high employment and economic strength. About time. Read more

Editorial: Teach isle youth power of voting

• Sept. 1, 2024

Getting more people to vote is a worthy goal, certainly. But beyond the numbers is the imperative for a better-informed citizenry, for critical thinking that goes beyond cults of personality to delve into issues and pursue ideas for the greater good. Read more

Editorial: Stewardship key in Wailupe flood plan

• Aug. 30, 2024

City Council Resolution 204, which would approve a new joint federal-city study of flood-control options for Wailupe Stream, is headed to the full Council for consideration after its Zoning Committee advanced it last week. Read more

Editorial: HPD must work on communication

• Aug. 29, 2024

Mutual trust is a foundational conceit in governance, and perhaps nowhere is that more implicit and on routine public display than in law enforcement. Read more

Editorial: Use UHERO data to better rural health

• Aug. 28, 2024

It may seem obvious that Hawaii’s households residing farthest away from a doctor’s or dentist’s office are less able, and therefore less likely, to receive adequate health care than those in more densely populated areas, and that the burden worsens for those with low incomes. Read more

Editorial: State climate team getting acclimated

• Aug. 27, 2024

Climate change, the global environmental crisis that people once perceived as a faraway worry, is now confronting Hawaii, especially as it affects sea-level rise. Read more

Editorial: Act now to counter Hawaii fentanyl crisis

• Aug. 26, 2024

A Hawaii island drug sting made headlines this week for preventing four ounces of highly potent fentanyl from reaching the streets. Read more

Editorial: New DHHL plan bold, promising

• Aug. 25, 2024

At stake: DHHL’s strategy to place 29,000 Hawaiians who languish on a wait list for leases for a home or property. Read more