by Kalani Kaʻanāʻanā | Feb 11, 2026
Share: On any given day in Hawaiʻi, signs of strain are visible. Trails show wear from heavy use. Reefs experience stress from warming waters and sediment runoff. Forested areas continue to face pressures from invasive species, alongside growing wildfire risk....
by Gilian Santiago, Mahealani duPont, Guest Editor: Naka Nathaniel | Jan 28, 2026
Share: WAIKŌLOA VILLAGE – Rob Lee was in a pre-meeting called by a traffic management and evacuation consulting firm based in Texas. KLD Associates needed to tell the first responders from Hawaiʻi Islandʻs police and fire departments, civil defense, the mayorʻs office...
by Noelle Fujii-Oride | Dec 17, 2025
Share: This story was co-published with Next City, a nonprofit newsroom reporting on solutions for equitable and just cities. Get Next City’s stories in your inbox. Gary Pacheco has lived in Kīlauea his entire life and has seen it grow from its sugar plantation...
