by Hawaiʻi Community Journal | Sep 28, 2026
Share: Hawaiʻi has a media problem. A public policy report published last year by the Hawaii Institute of Public Affairs showed that the number of local newspapers across the islands was cut in half—dropping from 27 to less than 15—over the last two decades....
by Hawaiʻi Community Journal | Aug 26, 2026
Share: Jonathan L. Scheuer is co-author of Water and Power in Maui. He helps organizations manage environmental conflict, seeking sustainable prosperity for the people and resources involved. Hawaiʻi Community Journal sat down with Scheuer on the topic of freshwater...
by Hawaiʻi Community Journal | Aug 21, 2026
Share: Earlier this summer, AHL hosted a panel on climate resiliency as part of its Art+Design+Architecture series. We revisited the conversation with Dr. Charles “Chip” Fletcher, Dean of the School of Ocean and Earth Science Technology at the University of Hawaiʻi at...
by Megan Moseley | Aug 14, 2026
Share: The long-standing controversy involving water infrastructure on Maui that’s more than a century old hit a pivotal moment this week. The state, which oversees parts of a miles-long ditch system that delivers water from East Maui, proposed new solutions in...
by Christopher Shuler, Flannery McGreevy | Jul 30, 2026
Share: On a clear morning in March 2023, a fleet of off-road vehicles climbed the slope above Waiheʻe-Waiehu, Maui. Along for the ride were both local residents from the nearby Hawaiian Homestead community, Waiehu Kou, and students from a University of Hawai’i Mānoa...
by Jodi Robinson | Jun 23, 2026
Share: At a community meeting on Kauaʻi, one nonprofit leader described losing a six-figure federal program and keeping services running only because local donors stepped up. On Maui, an organization shared how inflation nearly doubled operating costs, forcing staff...
