Planting education

Why long-lasting, publicly-funded educational opportunities that engage natives and settlers are necessary to place the health of our natural environments at the center

Noelani Goodyear-Kaopua / Read
An interview with filmmaker Aina Paikai

A new series of local films begins Friday night at Coffee Talk in Kaimuki.

Hawaii Independent Staff / Read
A dirt prism

A Kakaako art exhibit throws light on where we've come from, and where we're heading

Eric Cordeiro / Read
Video: The state of the environment

Video from the 2013 Ideas Summit: Maxine Burkett, Robert Harris, Sen. Laura Thielen, and Tom Coffman on the state of our environment.

Hawaii Independent Staff / Ideas / Read
Downtown Wal-Mart?

All signs are pointing to a new Wal-Mart on Fort Street Mall.

Hawaii Independent Staff / Read Star-Advertiser <
North Korea threatens Hawaii, Guam

The threats are the latest in a series of rhetorical flare-ups from Pyongyang since the United States and South Korean forces began joint military drills earlier this month, as US B-52 bombers flew over the Korean peninsula.

Hawaii Independent Staff / Tensions on the Korean peninsula / GlobalPost <
A brief history of the Hawaiian homelands program

On Kūhiō's birthday, a look at his greatest legacy

Umi Perkins / Read
The Moana Surfrider

What do the Duke of Windsor and Amelia Earhart have in common?

Hawaii Independent Staff / Architecture Month 2013 / Read
Should the State buy 22,500 acres of Dole lands?

Senator Donovan Dela Cruz has introduced a resolution for the state to purchase 22,500 acres currently being sold by the agribusiness corporation.

Hawaii Independent Staff / Dole Food lands / Read
Kahana families get their leases

The Board of Land and Natural Resources granted leases to six Kahana Valley families today.

Ikaika M Hussey / Kahana Valley Leases / Read