Brittany Lyte

Honolulu

Staff Writer at Honolulu Civil Beat

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Articles

Kauaʻi Businesses Fear 'Breaking Point' With Interisland Shipping Rate Hike

2 weeks ago | civilbeat.org | Brittany Lyte

Young Brothers is seeking approval from Hawai‘i regulators to significantly increase interisland shipping rates. Kaua‘i businesses are bracing for another huge rate hike in shipping goods from island to island just four years after Young Brothers won a 46% emergency rate increase. Now, the freight service company wants state regulators to approve a 27% hike on cargo transportation fees.
Kaua‘i Helicopter Company Wants New Flight Rules Amid Public Opposition

3 weeks ago | civilbeat.org | Brittany Lyte

Blue Hawaiian has petitioned federal regulators for a rule change but community members, worried about safety and noise, say they need more time to study the proposal. A cloud of confusion and a deficit of public awareness around a Kauaʻi helicopter tour operator’s petition for a flight rules waiver from the Federal Aviation Administration has brought community members out in opposition.
It’s Your Money: Kauaʻi Hiking Hazards Could Cost Taxpayers $550K

1 month ago | civilbeat.org | Brittany Lyte

The state has tentatively agreed to pay a pair of tourists injured at Waimea Canyon State Park in 2021 and 2023. While vacationing on Kauaʻi, Jennifer Reber of Utah fell on a popular state hiking trail in Waimea Canyon State Park. A metal spike protruding from the middle of the trail impaled her right thigh, she alleged in a legal claim against the Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources.
Lānaʻi Clinic Pushes To Prescribe Drugs As Telehealth Bill Moves Forward

1 month ago | civilbeat.org | Brittany Lyte

The legal battle comes as the Legislature debates a bill that would allow pharmacists on neighbor islands to remotely supervise services at rural medical clinics. A Lānaʻi pharmacy has reopened after a Honolulu circuit court judge temporarily blocked a state regulatory board from shutting down its ability to fill patient prescriptions.
Hawaiʻi’s Imperiled Milk Industry Has A Rare Chance To Grow

1 month ago | civilbeat.org | Brittany Lyte

Hawaiʻi is down to just one commercial dairy, mostly relying on imported milk. A new proposal looks at a West Kauaʻi site. Six years ago Hawaiʻi Dairy Farms canceled plans to build a dairy on Kauaʻi’s south shore amid fierce backlash from Poʻipū hotels and resorts and environmental activists who contended the cow manure would pollute the sea and air just downwind of beachfront pools. “No Moo Poo in Maha’ulepu” bumper stickers remain a frequent sight on Kauaʻi roads today.
Kawakami's Spending Plan For Kaua‘i Targets Roads, Workforce

1 month ago | civilbeat.org | Brittany Lyte

The mayor’s $488 million budget proposal marks a more than 8% spending increase from the county’s fiscal 2025 budget. Kaua‘i Mayor Derek Kawakami delivered his seventh state of the county address Thursday, unveiling a $488 million spending plan that prioritizes the nuts and bolts of government services over flashy new investments.
Maui Council Acts to Let Local Boards And Commissions Get Back To Work

1 month ago | civilbeat.org | Brittany Lyte

Empty seats have hamstrung the volunteer boards that handle everything from homelessness and government ethics to planning and police accountability. For more stories like this, sign up for the Morning Beat, our free daily email newsletter that keeps you up to date on Hawaiʻi news. Numerous Maui County boards and commissions have been paralyzed by vacancies for a year, hampered from making decisions that shape life on Maui, Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi.
This Luxury Kauaʻi Hotel Is Housing Foreign Workers In Container Homes

2 months ago | civilbeat.org | Brittany Lyte

The 1 Hotel Hanalei Bay also bought a multimillion-dollar home in a working class neighborhood to house upper management. At the 1 Hotel Hanalei Bay, where the cheapest rooms go for about $1,200 a night, wealthy tourists, including Kourtney Kardashian and Addison Rae, enjoy access to $865 anti-aging facials and personalized nutrition plans while many of the housekeepers and chefs who cater to them can’t find a place to live.
Graveyard Of Kauaʻi Cows Killed By Anthrax Could Undermine Luxury Homes

2 months ago | civilbeat.org | Allan Parachini |Brittany Lyte

A judge will hear a lawsuit that Princeville residents have filed against the developer on Tuesday. Buried beneath an overgrown golf course in the resort community of Princeville are the decomposed remains of hundreds of cattle killed during a series of anthrax outbreaks more than a century ago. Now a developer wants to transform the former golf course atop this cattle graveyard into dozens of luxury homes and condos.
Kauaʻi Lawmakers Target Housing, Recreation Woes In 2025 Session

Jan 28, 2025 | civilbeat.org | Brittany Lyte

With a median home costing $1.4 million on the Garden Isle, lawmakers look to Vail, Colorado, for a solution. Kauaʻiʻs housing market surged more than 20% last year, squeezing out teachers, nurses and firefighters even as the county aggressively funneled money toward affordable developments. So lawmakers are looking to another outrageously expensive resort community — Vail, Colo. — for solutions to an issue that is top of mind for Kauaʻi residents.