The bill is expected to give Hawaiʻi ratepayers additional choices for purchasing electricity. Lawmakers hope it will also ...

On Kauaʻi, job applications for chief of police are down 68% as a department with sinking morale and recruitment and ...

The book is “Place Names of Hawaii” by Mary Kawena Pukui. Samuel H. Elbert and Esther T. Mookini. This nearly 60-year-old ...

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Future generations will judge Governor Green’s legacy. Will the governor choose to mortgage our future on a super jail that will fiscally hamper the state and result in more residents, disparately ...

The Honolulu Board of Water Supply is taking the U.S. Navy to court for refusing to cover the local agency’s costs following the 2021 fuel spill at Red Hill, as the agency tries to protect the ...

The only other district that had an increase in murders and non-negligent manslaughters since 2019 was District 3, which is the Pearl City area from Red Hill to Village Park and Waipahu. The ...

Law enforcement agencies will step up efforts to gather evidence of fireworks violations on Oʻahu this weekend as a dry run for heightened surveillance, including on New Year’s Eve — a change ...