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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The state's only halfway house for people convicted of federal crimes closed six years ago so those who qualify for ...

Creating a way for tourists and casual oceangoers to flag diseased coral is underway as white syndrome threatens reefs around ...

The state has seen a boost recently in the application rate for federal financial aid, but it still falls short of its ...

The cases include allegations from the mayor's former chief of staff and a gender discrimination lawsuit against the Maui ...

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 ...

Haraguchi-Nakayama is a sixth generation taro farmer in Hanalei for her familyʻs farm, Hanalei Taro. Courtney Teague is the ...

Vierra is chief lifeguard of Kauaʻi Fire’s Ocean Safety Bureau, co-founder of the Kauaʻi Lifeguard Association and a former ...

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