Hawaii News

March 16, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

ELEELE — The Department of Public Works has scheduled one lane closure for Eleele until Friday.

March 16, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

Almost one year into construction at the Hilo Benioff Medical Center, everything is “on track” with the expansion of the main hospital and the East Hawaii Clinic facilities across...

March 16, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

The torture and killing of an 11-year-old Laie girl with learning disabilities, allegedly at the hands of her adoptive mother, was flagged by the state Department of Human Services in its 2024...

March 16, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

The list of annual state holidays in Hawaii could grow by one under legislation that easily passed a milestone last week.

March 16, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

Ways to toughen legal penalties for those caught using illegal aerial pyrotechnics advanced during discussion of a Honolulu City Council fireworks-related measure earlier this month.

March 15, 2025 | 7 MIN READ

When Raia Olsen, owner of Oahu Grazers, pulls up to the solar farm in Mililani and lets her flock of sheep out of the trailer, they know just what to do.

March 15, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

LIHUE — The current state of uncertainty in the nation did little to affect Mayor Derek S.K. Kawakami’s seventh State of the County address on Thursday at the Moikeha Building....

March 14, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Bills advancing through the state Legislature aim to support families with preschool-age children, but many parents are calling for greater flexibility in qualifying for child care subsidies....

March 14, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

Gov. Josh Green said White House officials reassured him Tuesday that the University of Hawaii “is not on the chopping block for antisemitism” just one day after the Trump administ...

March 14, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Kathy Strong is on a mission to honor a fallen Vietnam War soldier she never met. This week that mission brought her to Hawaii.

March 14, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

A gloomy new forecast is depressing the amount of state tax revenue Hawaii’s Legislature has available to finalize its budget for the next two fiscal years.

March 14, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

President Donald Trump’s administration has abruptly canceled two federal programs that directly support local food purchases and school nutrition efforts in a budget-cutting move that i...

March 13, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

LIHUE — Shutter bugs get your cameras ready as a Total Lunar Eclipse will occur Thursday night and into early Friday, March 14 that is expected to turn the moon blood red for everyone in...

March 13, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

The arrivals of two lunar landers on the moon this week bodes well for a Hawaii island nonprofit company’s plan to set up a permanent observatory on the moon.

March 13, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

LIHUE — A new online website designed to assist Hawaii residents learn more about the state’s income tax cut and help calculate their estimated tax savings for the next six years h...

March 13, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists say episode 13 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption ended at 3:13 p.m.Tuesday.