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May 27, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

For many, Memorial Day is the unofficial start of summer, a holiday from work and a day for the beach and backyard barbecues.

May 27, 2025 | 7 MIN READ

Patrick Hart studies birds so intently on Hawaii island, he’s nearly becoming one.

May 27, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

President Donald Trump memorialized the nation’s fallen soldiers in a speech at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday, recognizing the families of servicemen and servicewomen who died fi...

May 26, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

Some 41% of the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine’s 2025 graduating class is staying in Hawaii for residency training — a 10-point increase from last year that...

May 26, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

Shareeduh McGee is fighting to keep the memory of her cousin George Floyd alive.

May 26, 2025 | 6 MIN READ

Seven people celebrated returning to themselves at the 73rd Big Island Drug Court commencement ceremony at Hilo’s Third Circuit court on May 15. Judge Peter Kubota said it was the bigges...

May 25, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

Honoring May as Mental Health Awareness Month, health professionals and anti-tobacco advocates are offering education on the connection between vaping and mental health issues.

May 25, 2025 | 9 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — The day after House Republicans approved an expensive package of tax cuts that rattled financial markets, President Donald Trump pivoted back to his other signature policy p...

May 25, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

The voyaging canoes Hokule‘a and Hikianalia were celebrated during the Hokule‘a Ho‘olaule‘a Saturday in Hilo before continuing on to French Polynesia. The canoes are fu...

May 24, 2025 | 11 MIN READ

For entrepreneurs who want a loan, a government contract or just some advice, the Small Business Administration is generally a first stop. But over the past few months, getting the agency&rsqu...

May 24, 2025 | 9 MIN READ

President Donald Trump threatened to revive his global trade wars Friday, adding a fresh dose of chaos to trade relationships that had calmed somewhat in recent weeks.

May 24, 2025 | 8 MIN READ

The Hawai‘i Tourism Authority’s destination management focus is “not new — or effective — and the agency remains unable to gauge its own performance,” accor...

May 23, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

A panel that forecasts state tax revenue that funds Hawaii government operations on Wednesday downgraded projections for the next three fiscal years amid swirling uncertainties over federal po...

May 23, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday set forth their vision for how to “make America healthy again” with the release of...

May 23, 2025 | 6 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — It took everything House Republicans could muster to just barely nudge their major domestic policy bill over the finish line by the sparest of margins at daybreak Thursday....

May 22, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

Once 2021 Kealakehe graduate Gareth Warren got the call he always dreamed of, he wasn’t sure how to initially react.