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April 22, 2025 | 8 MIN READ

Recent high-profile cases of child torture and neglect that led to the deaths of two children on Oahu have sharpened the focus for police officers and prosecuting attorneys pushing Hawaii lawm...

April 21, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

The 62nd Annual Merrie Monarch Festival kicked off on Sunday with the Ho‘olaule‘a at Hilo’s Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium.

April 21, 2025 | 6 MIN READ

The Army has released its finalized environmental impact statement on the prospect of retaining 22,750 acres of state-owned land at the Pohakuloa Training Area on Hawaii Island after its lease...

April 21, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

A draft stewardship plan for the protection of a culturally and ecologically vital coastline in the Ka‘u district is being formally introduced to the public through a virtual meeting fro...

April 20, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

A new bill outlining a registration process for hosted transient vacation rentals, or TVRs will be introduced May 6 during Hawaii County Council committee meetings in Kailua-Kona.

April 20, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

About 250 students from five East Hawaii High Schools were present Thursday at the University of Hawaii at Hilo’s Performing Arts Center to hear oral arguments before the Hawaii Supreme...

April 20, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

Hawaii County still anticipates construction to restore lava-ravaged Pohoiki Road in lower Puna will begin before the end of June.

April 19, 2025 | 8 MIN READ

With a big win for school vouchers in Texas in the early hours of Thursday morning, the private-school choice movement conquered the last major Republican-led state.

April 19, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

The University of Hawaii announced Thursday it has lost $30 million in federal funding for research, just as the school sees the number of revoked student visas “literally (change) by th...

April 19, 2025 | 7 MIN READ

It is unclear how the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority board will deal with concerns over late payments to contractors and state probes to determine whether the agency committed procurement or...

April 18, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

KEALAKEKUA — It came down to the wire, but second-seeded Hawaii Preparatory Academy girls flag football found a way.

April 18, 2025 | 6 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — Elon Musk’s SpaceX and two partners have emerged as frontrunners to win a crucial part of President Donald Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile defense shie...

April 18, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he was allowing commercial fishing in one of the world’s largest ocean reserves, introducing industrial operations for the first time in more th...

April 17, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

Hawaii’s economy is in store for reduced growth due to indirect impacts on tourism from President Donald Trump’s global tariffs, according to two local economists.

April 17, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Donald Trump said there was “big progress” when he made the surprise move on Wednesday to negotiate directly with a Japanese trade delegation...

April 17, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Political candidates would be allowed to use campaign funds to take care of their dependents, such as child care expenses, in what several supporters hope will attract more diverse, family-�...