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May 5, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

KAILUA-KONA — Records were broken during last weekend’s Central Pacific Bank/Big Island Interscholastic Federation Track and Field Championships, setting the stage for this upcomin...

May 5, 2025 | 8 MIN READ

KAMUELA — In the span of a year, Kealakehe boys golf nearly reached the mountaintop.

May 4, 2025 | 6 MIN READ

What’s in a name? That question remains a powerful one, more than four centuries after William Shakespeare posed it.

May 4, 2025 | 6 MIN READ

The last day of the legislative session ended Friday just like it did in 2023: with House Republicans snapping at one another on the House floor shortly after senators walked across the state...

May 4, 2025 | 7 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — For those tens of millions of Americans who regard President Donald Trump’s bull-in-a-china-shop decade of political life as a waking nightmare, what may be hardest to...

May 3, 2025 | 6 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday proposed slashing $163 billion in federal spending next fiscal year, a drastic retrenchment in the role and reach of government that, if ena...

May 3, 2025 | 6 MIN READ

The Trump administration on Friday officially eliminated a loophole that had allowed American shoppers to buy cheap goods from China without paying tariffs. The move will help U.S. manufacture...

May 2, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump ousted his national security adviser Mike Waltz on Thursday and named Secretary of State Marco Rubio as his interim replacement in the first majo...

May 2, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

AstroDay 2025 is returning to this weekend for another fun-filled day of activities exploring the wonders of space and technology.

May 2, 2025 | 6 MIN READ

The state Legislature gave final approval to about 250 bills Wednesday during several hours of voting that included a surprise defeat of a gun-control measure.

May 2, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration said Thursday it is suing four Democratic-led states to prevent them from enforcing “burdensome and ideologically motivat...

May 1, 2025 | 6 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — They began to arrive when the late-morning sun had risen above the trees, just as the black paving stones at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial had started to get hot. They were...

May 1, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Three Hawaii Police Department officers and one civilian testified Wednesday during a preliminary hearing for 42-year-old Pahoa woman accused of fatally strangling her significant other with h...

May 1, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

The chaotic start to President Donald Trump’s second term roiled the economy at the beginning of the year, as consumers and businesses scrambled to react to a constant stream of tariff a...

April 30, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

The agencies charged with protecting Hawaii’s ecosystems are seeking public input through the month of May on the 2025 State Wildlife Action Plan, an in-depth document detailing the stat...

April 30, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

WARREN, Michigan — President Donald Trump touted what he called a series of major economic wins and forcefully attacked Democrats during a rally in Michigan on Tuesday, as polling showed...