The bill is expected to give Hawaiʻi ratepayers additional choices for purchasing electricity. Lawmakers hope it will also ...

The book is “Place Names of Hawaii” by Mary Kawena Pukui. Samuel H. Elbert and Esther T. Mookini. This nearly 60-year-old ...

On Kauaʻi, job applications for chief of police are down 68% as a department with sinking morale and recruitment and ...

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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 ...

Coppin is a producer of Ahi Lele Fire Show at Anaina Hou and former hotelier. Courtney Teague is the Director of Audience at Civil Beat and editor of the Morning Beat newsletter. Drop her a line at ...

Courtney Teague is the Director of Audience at Civil Beat and editor of the Morning Beat newsletter. Drop her a line at ...

The Honolulu Board of Water Supply is taking the U.S. Navy to court for refusing to cover the local agency’s costs following the 2021 fuel spill at Red Hill, as the agency tries to protect the ...

Law enforcement agencies will step up efforts to gather evidence of fireworks violations on Oʻahu this weekend as a dry run for heightened surveillance, including on New Year’s Eve — a change ...

Andrew Debellis came to Honolulu with dreams of becoming a traditional sushi chef, and before long landed a job as sous chef at Margotto, the Honolulu branch of Margotto e Baciare, which is ...