The longtime incumbent Democratic senator for state Senate District 10 is facing a challenge from the House member who has represented the same district for the past six years. Le ...

The prevalence of wild, swarming honeybees is concerning for many. But for some, including researchers, it's a sign of good environmental health.

Lulu Gribbin was 15 when she survived a shark attack off the coast of Florida. She lost her left hand, part of her right leg and almost her life. What she didn’t know when she entered the water on ...

Some gun control advocates fear that the islands’ status as one of the safest states from firearm crime could be at risk. Hawaiʻi has long been among the states with the strictest gun laws, ...

First come the killings. Then, inevitably, the comments. Whenever feral or free-roaming cats are deemed the culprits in a high-profile killing of Hawaiʻi’s native wildlife, such as the recent mass ...

Eight candidates are competing for the 1st Congressional District. Hawaiʻi’s 1st Congressional District encompasses much of Oʻahu from East Honolulu to Kapolei and Mililani — home to about 720,000 ...

Law required people to get permission to carry guns into places such as stores and hotels. The decision doesn’t stop businesses from taking their own steps to ban guns on their property. WASHINGTON — ...

Nui lehulehu ka poʻe hoihoi i nā papahana kauwela o Honolulu, aia nō naʻe he mau hakahaka ma nā papahana ma ʻEwa a ma Kona he ʻelua pule ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka wā kākau inoa. He hōʻea mai koe ...

Will Caron is director of communications at the Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice, a policy research and advocacy nonprofit. Opinions are the author’s own and do not necessarily ...

Some property owners are paying out of pocket to make their homes livable while waiting for federal funds they hope will come through. After a series of Kona lows devastated the North Shore of Oʻahu ...

The sight of a carcass hanging in the cutting room is increasingly uncommon at Molokaʻi’s only slaughterhouse. The paniolo, gathered in the facility’s break room on a recent Wednesday, would typically ...

When a bout of pneumonia put Robert Granger in the hospital on Moloka’i in December 2024, an emergency room doctor called for an air ambulance to send him to a better-equipped hospital in Honolulu.