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April 25, 2025 | 6 MIN READ

KEA‘AU — In a perfect season, Konawaena girls flag football ended it in the perfect way.

April 24, 2025 | 7 MIN READ

Nearly 70% of Hawaii businesses have been “significantly” affected by President Donald Trump’s tariffs, and 27% have been “moderately” touched, according to preli...

April 24, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

A state bill intended to reinforce legal protections for domestic violence survivors has cleared its final legislative hurdle.

April 24, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

A Kona Circuit Court jury last week found in a civil trial that a Waimea businessman sexually abused a 12-year-old boy decades ago.

April 24, 2025 | 9 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — For a president who advertises himself as a paramount dealmaker, the next 11 weeks will be a pivotal test, as his advisers race to accomplish what no other administration ha...

April 24, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

The Hawaii football team was in a whirlwind of activity this week:

April 23, 2025 | 8 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrived at the Pentagon in January with almost no government experience and huge ambitions to remake the way the military was being run....

April 23, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

“Start by doing what’s necessary, then do what’s possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.”

April 23, 2025 | 7 MIN READ

Hours after swearing an oath to defend the U.S. Constitution on January 20, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing his attorney general to scour the Justice Department and...

April 23, 2025 | 6 MIN READ

Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO, said Tuesday that he would spend less time in Washington working for President Donald Trump after the automaker reported a profit drop of 71% in the first three m...

April 22, 2025 | 6 MIN READ

As the renowned Merrie Monarch Festival returns to Hilo for a 62nd year, the Merrie Monarch Hawaiian Arts and Crafts Fair will once again be offering anyone who didn’t score tickets a fr...

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 22, 2025 | 8 MIN READ

Months into his papacy in 2013, Pope Francis was asked about gay priests, and he responded, “Who am I to judge?” Across the United States, Catholics and non-Catholics alike took a...

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 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.