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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.

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

Thousands of protesters across the country once again took to the streets Saturday to rally against President Donald Trump and his policies, a sign of sustained resistance to his leadership ju...

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 | 6 MIN READ

The U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday temporarily barred the Trump administration from deporting a group of Venezuelan migrants it accused of being gang members under a rarely used wartime law, b...

April 19, 2025 | 7 MIN READ

President Donald Trump this week revived a long-standing threat against Jerome Powell when he accused the Federal Reserve chair of “playing politics” and moving too slowly to lower...

April 18, 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

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

April 18, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

A 35-year-old Washington man will plead guilty to charges that he tried to sell more than 4,000 fentanyl pills on Hawaii Island in December 2022, according to federal court documents.

April 18, 2025 | 6 MIN READ

The White House is considering deep cuts to federal housing programs, including a sweeping overhaul of aid to low-income families, in a reconfiguration that could jeopardize millions of Americ...

April 18, 2025 | 7 MIN READ

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 shield, six people fami...