A dishonest public worker and his partners slurped up millions of dollars by illegally manipulating a complex system of ...

Maui County officials are still discussing the future use of the Olowalu site where wildfire debris is being temporarily ...

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Three people died during an air tour over the Nāpali Coast in July 2024. Investigators attributed the accident to weather and a known weakness in the model of the helicopter.

King Kamehameha Day was first observed in 1872 to honor the ruler known as the father of the Hawaiian Kingdom. King Kamehameha I united the Hawaiian islands under one rule, and celebrations of his ...

Inflation on Oʻahu climbed faster than the national average in May, though numbers have generally been headed in a positive direction.

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Pablo Stewart is a clinical professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaiʻi. He supervises psychiatric residents in the care of mentally ill ...

Terry Kupers is a forensic psychiatrist, a professor at the Wright Institute in Berkeley and an advisor to the Campaign to Unlock the Box. He is the author of “Prison Madness” and “Solitary: The ...

Will Bailey is a veteran who was born on Kauaʻi, served two tours in Iraq, and now lives on Hawaiʻi island. He attended University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa, UH Hilo and Hawaiʻi Community College. I served ...

A lawsuit against Hawaiʻi restrictions basically defends using artificial intelligence to undermine our republic.

Experts agree full-time staff support is essential to the success of the neighbor island boards, but only Maui is taking that ...