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The battle over who controls one of the island's major water sources — a foreign company or a county board — appears headed ...

From volcanic eruptions to the pandemic to the current SNAP benefits disruption, Hawaiʻi people show up with incredible ...

OHA Chair Kai Kahale described the possibility of the federal government using eminent domain to retain state land as a ...

Two legislators strongly reject a proposal from the Hawaiʻi Elections Commission to return to same-day, in-person voting.

Soon Aloha Stadium will be demolished. Good riddance. When it came to big things, Aloha Stadium was a spectacular failure.

It took years for the city to set up a program helping businesses that were negatively impacted by rail construction. Now, ...

A lawsuit over a controversial wastewater system in Kona may finally lead to development of a new regional park.

Risk a lot to save a lot. But a newly uncovered federal investigation into a firefighter's death cautions fire departments ...

As federal incentives for electric vehicles are drying up, will the state still expand its fledgling charging network?

Remaining residents were terrified when a group of men in black clothing armed with a pistol showed up last week. Today they ...

Coral Pasisi, the director of climate change and sustainability at The Pacific Community SPC. (Courtesy: The Pacific ...