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

Ticketing of Honolulu’s homeless population ballooned after the mayor pledged to get 1,000 people off the street in a year, ...

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

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.

Gov. Josh Green is actively negotiating a Pōhakuloa deal with the Trump administration and the U.S. Army that violates the Hawaiʻi Constitution’s Article XI mandating public lands be preserved and ...

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.

Schools have fewer bus drivers than before the Covid-19 pandemic, but statewide costs for student transportation have increased.

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