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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 ...

A 92-year-old architect who tried to slip a Honolulu permit worker a $20 bill has been convicted of bribery of a public ...

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.

An elderly architect tried to slip an employee what he called a gratuity. County prosecutors say it was a bribe. A judge will ...

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 ...

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.