As beaches shrink, the proposal would revise the county’s shoreline setback rules to ensure that coastal homes truly being rebuilt are relocated inland.

Miske, who was convicted of 13 federal counts in July of 2024, died of a fentanyl overdose at Honolulu’s Federal Detention Center on Dec. 1, 2024. He had not yet been sentenced but was facing ...

Sylvia Luke’s campaign failed to report more than $7,800 worth of campaign contributions during the first six months of 2022, according to an audit of her campaign fund ...

Randy Kuba is owner of Mana-Su LLC, a Hawai‘i-based health and wellness company. A small Hawai‘i importer’s perspective. I was recently surprised to learn how many people do not understand who ...

Vacation rentals aren’t permitted on farmland under state law, but recent legal battles show some Big Island landowners want to test that. Vacation rentals aren’t permitted on farmland under state law ...

At least 1 in 4 licensed fishing trips lose catches — and profits — to sharks in Hawaiian waters. Scientists are developing chemical repellants and magnetic fields as deterrents. At least 1 in 4 ...

A green energy group that previously opposed the rate increase has joined HECO in asking regulators to hike rates.

Germaine Meyers is an elected member of the Nānākuli-Māʻili Neighborhood Board and a community advocate for public education and civic engagement on the Waiʻanae Coast. Public schools on the West Side ...

Echoing strong community sentiment, the County Council has joined the chorus calling on the U.S. Air Force to reject an environmental review of the project.

School Community Councils were created under Act 51 to provide community participation in school governance. In theory, School Community Councils allow parents, teachers and community members to help ...

Gov. Josh Green is negotiating an agreement with a Japanese rail conglomerate to work on transit-oriented development along ...

Flooding damaged elevators in the 16-story building. Repair of the main passenger elevator will take months. A five-month elevator outage at a Honolulu apartment building has created significant ...