Across the nation and in Hawaii, news organizations are downsizing and closing their doors due to the ever-rising costs of keeping local journalism alive and well. While Civil Beat has [...]
Next Game: TCU (3rd Place Game) 12/24/2023 | 1:30 P.M. HT ESPN2 Dec. 24 (Sun) / 1:30 P.M. HT TCU (3rd Place Game) [...]
From her Hawai‘i home, Amazon researcher Natalie Perez uses interviews, focus groups, surveys and more to understand employee experiences across the globe. Photo: Aaron YoshinoName: Natalie PerezJob: Qualitative Research Scientist [...]
Luis Miguel Castro Alavez. Photo Courtesy: Prosecutors Office Luis Miguel Castro Alavez, 31 years old of Mexico, was found guilty of conspiracy and attempted possession with intent to distribute 500 [...]
Mahalo to Teresa Wood for sharing this gorgeous shot with us for Aloha Friday Photos. She snapped this photo while visiting Kona in December 2022. The moonlit sky and palm [...]
We received a notification today from the Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) advising highway users of a full nightly closure of Kuhio Highway (Route 560) in the area of the [...]
They provide convenience, but it comes at the cost of effective land use and construction of affordable housing. It’s easy to be overwhelmed by the housing crisis. But it’s crucial [...]
Next Game: Georgia Tech (Semifinal #2) 12/22/2023 | 6:00 P.M. HT ESPN2 Dec. 22 (Fri) / 6:00 P.M. HT Georgia Tech (Semifinal #2) [...]
At Malolo Farm in Kula, Ali Minney and her family have supplied florists with the winter-blooming flowers for decades. Photo: Aaron YoshinoAli Minney and her family are third-generation owners of [...]
December 21, 2023, 3:05 PM HST Haunani Trask Gibson. Photo Courtesy: Hawai‘i Police Department Hawai‘i Island police are renewing their request for the public’s assistance in locating 60-year-old Haunani Trask [...]
Tourists clearly aren’t showing up in Hawaii as is normal at the peak holiday season. Your editors can attest to this as we saw transiting two of Hawaii’s perennially busy [...]
Honolulu is the only county in Hawaii that doesn’t use school resource officers. Some leaders feel that should change. State and local leaders are calling for increased security at Nanakuli [...]
Story Links Signing Day Central Signing Day Roster HONOLULU – The University of Hawai'i football program [...]
My latest report – “Private Equity Owns a Big Chunk of Hawai‘i’s Hotels. Here’s Why That Matters” – found that private equity firms own 33 of the state’s 144 hotel [...]
The Department of Law Enforcement is announcing the seizure of a large shipment of illegal fireworks in Honolulu. Approximately 16 tons of illegal fireworks were seized in a shipping container [...]
In an SEC filing we obtained earlier today, Hawaiian Airlines answered further questions about the planned acquisition of the Hawaii bellwether by Seattle-based Alaska Airlines. This filing followed a Hawaiian [...]
The push to protect health care workers comes in response to an increase in violence at facilities around the county. All visitors to the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center’s emergency [...]
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After a year in which the number of homes sold plummeted and mortgage rates hit 20-year highs, Oʻahu’s real estate market got good news last week that may signal a [...]
Residents in Hawai‘i face some of the highest housing costs in the nation. For many this will change soon as the Hawai‘i Island Community Development Corporation, a Hilo-based 501(c)(3) non-profit [...]
Alaska Airlines was recently quoted as saying that they are now planning to keep flying the now up to quarter century old Boeing 717 fleet interisland for more than five [...]
The rich lives and traditions of the “Forbidden Isle” were captured in the Hawaiian language newspapers that flourished for more than a century. Much has been written about Niihau — [...]
Story Links HONOLULU – University of Hawai'i offensive lineman Eliki Tanuvasa was selected to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team for the third time in his career. [...]
William Chen | Photo: courtesy of Prospac Holdings ProsPac is a boutique development firm in Honolulu that delivers affordable rentals, market and luxury condominiums, and commercial real estate opportunities for [...]
Forecast for Big Island Windward and Southeast Shores Today Wednesday Surf Surf AM PM AM PM North Facing 7-10 7-10 5-7 5-7 East Facing 10-14 8-12 6-8 6-8 South Facing [...]
– We have New Year’s Eve guides for three island that we released today. We know several readers have been awaiting them. We anticipate some additions to each of them [...]
This week, we’ll be doing our first review of true premium economy class travel to Hawaii. Two editors will be flying on United’s still relatively new “Premium Plus,” which came [...]
The governor revives the idea of a ‘green fee’ levied on tourists that would help offset the impact of climate change. The recovery from the Aug. 8 Maui wildfire will [...]
Next Game: Portland 12/21/2023 | 6:00 P.M. HT ESPN2 ESPN Honolulu Dec. 21 (Thu) / 6:00 P.M. HT Portland History HONOLULU [...]
Illustration: Kalany Omengkar It’s common for major Hawai‘i hotel transactions to make headlines. Among them was the $1.1 billion purchase of the Grand Wailea and the $275 million purchase of [...]
Forecast for Big Island Windward and Southeast Shores Today Tuesday Surf Surf AM PM AM PM North Facing 10-15 10-15 7-10 6-8 East Facing 14-18 14-18 8-12 7-10 South Facing [...]
After surviving pandemic lockdowns and the “retail apocolypse,” shopping centers find old friends and new optimism. There’s seven more days until Christmas, and retail merchants and shopping center managers are [...]
Story Links UNLV Invitational Day 2 Results LAS VEGAS — The University of Hawai'i swimming teams picked up relay wins [...]
December 17, 2023, 5:15 PM HST A high surf advisory has been issued for east-facing shores from Upolu Point in North Kohala to Cape Kumukahi in Puna until 6 p.m. [...]
This has been a week filled with Hawaii travel news and hundreds of your comments covering all facets of Hawaii tourism. It included the first changes coming with the planned [...]
Northern Kahoolawe, a desolate, windswept region, is an unlikely landscape to foster life. The Hakio‘awa watershed is nearly impenetrable. Its rusty slopes of sterile hardpan are scarred with water-eroded fissures [...]
Story Links UNLV Invitational LCM TimeTrials LAS VEGAS — University of Hawai'i swimmers posted the top times in six events [...]
Visitors enjoy all the lights and decorations Dec. 11 at the Kona Christmas House. (Photo by Nathan Christophel/Big Island Now) It’s a week before Christmas, and one Big Island family [...]
The final vestige of the grandest try ever to link the Hawaiian islands by ferry has come to an end on Kauai. The state recently issued a bid request to [...]
A final report identifies dozens of legislative proposals to ensure that another Lahaina fire does not occur. But if one does, Hawaii will be better prepared. One month before the [...]
Story Links HONOLULU — The University of Hawai'i men's and women's swimming and diving teams close out the fall schedule at the four-day UNLV Invitational, which opens Saturday at [...]
Hilo Today: Partly sunny. Breezy. Scattered showers in the morning, then isolated light showers in the afternoon. Highs 75 to 80 near the shore to 61 to 66 at 4000 [...]
Beat of Hawaii editors recently flew on Southwest Hawaii flights we reviewed and will again be in the air today on Alaska Airlines to the mainland. Look for another upcoming [...]
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At about 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, beloved paddling coach Nathan Grocholski Lopez, his son and three of his son’s friends left Mahi‘ula Beach on the Kona coast to ride big [...]
Mahalo to Charles Phelps for sharing this amazing photo with us for Aloha Friday Photos. He took this photo on a catamaran cruise of the Na Pali Coast. In the [...]
As Alaska sets out to begin its biggest growth spurt ever with the acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines, it is making several interesting moves in quite literally opposite directions. The Seattle [...]
What sets Waialae Elementary Public Charter School apart from schools focused on grades and test scores is its focus on emotional learning. There’s a bulletin board outside a third grade [...]
Story Links HONOLULU— The University of Hawai'i men's basketball team faces one of its biggest non-conference tests this year when it takes on former conference rival Nevada on Sunday, Dec. [...]