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The TNT Fireworks tent at the Safeway parking lot in Hilo on the Big Island. (Nathan Christophel/Big Island Now) In 1999, Ken Polido said yes when his sister’s friend asked [...]

What hasn’t already been said about the airline meltdown this week, which many have said reminded them of the Southwest meltdown last December? And somehow, we are suspicious that we [...]

Short takes, outtakes, our takes and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ethical leadership in Hawaii. Game on: Well, Blog Fans, there appears to be [...]

Story Links LONG BEACH, Calif. - A half dozen University of Hawaii players, both past and present, competed in the Super Finals of the Women's Water Polo World [...]

What is Information Asymmetry? In contract theory and economics, Information Asymmetry deals with the study of decisions in transactions where one party in a transaction is in possession of more [...]

Hawai‘i County Animal Control is offering Fourth of July pet safety tips. Photo Courtesy: County of Hawai‘i With the Fourth of July approaching, Hawai‘i County Animal Control Services is offering [...]

Hawaii Travel Would Be Decimated If Southwest pilots strike. Labor talks with Southwest pilots are at a virtual ground stop. How Southwest impacts Hawaii travel and what would happen if [...]

The “challenging” multibillion-dollar project is almost 60 years in the making. Hundreds of residents converged on nine train stations from the fields east of Kapolei to Aloha Stadium on Friday [...]

Story Links U.S. Men's Collegiate National Team COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – University of Hawai'i outside hitter Chaz Galloway was among [...]

A good mortgage loan officer knows all those little differences. You have to be a problem solver by nature. That’s really the kind of team we have at CPB. Photo: [...]

The $1.5 million housing grant would create a Native Hawaiian Occupancy Ready database consisting of Native Hawaiians residing in Hawaiʻi who have enrolled in Housing and Urban Development housing counseling [...]

News of another severe air turbulence event on Hawaiian Airlines is just now coming to light. As a result, some passengers were evacuated to the hospital upon landing, after the [...]

Not everything he originally proposed made it into the tax relief bill. He said those omissions will be revisited in the future. Higher tax credits are coming to many Hawaii [...]

Story Links HONOLULU – Sixty-five University of Hawai'i student-athletes earned Academic All-Big West honors for the spring sports during the 2023 season. The sports included are baseball, beach [...]

We want to hear your stories of how you balanced schoolwork, extra-curriculars, teen life and holding a job. We also want to hear from folks who worked at businesses that [...]

AARP Hawai‘i announced the awarding of a 2023 Community Challenge grant to the Big Island’s Onomea Farm Hub and two other Hawai‘i organizations – part of the largest group of [...]

Mahalo to Amber Howells for this beautiful Aloha Friday Photo. Amber’s photo shows Byodo-In Temple on the windward, eastside of Oahu. It is an absolutely stunning place to see! The [...]

When 7-Eleven Hawaii decided to try a new direction in partnership with a brand’s new innovative product, they didn’t realize just how popular it would be. We were caught off-guard, [...]

For the past decade, a resource teacher has helped hundreds of students gain vocational skills through their work at the nursery. The alarm on Linda Maeda-Lee’s iPhone went off. “Break [...]

Story Links For the second straight year, the University of Hawai'i men's basketball team will be in Kaua'i to conduct a free clinic for the local keiki. Head [...]

Bob Harrison has been with First Hawaiian Bank for 27 years, with stints as a commercial loan officer, Kapi‘olani branch manager, chief risk officer and chief operating officer. He’s spent [...]

University of Hawai’i President David Lassner. UH photo. On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions. This decision declares that race cannot be a factor [...]

We all know that Hawaiian Airlines is still in love with its 20-year-old fleet of Boeing 717 interisland planes. We’ve heard that from them and their executive teams for years. [...]

Demand for beef is exceeding supply, but local producers are not seeing the returns. Idaho billionaire Frank VanderSloot took control of Hawaii’s largest slaughterhouses in 2019 and set about revitalizing [...]

Story Links HONOLULU – University of Hawai'i men's basketball head coach Eran Ganot has announced the hiring of Cody Kelley as the Rainbow Warriors' new Director of Basketball [...]