Richard Wiens is an editor at large for Civil Beat. You can reach him by email at [email protected]. Hawaii has only ...

Randy Kosaki, NOAA’s chief scientist aboard the Oscar Elton Sette research vessel, looks out at Nihoa as the ship cruises ...

Matson has dramatically improved its record in recent whale migration seasons, slowing its vessels to 10 knots or less in ...

Kuleana means responsibility, but it also means a right and a privilege. As a Generation Z young adult who is often consumed ...

The only news outlet in Hawaii dedicated to public affairs reporting. Our mission is to engage and educate the community on ...

Mayor Richard Bissen’s administration had proposed doubling the tax exemption for providers who own their facilities from $50,000 to $100,000 of assessed value, but last week the County Council’s ...

John Pritchett is an award-winning cartoonist. He has created artwork in Hawaii for decades, including 20 years at the Honolulu Weekly. See his portfolio on the web at: pritchettcartoons.com. Opinions ...

Hawaii County Mayor Mitch Roth has raised and spent tens of thousands of dollars more than his opponent, Kimo Alameda, in his ...

A shark bit a Maui surfer Friday and severed his leg, authorities said. The man, 61, was surfing off Waiehu Beach Park Friday ...

In the scope of the American Film Market, a festival like Hawaii International Film Festival, pales in comparison to the ...

The surprise, really, may be that not even the hurricanes have pushed concerns about climate change more toward the center of ...

Deserted islands: A new report on the state of local news came out last week and sadly 127 newspapers went bye-bye last year.