Hawaii is among the best states in the nation for mental health, according to a new national report that praised the state’s affordability of care,…
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TULALIP, Wash. — U‘ilani Moore-Wesley, a Native Hawaiian living in California, visited the Office of Hawaiian Affairs booth at the Native Hawaiian Convention held in…
The Hawaii Department of Health said a case of mumps has been confirmed in an individual on Hawaii island. Health officials said Monday that this…
Hawaii’s history as one of the world’s most literate societies in the 19th century now sits in uneasy contrast with a modern reality: tens of…
The economic pressures of living in Hawaii are mounting, so much so that more than 50% of Native Hawaiians are now living outside of the…
Three biological control programs aimed at tackling invasive species in Hawaii are showing positive economic returns, with two delivering especially strong results, according to a…
Community leaders, advocates and students gathered at Honolulu Hale on Monday afternoon to launch the “Pledge to Our Wai, Pledge to Our Keiki,” a public…
The prospects of opening up Hawaii’s protected marine monument to commercial fishing has moved a step closer to reality. Members of the Western Pacific Regional…
Prompted by a petition citing the 2021 alleged murder of a 6-year-old Waimanalo girl by her adoptive parents, the Hawaii Supreme Court issued a stunning…
On July 4, 1944, Sgt. Howard Urabe was fighting Nazis in Europe. Hailing from Kapaa, Kauai, he was fighting alongside other young nisei — American-born…