3+ week, 5+ day ago (313+ words) Monday, November 3, 2025 80" Today's Paper Vehicles wait in queue during a Hawaii Foodbank food distribution event on Friday at Waipio Soccer Complex in Waipahu. Several more events are scheduled for this week. The Hawaii Foodbank has announced several more food distribution events on Oahu for individuals and families affected by the government shutdown, including federal employees, contractors, and anyone experiencing disruptions to SNAP or other federal nutrition benefits. The list of food distribution sites include: >> Tuesday: Inspire Church at Patsy T. Mink Central Oahu Regional Park, 94-801 Kamehameha Highway in Waipahu, from 9-10 a.m. Walk-up and drive-thru will be available, and registration is open but may fill up quickly. >> Wednesday: Windward Community College, Hale "Akoakoa, 45-720 Kea'ahala Road in Kaneohe, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. There will be food for 500 households and registration is open. >> Friday: Hawaiian Airlines "Ohana Hangar (off Lagoon Drive) from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Food for 500 households with…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago (882+ words) Friday, November 28, 2025 73" Today's Paper Today " Updated 11:40 p.m. While Goodwill stores statewide have seen an increase in customers looking for deals, donations haven't kept up. Shoppers browsed the merchandise Tuesday at the Goodwill Store and Donation Center on Beretania Street. Shoppers of all ages browsed the merchandise Tuesday at the Beretania Street Goodwill Store. Shoppers browsed the merchandise at the Goodwill Store and Donation Center on Beretania Street on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. Goowill Hawaii CEO hopes to see a turnaround of more incoming donations Heading into the year-end giving season, Goodwill Hawaii is experiencing an unusual squeeze: more shoppers than ever relying on its stores for affordable goods, but fewer donations coming in " especially clothing and linens " as households recover from a turbulent fall marked by the federal shutdown, layoffs and rising costs. "We've experienced some decreases, particularly in the clothing and linen…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago (255+ words) Friday, November 21, 2025 81" Today's Paper Allegiant Stadium, home of the NFL's Las Vegas Raiders, will host tonight's game between Hawaii and UNLV. Editor's Note: Bookmark this page for live updates from the game. Tweets below will automatically refresh. The University of Hawaii football team needs to win its final two games of the regular season to have any hope of qualifying for the Mountain West Conference championship game. Tonight's matchup against UNLV at Allegiant Stadium is essentally a knockout game for the loser. Hawaii (7-3, 4-2 Mountain West) and UNLV (8-2, 4-2) are two of the five two-loss teams in conference play looking up at first-place San Diego State, which suffered its only MWC loss to Hawaii two weeks ago, 38-6. The Rainbow Warriors and Rebels will meet for the 35th time in a series that began in 1969. UH leads the all-time series, 19-15, however UNLV holds an…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago (211+ words) Thursday, November 27, 2025 70" Today's Paper Today " Updated 12:06 a.m. COURTESY OF JEREMY DANIEL Claire Marshall (Velma Kelly), left, and Ellie Roddy (Roxie Hart) star in the Broadway in Hawaii touring cast production of "Chicago" Dec. 2-7 at the Blaisdell Concert Hall. Hawaii has had a love affair with Broadway for decades, and an impressive list of Hawaii-born actors have performed there " Ed Kenney, Loretta Ables Sayre, Janel Parrish, Greg Zane, Christine Yasunaga and the late Jade Stice, to name six. For all the love there is for Broadway here, going cross-country to see what's playing there these days is more challenging than ever in tough economic times. So the upcoming Honolulu dates for the Broadway in Hawaii 2025-2026 touring cast production of "Chicago" are particularly welcome this holiday season. It opens Tuesday and runs through Dec. 7 at the Blaisdell Concert Hall. Sharing top billing at…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago (265+ words) Friday, November 28, 2025 81" Today's Paper JAMM AQUINO / DEC. 26 Honolulu Ocean Safety lifeguards charge into high surf to rescue a surfer in distress at Ehukai Beach on Oahu's North Shore in 2024 North and west shores of most islands are under a high surf warning from Saturday noon through midday Monday. Dangerously large waves of up to 45 feet are expected on most north shores this weekend, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a high surf warning through noon Monday. The warning, which begins Saturday at noon, covers the north shores of Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, and Maui, where waves are expected to peak between 35 to 45 feet, and for the west shores of Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, and Molokai, which could see 20- to 30-feet along waves. "Expect ocean water surging and sweeping across beaches, coastal benches, and lava flows creating the potential for impacts…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago (238+ words) Friday, November 7, 2025 81" Today's Paper Volunteers sort through food items to be given to waiting vehicles during a food distribution drive at Aloha Stadium in Halawa on Thursday. The Hawaii National Guard has been has been activated to support statewide relief efforts and large-scale community food distribution programs in the wake of the record-setting federal government shutdown and the legal battle over food aid benefits, according to state officials. Gov. Josh Green and Lt. Gov Sylvia Luke requested that Adjutant General Stephen F. Logan place Hawaii Army National Guard members on active duty status as of this morning to assist operations in every county, according to a news release from the governor's office. Guard members have already helped transport food donations collected through the Kokua Food Drive at state library branches to food banks for distribution to families in need, officials said....

1+ week, 5+ day ago (864+ words) Monday, November 17, 2025 74" Today's Paper Today " Updated 12:11 a.m. Apprentice carpenter Leanne Tacadena, shown Friday at a Kaka'ako jobsite, earns enough money to help her siblings with their finances. Although Hawaii ranks second in employing women in construction, the state's median annual wage for females in the industry ranks only seventh in the nation. Carpenter apprentice Leanne Tacadena walked through a Kakaako jobsite Friday. Hawaii ranks second highest in the country for female representation in the construction industry, and apprentice carpenter Leanne Tacadena already has noticed more women on the job in only her first two years as a professional. "I've seen the amount of women in the trades increase, definitely," said Tacadena, 20, who was inspired by three years of wood shop classes at Waipahu High School to follow up with a paid summer carpenter internship after she graduated. Tacadena's on track in…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago (370+ words) Thursday, November 6, 2025 84" Today's Paper Passengers wait for their bags in the Hawaiian Airlines baggage claim area at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, in June 2021, in Honolulu. Some Hawaii travelers will face disruptions starting Friday as the Federal Aviation Administration implements a reduction in air traffic across 40 major U.S. airports in response to the ongoing federal government shutdown. The New York Times, citing a person familiar with the discussion who was not authorized to speak publicly on the matter, reported today that the FAA told airline industry officials Wednesday that the cuts would begin with a 4% reduction in affected markets on Friday and ramp up through the weekend, reaching the 10% decrease by next week. FlightAware did not provide more details on the Southwest cancellations, but reported that the cancelled flights Hawaiian Airlines flights, include: >> Flight 1078, which was slated to fly from Honolulu to…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago (835+ words) Wednesday, November 5, 2025 84" Today's Paper By David Shepardson, Allison Lampert and Lisa Baertlein / Reuters KENTUCKY TRUCK PARTS & SERVICE via REUTERS Smoke and flames rise as a Honolulu-bound UPS cargo plane crashes in Louisville, Kentucky, Tuesday in this screengrab obtained from social media video. Federal safety investigators have located the "black box" recorders from the wreckage of a Hawaii-bound UPS cargo plane that crashed in flames on takeoff from the airport at Louisville, Kentucky, killing at least 11 people, officials said today. Todd Inman, a member of the National Transportation Safety Board, also confirmed that a large "plume of fire" erupted around the plane's left wing and that one of its three engines detached from that wing as the wide-body jet was rolling down the runway. The 34-year-old MD-11 freighter was bound for Honolulu with three crew members aboard when it crashed just after…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago (1197+ words) Sunday, November 16, 2025 74" Today's Paper Athletic Director Matt Elliott University of Hawaii athletic director Matt Elliott has been on the job around five months. The bye weekend for UH football made it a good time to check in with the holder of the most challenging sports job in the state, which includes dealing with a $50 million annual operating budget. Elliott agreed to sit down for a wide-ranging one-on-one interview Friday. We did not have time for all of the hot topics, but did get to many of them, especially the changing landscape of name, image, likeness and competitive compensation of student athletes. He declined to talk about the status of coaches" contracts but did mention there are four openings for assistant athletic directors (two of which existed before he started). Hey, maybe there"s an opportunity for a couple of armchair…...