2+ week, 2+ day ago   (1042+ words) Although there are more arrivals and modestly more revenue, visitors are staying dramatically fewer days, resulting in substantially fewer people on the ground at any given time. Pedestrians crossed Kalakaua Avenue on Thursday in Waikiki. Even some of Hawaii’s visitors…...

1+ mon, 2+ hour ago   (565+ words) This National Hurricane Center map projects Potential Tropical Cyclone One-C to take dead aim at Hawaii Island as Tropical Storm Lala early Saturday morning. (Courtesy/ Image) Potential Tropical Cyclone One-C strengthened Wednesday as it moved toward Hawaii, with forecasters saying…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (255+ words) The following is a list of local sports briefs West Hawaii gyms closed for athletics Three of West Hawaii’s gymnasiums used for high school athletics — Kealakehe High School, Konawaena High School and Old Kona Airport — have been closed to the…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1513+ words) Professor Eva Majerova, left, and graduate student Alyssa Varela inspected a coral tank at the University of Hawaii’s School of Marine Biology Coral Resilience Lab at Moku o Loe in Kaneohe Bay on Monday. The lab has been breeding and…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago   (878+ words) A beach-goer makes her way to the water at Waikiki Beach on Thursday. The war in Iran has sent jet fuel prices surging this year, with the surcharge on Japan-Hawaii round-trips hitting $250 a ticket in July. Two visitors walk past…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago   (1177+ words) JAMM AQUINO / JUNE 20 The mandatory retirement age for pilots is 65, which results in periodic shortages. The private sector is ramping up efforts to fill the gap. Maika Gonsales, 14, left, a student with Civil Air Patrol, spoke with Hawaiian Airlines senior…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (591+ words) These before-and-after images show the filling of Halema‘uma‘u in Kaluapele (Kilauea’s summit caldera) with lava due to 50 episodes of lava fountaining. The top image was taken by the B1cam during episode 1 of the eruption on Dec. 23, 2024. The bottom image…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (638+ words) Hawaii County and the owner of Punalu‘u Black Sand Beach Park in Ka‘u have agreed to extend the popular swimming and sightseeing destination’s lease until Sept. 1 in order to continue negotiations about the park’s future. Over the years,…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (764+ words) COURTESY OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS Office of Hawaiian Affairs leaders met with U.S. Rep. Carlos Gimenezj, R-Fla., and other lawmakers and Pentagon officials during a three-day visit to Washington, D.C., last week to discuss the future of military-leased lands in Hawaii. Office…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1092+ words) Will the latest Kona low storms further strain Hawaii’s home insurance market, resulting in greater gaps in coverage? The Insurance Fairness Project released a report Thursday detailing how costly climate disasters will shift Hawaii’s risk profile, resulting in even higher…...