1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (936+ words) JAMM AQUINO / JULY 17 Patrons eat at a food truck establishment on Kuhio Avenue in Waikiki in July. Tourism leaders cite rising costs and shorter stays as challenges to the visitor industry. JAMM AQUINO / MARCH 28 Tourists pack Waikiki Beach, fronting the…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (268+ words) Retirement in Hawaii offers an incredible quality of life, but it also comes with one of the nation’s highest costs of living. That means retirement planning here requires more than simply reaching a savings goal – it calls for a strategy…...

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, 2+ week ago   (882+ words) Oahu transit riders will begin paying higher fares July 1 as the city implements its first fare increases for TheBus, Skyline and TheHandi-Van in four years. The fare changes average roughly 14%, with most fare categories increasing between 11% and 13%, city data indicates....

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (166+ words) The 2024 real median household income in the United States was $83,730, statistically unchanged from the 2023 estimate of $82,690, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Stacker compiled a list of the highest-earning counties in Hawaii using data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Counties are ranked…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (221+ words) During the height of the pandemic in 2022, the typical home took less than a month to go from listed to under contract, creating the fastest housing market in history. But since then, home prices and mortgage rates have climbed substantially,…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (187+ words) Home prices have been a major talking point since the pandemic, when they climbed at a record pace in response to a frenzy of demand. This increase led to a sharp decline in affordability that weighed on buyers and sellers…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (608+ words) Monday, May 25, 2026 72° Today's Paper Today • Updated 11:57 p.m. Hawaii’s unemployment rate, which earlier this year was tied for the lowest in the country, has lost ground for three straight months and now sits nationally at 2.5%. South Dakota, which had shared…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (631+ words) Thursday, May 21, 2026 74° Today's Paper By Kevin Rector / Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES >> California and a coalition of other Democratic-led states are suing the Trump administration over new limits on federal borrowing by aspiring nurses, physician’s assistants, therapists, social workers, mental…...

4+ mon, 4+ day ago   (555+ words) HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Affordability improved for the second straight year due to flat home prices, rising incomes and lower mortgage rates in 2025. Despite all of that, Hawaii’s severe housing crisis still persists due to growing risks, according to the University of…...