19+ hour, 22+ min ago  (354+ words) Courtesy of Hank Soboleski Built at Salem, Mass. , in 1816, "Cleopatra's Barge," the first ocean-going luxury yacht built in the United States, sailed about the Atlantic and Pacific oceans until 1820, the year King Kamehameha II (Liholiho) purchased it from China trader…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (440+ words) Miss Hawaii 2026 Carly Yoshida received her crown from Miss Hawaii 2025 Emalia Dalire while Miss Hawaii 1984 Debbie Nakanelua stood ready with her sash at the Miss Hawaii 2025 Pageant June 19 at the Hawaii Theatre. Ten years of preparation paved the way for…...

2+ week, 19+ hour ago  (792+ words) JAMM AQUINO / 2024 In 2015, Hawaii became the first state to legally mandate a transition to 100% renewable energy by the end of 2045. That goal was expanded in 2018 to include the state moving to net-zero carbon emissions in the same time frame. The…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (458+ words) The Kauai delegation of 15 high school rodeo competitors gather inside, away from the wind, rain and cold, on Friday, June 5, 2026, during the HHSRA state finals at Parker Ranch on Hawaii Island. Five of the six paniolo qualifying for and accepting…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (115+ words) A tsunami threat to Hawaii is being evaluated this afternoon after an 8. 2-magnitude earthquake hit Mindanao in the Philippines, according to the Oahu Department of Emergency Management. The earthquake that shook Mindanao happened at about 1: 38 p. m. today. "A tsunami threat exists…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1067+ words) ERIC LEE / THE NEW YORK TIMES Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, with her husband, Abraham Williams, as President Donald Trump spoke at her swearing-in ceremony in Febuary 2025. Gabbard has been married to Williams, a Hawaii-based cinematographer, since 2015. Prayers…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (942+ words) Hawaii officials say they plan to follow state law requiring mail-in voting this year while lawsuits proceed over President Donald Trump's executive order that critics say would give the federal government unprecedented control over U. S. elections despite the Constitution's guarantee that…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1160+ words) Edward Bungubung / Special to the Star-Advertiser Philippine military chief Gen. Romeo Brawner gives remarks in a series kicking off the annual Exercise Balikatan in the Philippines on April 20, 206. U. S. military units from Hawaii have been central to the exercise as it…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (281+ words) Marco Garcia / Special to the Star-Advertiser A floating lantern can be seen at the 27th Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawaii at Ala Moana Beach Park on Monday, May 26, 2025. LIHUE " Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawaii announced that Kauai residents interested in participating in the…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (406+ words) REUTERS/JONATHAN ERNST / APRIL 21 U. S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before a House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee on U. S. President Donald Trump's budget request for the Department of Health and Human Services, on Capitol Hill in…...