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The battle over who controls one of the island's major water sources — a foreign company or a county board — appears headed ...

From volcanic eruptions to the pandemic to the current SNAP benefits disruption, Hawaiʻi people show up with incredible ...

OHA Chair Kai Kahale described the possibility of the federal government using eminent domain to retain state land as a ...

A 92-year-old architect who tried to slip a Honolulu permit worker a $20 bill has been convicted of bribery of a public ...

Two legislators strongly reject a proposal from the Hawaiʻi Elections Commission to return to same-day, in-person voting.

Ticketing of Honolulu’s homeless population ballooned after the mayor pledged to get 1,000 people off the street in a year, ...

An elderly architect tried to slip an employee what he called a gratuity. County prosecutors say it was a bribe. A judge will ...

It took years for the city to set up a program helping businesses that were negatively impacted by rail construction. Now, ...

Soon Aloha Stadium will be demolished. Good riddance. When it came to big things, Aloha Stadium was a spectacular failure.

A lawsuit over a controversial wastewater system in Kona may finally lead to development of a new regional park.

Risk a lot to save a lot. But a newly uncovered federal investigation into a firefighter's death cautions fire departments ...