A new day treatment program has already graduated dozens of adolescents. A new treatment option for drug-dependent youth on Kauaʻi is breathing life into the island’s troubled $7 million adolescent ...

Beth Fukumoto served three terms in the Hawaiʻi House of Representatives. She was the youngest woman in the U.S. to lead a major party in a legislature, the first elected Republican to switch parties ...

Start your week with some pizzazz. The letter “z” will do that for you in this word challenge. Now more than ever, local news is a vital community resource: connecting neighbors, uplifting voices and ...

Rob Perez retired in 2023 as an investigative reporter for the Honolulu Star-Advertiser and ProPublica. He spent over 40 years in journalism and got his first reporting gig on Guam in the mid-1970s. A ...

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It includes a plan to revive a major pay-to-play bill snuffed out in the Hawaiʻi Legislature this year. Will it work?

“Regime change war” became her catchphrase, like J.J. Evans saying “Dy-no-mite!”, Gomer Pyle saying, “Goll-ly!”, or Gary ...

Republicans under Trump are no longer supporting true conservative principles. It’s time for a third political movement.

Local and state officials are joining forces to protect and preserve iwi kūpuna that are more frequently turning up in Kailua ...

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The ocean stewardship fee aims to offset impacts of marine tourists. Unlike the green fee, its dollars go into a special fund ...

The Maui County Council plans to start deliberations next week on legislation aimed at converting thousands of short-term ...