One effect of Hurricane Hone’s passage to the south of the Big Island in late August was to take almost all of the island out of drought conditions.

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Welcome to Where Chefs Eat on Vacation, a column in which chefs tell us what they ate on a recent trip.

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The Open Book a charming bookshop with a flat above so people can sleep upstairs and sell books downstairs, was set up by The ...

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Short takes, outtakes, our takes and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ethical leadership in Hawaii.

Social posts, interviews paint a picture of an impulsive activist about Ryan Routh, the man held in a suspected assassination ...

The Aloha spirit will be alive and well in Sacramento this weekend. The Holo Holo Music Festival is making its return with a ...

The "Lost" and "Hawaii Five-0" actor plays against type in David Henry Hwang's farcical comedy about race and the theater ...

“On a Friday night, everybody’s at the game,” he said. “It’s like a religion. It’s pretty cool. It bleeds into college, as well.”’ Williams, who grew up in San Antonio, also had ...