Soldiers spruce up Makaeo
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Green: ‘Really large percentage’ of population should be COVID-immune by summer
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Bill would require report on impacts when gender identity care is denied
A bill requiring an assessment by the state auditor of the social and financial impacts that occur when health insurance...
Advisory: Hawaii Police Dept. is asking for assistance in locating, Kelia Armstrong, F-24. Anyone with information on her location call 911.
Advisory: Hawaii Police Dept. is asking for assistance in locating, Kelia Armstrong, F-24. Anyone with information on her location call...
Hawaiian Electric hits nearly 35% renewable energy, exceeding state mandate Company has more than tripled clean energy in 10 years
Hawaiian Electric hits nearly 35% renewable energy, exceeding state mandate Company has more than tripled clean energy in 10 years...
Service Dog Gets Sendoff Party After Comforting Hospital Staff During Pandemic
Service Dog Gets Sendoff Party After Comforting Hospital Staff During Pandemic Emergency room staff at Rose Medical Center in Denver...
These 2 Companies Are Putting Big Money Into Hawaii’s Agricultural Future. Will Their Bets Pay Off?A pair of companies backed by a billionaire and a pension fund are trying to revitalize fallow farmland in the state.
On Lanai, where shreds of black plastic in the soil are the last vestiges of the island’s defunct pineapple fields,...
State pension fund up 15%
There’s a new president in the White House, vaccines are rolling out across the country and Hawaii’s largest pension fund...
Bridging the digital divide: Kimball promotes broadband infrastructure
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A passion for geology: UH-Hilo grads reflect on work with HVO
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Homicide cases pile up as pandemic drags on
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Teen Who Had To Decide Between College And Helping Mom Receives Life-Changing Response
Teen Who Had To Decide Between College And Helping Mom Receives Life-Changing Response A Texas high school senior will now...
Hawaii Has A Lot Of Agricultural Land. Very Little Of It Is Used For Growing Food.The amount of land used for farming in Hawaii has shrunk dramatically since the 1930s.
Nearly half of Hawaii’s lands are designated for agriculture, but only a fraction of the state’s 4.1 million acres are...
Vandalism reported at several Hawaii state parks
Despite the impassioned pleas of families of Native Hawaiians buried at Polihale on Kauai for the public to be respectful...
Seven decades of Valentines: Hawaii’s longest-married couple celebrate’s 70th Valentine’s Day together
What’s the secret to making a marriage last? If you ask Sean and Pat Wilkinson – Hawaii’s longest-married couple, as...
Funding for lifeguards at Hapuna and Kua Bay in peril
Time is ticking to secure a funding source for lifeguard services at two popular but perilous state beach parks in...
Changes proposed to Hawaii’s aid-in-dying law
Their deaths were different. Some were faster than others. Some died, as they wanted, surrounded by family and friends and...
Hospitals resist Our Care, Our Choice Act
Those seeking to access the Our Care, Our Choice Act still face barriers. Enacted in 2019, the aid-in-dying law allows...
Sharing emergency powers: House bill would temper governor’s power
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“He wanted his story to be told’: Doctor shares patients’ experiences with aid-in-dying
Gary Williams had it planned. When he chose to die, he wanted people to dress in bright clothing. He wanted...
