State Senate might allow vacation rental platforms to collect taxes By Kevin Dayton
In the face of intense lobbying by the hotel industry, the state Senate signaled Thursday night it might once again...
Hundreds of dancers to take the stage for Kona Dance and Performing Arts’ annual show By Elizabeth Pitts West Hawaii Today epitts@westhawaiitoday.com
KEALAKEKUA — For their spring concert this year, Kona Dance and Performing Arts has two nights, 200 dancers and big...
Big Island Music Academy students, local musicians play together for school’s benefit concert
KAILUA-KONA — Six years ago, Andrea Lindborg and Luke Clebsch had an idea that they hoped would take young musicians...
Charter Commission rejects special election
Citing the cost and prospect of a low turnout, the Charter Commission on Thursday rejected the idea of a special...
Cardiac funding bill stalls
A bill that would further fund Hilo Medical Center’s interventional cardiac program has stalled in the final stages of the...
‘This funding will save lives’: Money budgeted for lifeguards at Kua Bay
KAILUA-KONA — Lifeguards have been funded for Kua Bay. Six years after legislators began the effort to bring full-time life-saving...
Hawaii: Today in History 4/26
4-26-1906 Motion pictures begin regular showings at the Orpheum Theater in Honolulu, Hawaii Joel C. Cohen presented in 1906 at...
Oahu wahine is Miss Aloha Hula
HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald Miss Aloha Hula 2019, Taizha Keakealani Hughes-Kaluhiokalani of Hi'ianamakalehua dances her hula kahiko (ancient hula) Thursday night at...
Man found dead off Waimea cliff By The Garden Island
Kauai police are investigating an unattended death after a man was found dead on the cliffside of Waimea Canyon Drive...
What we’ve learned from Kīlauea’s 2018 lower East Rift Zone eruption
What we've learned from Kīlauea's 2018 lower East Rift Zone eruption During the first two weeks of Kīlauea Volcano's 2018...
Police are asking for the public’s help in locating 30-year-old Tyler Gorloff of Pahoa who is reported as missing
Hawaiʻi Island Police are searching for a 30-year-old Pāhoa man who has been reported as missing. Tyler Gorloff was last...
Hawaiʻi Island Police are asking the public for help in identifying two persons in connection with the theft of an All Terrain Vehicle and Farm Equipment in Kohala
Hawaiʻi Island Police are asking the public for help in identifying two persons in connection with the theft of an...
EXPERTS RULE OUT TIGER SHARK AS SPECIES THAT BIT CALIFORNIA VISITOR- Exact Species Can’t Be Determined
EXPERTS RULE OUT TIGER SHARK AS SPECIES THAT BIT CALIFORNIA VISITOR Exact Species Can’t Be Determined (Honolulu) – Personnel from...
Hawaii Visitor Statistics Released for First Quarter 2019
Hawaii Visitor Statistics Released for First Quarter 2019 HONOLULU – Visitors to the Hawaiian Islands spent a total of $4.52...
KA‘U COFFEE FEST STARTS FRIDAY THRU MAY 5
KA‘U COFFEE FEST STARTS FRIDAY THRU MAY 5 KA‘U, HAWAIʻI ISLAND—Fun is brewing for the 11th annual Ka‘u Coffee Festival, which kicks off Friday,...
Third case of rat lungworm confirmed on Hawaii island By Kristen Consillio
The state has confirmed a third case of rat lungworm disease on Hawaii island. An East Hawaii resident earlier this...
Nikki Bella & Sister Brie Bella Stun In Skimpy Bikinis At The Beach In Hawaii (photos)
Nikki Bella & Sister Brie Bella Stun In Skimpy Bikinis At The Beach In Hawaii The Bella Twins are flaunting...
Alaska Native dance group performs in Hawaii hula festival
HILO, Hawaii (KTUU/HNN) - As Alaska is coming out of what’s been dubbed “Second Winter,” at least one group of Alaskans...
Destroyed by volcanic eruptions, popular trail at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park reopens
(CNN) — Nearly one year after the Kīlauea Volcano eruption at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, much of the famed Kīlauea Iki...
Supporters, critics of $15 minimum wage make last-minute appeals to lawmakers
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The deadline to raise Hawaii’s minimum wage is getting closer, and both sides of the debate have...
