Hurricane season is here and even as weather forecasters are predicting a near to below average season with 1 to 4 tropical cyclones in our region, they stress the importance of staying aware and being prepared.
State lawmakers entered the 2025 session facing chronic problems like the lack of affordable housing, homelessness and decaying infrastructure.
Farmers and ranchers across the islands have complained for years about crimes like theft, vandalism and trespassing which threaten their livelihoods and even their lives.
A recent state report paints a sobering picture of what Hawaiʻi needs to do to meet the needs of a “super aging” population, while at the same time taking care of its youngest residents.
The City and County of Honolulu selected a site on private land in Wahiawā for a landfill to replace the current Waimānalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill in West Oʻahu, which is scheduled to close in a few years.
For several years, Hawaiʻi lawmakers have debated multiple proposals to reform government including providing more transparency and accountability, overhauling campaign fundraising rules, establishing term limits and stricter rules for lobbyists.
Much of the fish for poke that we buy and eat in the islands is caught by local fisherman in waters near Hawaiʻi or elsewhere in the Pacific. But not all of it.
Hawaiʻi residents, like many across the country, face a home insurance crisis as the insurance industry grapples with the cost of multiple natural disasters like the wildfires on Maui in 2023 and in Los Angeles earlier this year as well as hurricanes and flooding across the American southeast last year.