The family of the disabled man who was killed filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the state and a former deputy sheriff.

Kirstin Downey, a former Civil Beat reporter, is a regular contributing columnist specializing in history, culture and the ...

Most private schools don’t publicly share their admissions rates. But Kamehameha Schools’ Kapalama campus, which gives preference to Native Hawaiian students and is one of the most sought-after ...

Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke visited Jeju Island — South Korea’s largest island — in August of this year with a delegation that included Jimmy Tokioka, the director of the state Department of Business, ...

Enter Fix It!, a reader-driven column focused on solving everyday obstacles — the inoperable and the inefficient amenity, the ...

Hundreds of new apartment units in Ewa could be used for short-term rentals as the West Oahu resort area Hoakalei continues its years-long development.

As co-founder of a new nonprofit group, Nene Research and Conservation, Lerma knows that feral cats threaten Hawaii’s nene ...

Making fart noises on your arm, eating with your hands, pencil-poking the kid sitting in front of you in class, grunting at ...

Hawaii has more than 80,000 cesspools, the most per capita of any state. The majority – some 50,000 of them – are located on ...

Another change threatened to remove the requirement that homes be a principal residence to qualify as “occupied.” This ...

Today, hundreds of Honolulu’s old residential high-rises still aren’t mandated to be retrofitted with fire sprinklers. And ...

There are proven ways to strengthen homes that pay off in the long run, such as installing hurricane straps to tie down roofs ...