Hawai‘i News First Pacific Climate Summit ends with joint commitment to regional resilience
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500-foot mural painted by 11 artists to be unveiled at Common Ground Kauaʻi in Kīlauea
A stunning mural titled "An Imparting Landscape" will transform a construction wall into a vibrant celebration of Hawaiian culture. June 26, 2026 · 05:00am
Kīlauea eruption activity increases, onset of episode 50 to begin today or tomorrow
Vary levels of ash, Pele's hair and other tephra may fall downwind of the eruption during fountaining episodes, which typically last less than 12 hours.Hawai‘i News Volcano Watch: A hui hou to a giant of volcanology
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Kaua‘i News
First Pacific Climate Summit ends with joint commitment to regional resilience
The 3-day summit, which wrapped up earlier this month, established clear pathways for ongoing partnership, focusing on actionable solutions that can be scaled throughout Asia-Pacific island nations and coastal states.
Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustees advance chance to expand Native Hawaiian ownership in media
Trustees emphasized the action does not represent conclusion of a process, but rather continuation of thoughtful and deliberate evaluation.
Kīlauea eruption activity increases, onset of episode 50 to begin today or tomorrow
Vary levels of ash, Pele’s hair and other tephra may fall downwind of the eruption during fountaining episodes, which typically last less than 12 hours.
Volcano Watch: A hui hou to a giant of volcanology
Professor Bruce Houghton retired in 2025 from University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa after 25 years as the Gordon A. Macdonald Chairperson of Volcanology, but although he retired and returned to New Zealand, his connections to volcanology in Hawaiʻi remain strong.
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Hawaii News
First Pacific Climate Summit ends with joint commitment to regional resilience
The 3-day summit, which wrapped up earlier this month, established clear pathways for ongoing partnership, focusing on actionable solutions that can be scaled throughout Asia-Pacific island nations and coastal states.
Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustees advance chance to expand Native Hawaiian ownership in media
Trustees emphasized the action does not represent conclusion of a process, but rather continuation of thoughtful and deliberate evaluation.
Kīlauea eruption activity increases, onset of episode 50 to begin today or tomorrow
Vary levels of ash, Pele’s hair and other tephra may fall downwind of the eruption during fountaining episodes, which typically last less than 12 hours.
Volcano Watch: A hui hou to a giant of volcanology
Professor Bruce Houghton retired in 2025 from University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa after 25 years as the Gordon A. Macdonald Chairperson of Volcanology, but although he retired and returned to New Zealand, his connections to volcanology in Hawaiʻi remain strong.
Big Island News
PUBLIC NOTICE: Aircraft noise to increase during military training around Pōhakuloa Training Area
Military training flights will increase for biennial Rim of the Pacific exercise from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, July 6 to Monday, July 27.
Precursory activity begins within Halemaʻumaʻu ahead of episode 50 of the Kīlauea eruption
The summit eruption in Halemaʻumaʻu has resumed with weak precursory spattering, no overflows have occurred at this time.
News briefs for June 26: New leadership, Japan expansion, Title IX, free Wi-Fi and more
A quick look at news from throughout the state, nation and more.
Volcano Watch: A hui hou to a giant of volcanology
Professor Bruce Houghton retired in 2025 from University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa after 25 years as the Gordon A. Macdonald Chairperson of Volcanology, but although he retired and returned to New Zealand, his connections to volcanology in Hawaiʻi remain strong.
Maui News
Hawaiʻi Operating Engineers Industry Stabilization Fund PAC endorses Bissen for re-election as mayor
The Bissen 2026 campaign announced the endorsement of Mayor Richard Bissen by the Hawaiʻi Operating Engineers Industry Stabilization Fund PAC, an organization representing union members and signatory contractors across Hawaiʻi’s construction industry. In its endorsement letter, the union cited Bissen’s leadership and commitment to addressing key issues including infrastructure, housing and economic opportunity for local […]
Carpenters Union endorses Cabiles in bid for Maui County Council Upcountry seat
Derrick Cabiles, a logistics manager, small business owner and community advocate, announced his candidacy for the Maui County Council's Upcountry residency seat, according to a campaign announcement.
Hawaiʻi Supreme Court: Plaintiffs can revive Maui Lani ‘good cause’ legal challenge on grading extension
Hawaiʻi's Supreme Court ruled that a Maui cultural and environmental group can revive part of its legal challenge over a grading permit extension at Maui Lani Phase 9, while upholding the dismissal of a separate legal theory, in a decision the group says reinforces protections for ancestral Hawaiian burial sites in Central Maui.


