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The need for general surgeons is especially high in rural and other underserved communities; there is a 14% shortage of surgeons in Hawai‘i overall, with Hawai‘i Island alone at a 40% shortage, forcing many residents to travel off-island to receive care they need.

Public comment sought on draft state plan and Kauaʻi regional plan; plans provide comprehensive framework to guide transportation investment, policy and decision-making.

It’s not just any Hawaiian food that got the Garden Isle — along with Oʻahu and Maui — on this list, it was saimin, and Hamura Saimin in Līhuʻe is a perfect place to get your hands on a bowl of the piping hot, slightly salty noodle soup.

The nonprofit’s Blue Water Task Force found 25 of the sites it tested May 9 — or a huge 76% of the total 33 — had bacteria levels exceeding state recreational water quality standards; elevated fecal bacteria indicates other harmful pathogens also could be present in the water.

U.S. Census Bureau also reports fewer women in the same category gave birth during the past decade.

The 40-year-old remains in police custody pending his sentencing hearing scheduled for Sept. 3.

Kaua‘i first responders were first notified on Tuesday afternoon of the unconscious hiker on the rugged trail near an exposed cliffside section commonly referred to as Crawler’s Ledge.

The closure is necessary to accommodate the 2026 Real Property foreclosure sale that begins at 9 a.m. Thursday at Kaua‘i War Memorial Convention Hall.

A multi-university team — including University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center — developed a simpler way to find and track inflammatory breast cancer.

A judge on Tuesday denied Starwood Capital Group’s request to resume development at Makai Woods Golf Course in Princeville, citing potential public health risks linked to historic cattle burial sites infected with anthrax.

State agencies work together to expand locally sourced school meals, the first cohort of state employees are certified in trauma-informed care and research discusses the effects of vaping on mental health.

One lane of traffic will be routed through Weke Road during the installation of three raised crosswalks on Kūhīo Highway from 8 p.m. Thursday to 5 a.m. Friday.

State seeks public input for future wildfire recovery policy, state Director of Communications earned a national award and advocates celebrate the effects from the Green Fee.

Trash collection in the Kalāheo, Līhuʻe, and Kawaihau areas of Kauaʻi is delayed on Tuesday due to staffing shortages.

Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity officials say the projects to be funded with the federal grant dollars are intended to help move Hawaiʻi toward a more proactive, technology-driven biosecurity framework capable of addressing increasingly complex global agricultural threats.

Polynesian Voyaging Society traditional Hawaiian voyaging canoe will visit the island nation for the first time in 20 years; dates will tentatively be from April to September next year as part of the Moananuiākea Voyage

Starwood Capital Group was prohibited from development, ground-disturbing activity at the Makai Woods Golf Course after a court case cited anthrax-infected cattle buried beneath parts of the golf course.

Mark Ombrello, assistant professor of history, and Brian Yamamoto, professor of natural sciences, were among the 25 members of the University of Hawaiʻi faculty to receive top awards.

Motorists will be rerouted to alternate routes from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

Motorists are asked to prepare for temporary signals and detours while Peʻe Road at Poʻipu Road is closed during construction of a roundabout beginning May 19.