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Kauaʻi Island Utility Cooperative said 60% of its electricity comes from renewables and rates on Kauaʻi range between 33 and 39 cents.

The Hawai‘i Native Species Conservation and Recovery Act would fund conservation and recovery projects to address invasive species, habitat restoration and population recovery.

Statewide program that gives 3- and 4-year-olds an early start to learning has 92 classrooms on 74 Hawai‘i Department of Education campuses throughout the islands and hopes to add 50 more during the next 2 years.

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reported Tuesday afternoon that the most recent eruptive activity of the ongoing eruption in Kaluapele, the volcano’s summit caldera, started at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday with sporadic small lava flows alternating between the south and north vents in the southwest portion of Halema‘uma‘u Crater. A transition to fountaining began at 2 p.m.

Phase 1 of the project at the popular 34-acre stadium in downtown Līhuʻe includes demolishing and removing the existing track, field, scoreboard and track implements. A new synthetic turf field, synthetic track, video board and track implements will then be installed.

Surf associated with a long-period west-northwest swell moving through the islands will continue to gradually diminish through the rest of the day as the swell eases.

Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees chairperson and former U.S. congressman returns to Washington for discussions with federal officials and lawmakers. He will also attend President Donald Trump’s address today to a joint session of Congress.

Elected last month, Jason Ford will serve one year as president-elect before assuming presidency of Association of Hawaiʻi Archivists.

The survey, conducted by the Hawaiʻi Department of Health, will collect critical information about the understanding of bird flu as well as practices and needs of those who keep poultry or care for rescued birds.

The Instagram post by actress China McClain was taken down by midday March 3 after garnering tens of thousands of reactions and more than 2,000 comments, many of which pleading for the video to be removed and an apology for potential cultural insensitivity.

An unveiling and mural blessing at Kaua‘i High School honored the life of local surfer and waterman Kailon Tyndzik, who was killed in a hit-and-run crash last month.

Some Hilo and Mānoa campus students lost their research funding and educational stipends as a result of stop work orders and freezes on federal grant funds.

In preparation for the April 18 track meet, there will be a coaches meeting today at 5:30 p.m. at the Kaua‘i Police Department.

The Boys and Girls Club of Hawaiʻi held its 2025 Youth of the Year Luncheon to honor the finalists – Nainoa Hirokane, 17, from the Līhu‘e Clubhouse, Mathew Cargo, 15, from the Wai‘anae Clubhouse and Ladayna Aranas, 17, from the Nānākuli Clubhouse.

The educational program showcases higlights from the Hawaiʻi Floriculture and Nursery Association Fresh Look Educational Expo from Sept. 19-21, 2024, at the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel in Hilo on the Big Island, with the theme “Fresh Look at Principles and Mechanics of Designing with Hawaiʻi’s Flowers.”

While tax cuts may provide some stimulus this year, the new administration’s actions — including tariffs, mass deportations and spending cuts — will impose significant drag thereafter, UHERO states in its first quarter forecast for 2025.

The nonprofit Hawai‘i Surf Association, which adopted the three-day Longboard Classic this year, will utilize it as a fundraiser.

72-year-old passenger of Koningsdam transported by helicopter Thursday morning to The Queen’s Medical Center.

It was a dark and stormy night when the eruption near Nāpau Crater on Kīlauea’s East Rift Zone began Sept. 15, 2024. So much so that Hawaiian Volcano Observatory webcams were no help in detecting if there was an eruption or not. But you know who could? Residents of Volcano, who could smell sulfurous and burning odors.

The bicyclist, who was not wearing a helmet at the time of the incident, veered into Kaumuali‘i Highway in Kekaha and was hit by the front passenger side of a 2007 Toyota truck at about 7:30 a.m. the morning of Feb. 27.