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Hawaiian legends tell many stories about sisters Pele, the goddess of fire and volcanoes and Poli‘ahu, goddess of snow.

George Kahumoku received the Hawaiʻi Academy of Recording Artists’ 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award. In this interview, Kahumoku describes a Hawaiian culture that nurtured his life as a musician, his artistic routine, and the “accident” that made winning Grammys possible. Maui Now writer Gary Kubota interviews him.

Honolulu-based Elemental Excelerator invites college students to submit proposals for the US Department of Energy’s competition called EnergyTech UP. Cash prizes from the $370,000 pool are available to Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands teams that successfully identify clean-tech opportunities and submit a business plan.

The governor-elect will be sworn into office in Honolulu on Monday, during a free ceremony open to the public.

The US Postal Service’s suggested mailing dates are Dec. 17 for First-Class and Priority mail originating in Hawai’i and headed to the mainland.

Students will flex their design and engineering skills by creating a digital 3-D model of a wearable pin that celebrates their unique appreciation for veterans.

Thursday’s rescue operations put first responders at “tremendous risk,” says Fire Chief Michael Gibson.

The National Weather Service in Honolulu reported high surf produced by a large west northwest swell has fallen below advisory levels this morning.

Qualified taxpayers who have not yet filed their 2021 Hawaiʻi individual income tax return must do so by Dec. 31, 2022, to be eligible to receive the one-time Act 115 refund.

A local farming company will conduct a controlled agriculture burn near the Kaumakani makai area from 7 a.m. to noon, weather permitting.

Walk-up service for the Kaua‘i Police Department Records window will be closed today due to staffing shortages.

Judge Jonathan J. Chun swore in Kauaʻi Mayor Derek S.K. Kawakami – who will serve a second term – and the new County Council members.

Governor-elect Josh Green today announced nominees to serve as Director and/or Deputy Director for 14 state departments in his cabinet.

The program includes visits to neighborhood centers across the island.

Traffic control configurations around the Mailihuna, Hau‘a‘ala and Kawaihau roads intersection will change as construction progresses.

Kaua‘i’s South Shore was battered by a historic south swell this summer. The event was not related to the season’s only hurricane.

Now more than 3 miles away from Daniel K. Inouye Highway, the Mauna Loa eruption has reached the bottom part of the slope of the volcano and is entering into a flat area, officials confirmed this morning.

The Kaua‘i Department of Liquor Control has launched a new online licensing platform meant to improve the application experience and decrease processing times for new liquor license applications. At this time, only new applications are being accepted through the new online portal with an online renewal option in the development phase. Those without internet access […]

Get in the Christmas spirit at the annual Lights on Rice Parade scheduled for Friday.

At approximately 11 p.m. Tuesday, the leading edge of the Mauna Loa lava flow crossed Old Kona Highway, a dirt road that crosses the Mauna Loa Forest Reserve.