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The tournament, now called the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualālai, started with 17 professionals, and this year’s pro field is at 42, including defending champion Ernie Els of South Africa.

For Kauaʻi residents unable to travel to Oʻahu, floor proceedings on opening day of the State Legislature in both the House and Senate chambers will be broadcast live online.

The findings challenges the conventional understanding of tiger sharks as purely solitary animals, revealing a predictable seasonal convergence of mature males and females that coincides with the humpback whale calving season in Hawaiʻi.

The only national cemetery in Hawaiʻi is running out of space, and has been functionally closed for in-ground burials since 1991 — and it is expected to stop taking cremated remains by 2036.

The winter 2025 edition of Hawai‘i Perspectives reveals 71% of residents surveyed agree the state should build more housing as quickly as possible; survey also finds 89% of respondents say military is ‘very’ or ‘somewhat’ important to state’s economy.

Watching the majestic humpback whales has become a tradition woven into the tourism economy of Maui Nui ever since they started coming back from near extinction in the 1970s due to successful conservation efforts.

“Amid ongoing federal uncertainty, our priorities include expanding affordable housing, supporting Native Hawaiian families, ensuring essential social services remain uninterrupted, addressing workforce shortages and responsibly strengthening the state’s revenue base,” said state House Majority Leader Oʻahu state Rep. Sean Quinlan.

The pieces on display as part of current the Historic Fashion Collection exhibit were selected by nearly 30 students at the Oʻahu high school, who could be the future of Hawaiʻi’s fashion industry; curating the exhibit introduces the teens to possible career paths ranging from designing to entrepreneurship and retail buying to sustainable fashion.

Five of the island’s nine public elementary schools now offer pre-kindergarten education opportunities; Hawai’i Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke and Hawai’i Senate President Ronald Kouchi, who represents Kauaʻi and Niʻihau, paid a recent visit to the new King Kaumualiʻi Elementary classroom.

From January 20–23, motorists in Līhuʻe should prepare for daytime traffic delays caused by single-lane closures.

The medical school was one of 11 teams selected to receive funding from the association’s Transforming Lifelong Learning Through Precision Education Grant Program.

The office and its partners Culinary Institute of the Pacific and Culinary Institute of America are supporting Native Hawaiian culinary professionals by offering the 5-day intensive program at Kapiʻolani Community College in Honolulu and assistance to attend.

Thousands of Kaiser Permanente nurses and healthcare professionals across Hawaiʻi have announced a potential strike starting Jan. 26, citing insufficient staffing and stalled contract negotiations.

The clinics are aimed at helping Hawaiʻi’s sole proprietors and small business owners fortify their operations against online threats; the inaugural clinic — focusing on ‘cyber hygiene’ — is Jan. 21 via Zoom.

Firefighters swiftly extinguished a late-night blaze in Hanalei on Jan. 14 that engulfed a storage tent and spread to a nearby shipping container.

Wendy Hensel, who began her tenure Jan. 1, 2025, as the university’s president, framed her inaugural systemwide speech as an opportunity to reflect on progress while charting a clear path forward for the university.

The publication offers data about defense spending, workforce trends and local business participation, plus more, throughout Hawai‘i.

It is yet to be determined if temblor swarms following Episode 40 of the ongoing episodic summit eruption that began Dec. 23, 2024, will impact lava fountaining activity at the surface.

State superintendent of schools reports to board that changes at federal level are an unknown variable in the budget equation for state, causing difficulty for Hawai’i education officials to find a solution.

National tournament to debut in May at Anaina Hou Community Park in Kīlauea, bringing elite competition, visitor spending and community impact to the Garden Isle.