Hawai‘i News

Advice for students from the man who plays King Kamehameha I in the Apple TV series: “You don’t need to go to college to be “somebody.” But how will you help your community? How do you contribute and bring value to the lives of others instead of just yourself? Don’t live for just yourself. You should be living for everybody. If everyone had that mindset, imagine the things we could do.”

New statewide rules set grade-level limits on student cell phone use; implementation begins next school year.

Applications are due by 4 p.m. Feb. 27 and must be submitted online; this year marks the 21st year of the scholarship program, honoring Hawaiʻi high school seniors for all-around excellence and their commitment to well-being.

Two exceptions remain, however, including Pāʻulaʻula State Historic Site, formerly Russian Fort Elizabeth State Historical Park, on Kauaʻi which is closed because of construction improvements that began before the storm.

There will be 6 workshops total statewide, and they begin Feb. 24 on Oʻahu; the Kauaʻi workshop is slated for April 1, with Big Island classes March 4 and 12.

Lawmakers say recent events demonstrate Trump Administration’s deliberate attempt to target unaccompanied minors.

The travel-related dengue case was detected on Maui, prompting immediate mosquito control inspections and preventive measures in the affected areas.

Digital Navigators are available by appointment at all 50 public libraries throughout the state, offering free, personalized help with everyday technology needs to make it less stressful and more accessible.

Maia Kealoha of Kona will play Alma in ‘Nutmeg & Mistletoe’ to be released this coming holiday season, bringing Christmas joy back with the help of two bumbling North Pole elves undercover as humans.

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists use tiny features within crystals in erupted lava to answer big questions about the underlying plumbing system at Kīlauea volcano on the Big Island.

A group of colorful hexacorals known as “zoantharians” remain virtually identical throughout the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific oceans.

Gov. Josh Green has extended the Disaster Case Management Program to continue support for over 6,800 Maui wildfire survivors with FEMA-funded resources.

Papakōlea Community Development Corporation is awarding $5,000 micro-grants for individuals and $10,000 grants to organizations.

The Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2026 is a bicameral bill targeting $130 billion in new federal infrastructure funding.

Gov.Josh Green is on the clock to appoint a new associate judge from a list of nominees for the Intermediate Court of Appeals within 30 days.

Two Kaua‘i competitors will participate in the inaugural Ka Makou Kōnane Invitational Tournament Finals on Friday.

Big Island musicians and Hawaiian music lovers mourn the loss of Ben Kaili, a legenday slack key guitarist from Hilo.

The earmarked funds will be used by the nonprofit — which also administers the statewide DA BUX Double Up Food Bucks program — to build a new steel farmers market pavilion for local farmers, food vendors and small businesses on the Big Island to sell produce.

Athletes from throughout Hawai‘i will compete in basketball, bowling and track and field in June in Minneapolis.

The study led by a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researcher — published Feb. 10 in Nature Communications — found the scourge killing native Hawaiian birds was present at 63 of 64 sites tested statewide, including areas with very different bird communities.