Hawai‘i News

The war in Ukraine and the international isolation of Russia has harmed biodiversity conservation according to a new study, published in Frontiers in Conservation Science.

For several years, Hulihe‘e Palace in Kona has suffered severe “physical trauma” — caused by tsunamis, earthquakes and high surf — that can be seen throughout the grounds.

When the Mauna Loa eruption began, on the night of Nov. 27, 2022, events unfolded similarly to the 1984 eruption.

Students in the online JD program will earn the same law degree as traditional students, and they will be qualified to take the bar exam in every state except New York.

The closure is temporary as there is no more space for public parking. Anyone heading to the airport on Kauaʻi is advised to get dropped off.

The 98-year-old decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family instead of receiving additional medical intervention following a series of short hospital stays.

This is the first time scientists have detected new colors – or wavelengths – of aurora at Jupiter’s moons, which help determine what their atmospheres are made up of.

David Matlin will retire as the athletics director of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa on June 2, 2023 after completing an 8-year term.

The Big Island Air tour plane aborted its takeoff on Tuesday morning and hit hard without landing gear before ending up outside the safety runway area at Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport on the Big island.

“Flight 2, I don’t know if you copied, but Skymaster … just crashed off the north end,” said the air traffic controller at Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport on the Big Island.

The threat for heaviest rainfall will begin on the Big Island and then spread to the remaining islands.

The donations include $80,000 to support a graduate assistantship and efforts to foster a Native Hawaiian place of learning at the School of Ocean and Earth Science Technology.

The two fires were ignited by lightning strikes on Feb. 12 in a remote area of the Big Island where the U.S. Army has a training facility.

Daniel R. Foley (now a retired judge) reflected about representing three same-sex couples who filed the original lawsuit against the State of Hawaiʻi in 1993 as part of the Hawai‘i Equal Rights Marriage Project.

Kaua‘i has long been home to many endangered honu, or green sea turtles, and their numbers have grown in recent years – most noticeably at Poʻipū Beach Park.

Hawaiʻi Gov. Josh Green today sent additional budget requests to the State Legislature that support his long list of priorities.

Chennai, India, of all places, currently holds the Guinness World Record for the longest fresh flower lei, but now a Big Island hotel worker is leading an effort to break the record by May Day.

The 11-week correctional officers training in Hawaiʻi includes more than 400 hours of classroom time and physical training.

Now the source of the beams that formed a green curtain — which some described as resembling the green code from the movie “The Matrix” — likely is from a satellite owned by U.S. adversary China and not by NASA.

Hawai’i State Speaker of the House Scott K. Saiki introduced six of the bills on behalf of recommendations outlined in the Commission to Improve Standards of Conduct Final Report.