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A recent study on underwater noise pollution from seabed mining operations, which included scientists from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, found that noise from one mine alone could travel roughly 311 miles in gentle weather conditions, which could affect the understudied species living in the deep sea.

The Salvation Army is asking the Big Island community to step up and help keiki in need get the supplies they need for the upcoming school year.

Research involving four co-authors with University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa ties has revealed the origins of the inhabitants of Micronesia. Prior to the study, the inhabiting of this vast region was a mystery.

A new University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa study explains vaccine hesitancy among Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders in Hawaiʻi at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and researchers say the findings could provide a foundation for communication strategies for other health policies beyond the pandemic.

A University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa associate professor from the Nancy Atmospera-Walch School of Nursing has developed an oral health toolkit to teach nurses, doctors and health care students how to effectively integrate oral health into their practice.

Construction work will require the temporary closure of portions of a Kapa‘a roadway this week.

COVID-19 case counts continued their decline on Kauaʻi and statewide during the past week, according to Mayor Derek Kawakami in this week’s county briefing video Thursday, July 7.

A collaboration of individuals and organizations dedicated to Native Hawaiian youth civic engagement is hosting a Republican gubernatorial candidate forum tonight (Thursday, July 7).

Employees of an O‘ahu home improvement store got a slithery surprise from a pallet hitchhiker earlier this week.

The county Public Works Solid Waste Division is reminding the public that bottle caps are not accepted at HI5 redemption centers or in Kaua‘i Recycles green drop bins.

Island residents are invited to help build healthier lives, free of cardiovascular disease and stroke, during an upcoming event.

The state Department of Transportation is reminding the public that a new child passenger safety law is now in effect.

Gov. David Ige on Wednesday, July 6, outlined three line-item vetoes he intends to make to the state budget bill.

A former state legislator has been sentenced to serve time in federal prison for wire fraud.

State officials reacted this weekend to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that limits the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions of power plants.

A grant from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs through a program that supports events designed to help reinforce and strengthen Native Hawaiians will help bring anti-bullying and anti-violence education to elementary and middle school students on Kaua‘i and O‘ahu.

A new paper by a research team that included three University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa graduate students found that humpback whales might one day avoid Hawaiian waters because of climate change and increasing greenhouse gases.

An innovative tool developed by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers could be a critical part of future NASA missions to detect life — existing or extinct — on Earth and other planets.

If you are flying anywhere during the Fourth of July weekend, make sure you get to the airport early.

A Hawaiʻi nonprofit is offering Kauaʻi residents free training to get the tools and knowledge to make positive changes in their communities.