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June 22, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

The Pacific Tsunami Museum has been stepping up its efforts to raise money while it works through a revitalization plan.

June 22, 2025 | 7 MIN READ

President Donald Trump announced Saturday that the U.S. military had “totally obliterated” three of Iran’s nuclear sites, including its uranium-enrichment facility deep under...

June 21, 2025 | 7 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — Landry Bell, a 1-year-old boy who was born with Down syndrome, wriggled and smiled in his big sister’s lap on the floor outside Republican Sen. Mike Lee’s office...

June 21, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

After nearly two years, the state’s investigation into government response to the deadly Aug. 8, 2023, Lahaina wildfire has concluded, with future wildfire planning and coordination effo...

June 21, 2025 | 8 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump was angry.

June 20, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

Nearly two years after the devastating Maui wildfires, survivors continue to struggle with the mental, physical and social impacts, according to researchers from the University of Hawaii at Ma...

June 20, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — Democrats want new leaders for their party, which many feel isn’t focusing enough on economic issues and is over-emphasizing issues like transgender rights and electri...

June 20, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s sudden announcement that he could take up to two weeks to decide whether to plunge the United States into the heart of the Israel-Iran conflic...

June 20, 2025 | 6 MIN READ

JERUSALEM — An Iranian missile struck a large hospital in southern Israel on Thursday, causing widespread damage and injuring several patients, as President Donald Trump said he would de...

June 19, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

The devastating Maui wildfires of August 2023 motivated legislators to fund improvements in firefighting equipment and personnel preparedness, officials said Wednesday at a press conference in...

June 19, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — The prospect of a U.S. strike against Iran has exposed divisions in the coalition of supporters that brought President Donald Trump to power, with some of his base urging hi...

June 19, 2025 | 6 MIN READ

WASHINGTON/DUBAI/JERUSALEM — President Donald Trump kept the world guessing about whether the United States will join Israel’s bombardment of Iranian nuclear sites as the Israel-Ir...

June 18, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

Family members of a Holualoa woman who died two years ago are suing the woman’s estranged husband and Hawaii County police, saying they are responsible for her death from a drug-and-alco...

June 18, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump declared on Tuesday that “we now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran” and called for Iran’s “unconditional...

June 18, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke on Tuesday announced plans for the next two years of the Ready Keiki program, a statewide initiative to provide universal access to pre-kindergarten learning by 2032....

June 18, 2025 | 8 MIN READ

HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK — It was all but silent on a recent morning at Uekahuna, the newly restored viewing area overlooking the summit of Kilauea volcano. A few visitors trickled...