Long-awaited work on Hulihe‘e Palace seawall begins

The depart estimated a loss of $750,000 as a result of the incident.

The national recruitment for the next president of the University of Hawaiʻi 10-campus system will officially begin in late May 2024 after the UH Board of Regents approved the position description and leadership profile at its May 16 monthly meeting.

Manu Powers, regent and president of Daughters of Hawaiʻi, an organization that takes care of the palace, said workers from Isemoto Contracting Co. were hired to do the wall and sidewalk work.

pplications are due on June 15 and awardees will be notified in early July.

40-year-old Kevin Torres of Pāhoa made his initial court appearance May 16 in Hilo District Court.

The 59-year-old Ocean View man riding a green 2022 Kawasaki was ejected from the motorcycle after it struck an embankment near the entrance to Manuka State Park.

The advisory is now in effect until 6 p.m. May 18, with surf of 7 to 10 feet continued to be forecast.

Sustained winds of 45 to 55 mph, with localized gusts of up to about 60 mph, are forecast atop Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa.

The money from former Hawai‘i resident liver transplant recipient John C. Couch will establish the first-ever gastroenterology and hepatology fellowship program at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine that will train physicians to treat liver diseases.

This week, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists dig a little deeper and share new discoveries they are making about the erupsions 100 years ago by examining the ash deposited during the events.

A kona low northwest of the state will continue drawing unstable tropical moisture northward over Kauai County through today. The kona low will begin slowly...

Hawaiʻi Gov. Josh Green, M.D., issued a proclamation recognizing National School Nurse Day on May 8, 2024.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa placed in the top 2.5% out of more than 20,000 universities in the world, according to the Global 2000 list by the Center for World University Rankings, released on Monday. The flagship campus of the 10-campus UH System placed No. 511 out of 20,966 universities ranked. UH Mānoa also ranked No. 138 among universities in the US.

A waiting list opens next month for the Kaiāulu o Kūku′ia affordable apartment project located on Keawe St. in West Maui.  The project will begin accepting applications at 9 a.m. on June 24; and a lottery will be held on Aug. 20 to determine the order in which applicants are processed for eligibility.

Over 400 delegates are expected to attend in person or virtually during the weekend proceedings. Interim Party Chair, Representative Adrian Tam, will oversee the meeting which is expected to include consideration and debate of topics ranging from the tragic fires on Maui, to housing affordability, access to health care, climate change, and many other issues. 

A kona low northwest of the state will continue drawing unstable tropical moisture northward over Kauai County through today. The kona low will begin slowly...

Surf along south facing shores will remain up through early next week due to overlapping, long-period south-southwest swells. Heights will remain at the...

The money from former Hawai‘i resident liver transplant recipient John C. Couch will establish the first-ever gastroenterology and hepatology fellowship program at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine that will train physicians to treat liver diseases.

The national recruitment for the next president of the University of Hawaiʻi 10-campus system will officially begin in late May 2024 after the UH Board of Regents approved the position description and leadership profile at its May 16 monthly meeting.

Holland, who is the food systems director for 501(c)3 non-profit Hawaiʻi Alliance for Progressive Action, is an outspoken activist and organizer in the community. She has also gained visibility for her role as a leading member of a group against the reconstruction of the Coco Palms Hotel in Wailua.