Hawai'i State News

UH Hilo, UH Mānoa, and UH West Oʻahu—shine in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2026 Best Colleges rankings, celebrating academic excellence and dedication to quality education across the islands.

U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz Schatz also will discuss how federal policy and private sector investment can bolster carbon dioxide removal efforts at Carbon Removal Alliance roundtable.

The act addresses barriers faced by adoptees, ensuring their rightful access to higher education, employment, and protection from deportation.

Households in Hawaiʻi will see a reduction in their monthly SNAP benefit because of adjustments made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to the Thrifty Food Plan.

Emergency action ensures continued public access to COVID-19 vaccines for residents aged 3 and older, despite new federal limitations.

The first state surfing tournament of the Hawai’i High School Athletic Association will take place May 1 and 2 of next year at Ho’okipa Beach Park on Maui.

Cohort X of the Omidyar Fellows include two Hawai‘i Island residents: No‘eau Peralto, executive director of Hui Mālama i ke Ala ʻŪlili, and Rebecca Soon, COO of Solutions Pacific and president of Ward Research.

The National Institutes of Health awarded a $2.8 million grant for the Hawaiʻi study that wants to find out if providing funding for fruits and vegetables can help people struggling with high blood pressure.

The union of nurses, pharmacists, therapists and other frontline professionals at Kaiser Permanente in Hawaiʻi and California are demanding safe staffing, better pay and respect at the negotiating table.

LifeSmarts is a free, national educational program that teaches students critical life skills in five key areas by holding online quizzes and in-person competitions.

Registration is open until Sept. 22 for the event that will take place on Sept. 24 at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i in Honolulu.

Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia will sail directly from Rarotonga, Cook Islands to Aotearoa (New Zealand), and postpone visits to American Samoa, Samoa and Tonga.

The briefing at 10 a.m. Sept. 18 — which will feature information from University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization professor Colin Moore — is part of a series of informational briefings about the rule of law in relation to the recent actions of President Donald Trump’s administration and how its decisions are impacting Hawaiʻi.

More than 1,900 Kaiser Permanente workers in Hawaiʻi are casting ballots this week to authorize a potential strike amid tense contract negotiations regarding staffing levels, wages and benefits disparities.

Hawaiʻi Gov. Josh Green states in his proclamation that Constitution and Citizenship Day offers an opportunity to reflect on the shared commitment to democratic values, civic participation and protection of individual rights.

The high-resolution maps are a game-changer for tracking crops, assessing land use, responding to emergencies, and supporting food security in the state.

A study from the UH Mānoa Thompson School of Social Work revealed that NHPI girls and boys experience more unwanted sexual contact and nonconsensual sex compared to their peers.

The earthquake was an aftershock of the magnitude 8.8 Kamchatka Peninsula earthquake that struck on July 29.

The plaintiffs brought a lawsuit challenging Gov. Josh Green’s 14 proclamations, arguing they exceeded his emergency authority, violated separation of powers principles, and violated the state constitution.

The Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority has allocated $928,000 to its Kūkulu Ola program, funding 26 initiatives that bolster Native Hawaiian culture and tourism, including four Hawaiʻi Island programs.