For the second time in nearly 10 years, a Honolulu City Council measure that would allow private sponsorship of city parks ...

Popular and successful efforts that have returned over 800 homeless people to the mainland since 2015 would become permanent if either of two bills in the state Legislature becomes law this session.

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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi joins “Spotlight Now” Tuesday to discuss landfill bills currently advancing in the state Legislature. Then Hawaii County Mayor Kimo Alameda is ...

A bill is being reviewed by lawmakers to legalize gambling in Hawaii with casinos in mind, expected to have a presence in ...

Honolulu’s newest homelessness czar will be Roy Miyahari, a retired operations manager who spent much of his career at Nestlé ...

There was also an energetic atmosphere at the Blaisdell Center Tuesday as hundreds of kupuna from around Oahu gathered for ...

Kilauea volcano began shooting lava into the air once again Tuesday on the Big Island of Hawaii. Kilauea, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, has been erupting on and ...

Members of the Colorado Supreme Court considered on Tuesday whether to permit Boulder County and the city of Boulder to seek ...

A husband and wife from California were rescued after they became injured while hiking on a trail in Hawaii that closed to ...

State senators declined to move forward with a statewide ban on all fireworks on Monday, and instead are working to significantly strengthen law enforcement’s ability to investigate and prosecute ...

ALLISON SCHAEFERS / ASCHAEFERS @STARADVERTISER.COM Gov. Josh Green and the consul general of Japan in Honolulu, Yoshinori ...