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Showdown in Chinatown film challenge returns to Hawaii

New York is the third-most expensive state for renters behind California and Hawaii
New York is the third-most expensive state for renters, a nationwide analysis shows, requiring a person making minimum wage to work the equivalent of three full-time jobs to afford a two-bedroom unit at fair market rent. Those statistics are...

Cherokee boxers capture titles at Hawaii tourney
HILO, Hawaii – Two Cherokee Nation citizens claimed championship titles at the Hawaii vs. Mainland Championship Boxing Tournament on June 22, putting a spotlight on some of the rising talent from Oklahoma’s amateur boxing scene. Michael Drywater,...

General Lamontagne Visits Airmen in Hawaii
Airmen assigned to the 735th Air Mobility Squadron aircraft maintenance unit brief Gen. Johnny Lamontagne, Air Mobility Command Commander during a squadron visit at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawai’i, July 12, 2025. Lamontagne visited the...

Chinatown revival: L&L co-founder spearheads $1.2M project for iconic arches in Honolulu

Aloha From Hawaii
Entire group at the Pearl Harbor memorial site. Photo provided by Shelby Leo, band director. ELEVEN FREDERICKTOWN STUDENTS PERFORM AT PEARL HARBOR MEMORIAL TERI MOSS, Contributing Writer Eleven students in the Fredericktown Black Cat Music...

Alaska Air Group To Layoff Around 250 Hawaiian Airlines Employees This Fall
When the merger of Hawaiian Airlines and Alaska Airlines began in 2024, there was immediate speculation of layoffs as a part of reorganization. That has manifested as 252 employees are expected to be cut from the absorbed Hawaiian staff force. The...

Driscoll Wants to Move More Quickly on Army Agreement for Hawaii Live-Fire Training Lands
SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii -- The U.S. Army's top civilian leader said Tuesday that he wants to move more quickly on an agreement that will allow the military to continue using the only large-scale live-fire training range for ground forces in...

YMCA is hiring youth program positions for new school year
HONOLULU (Island News) -- YMCA is looking to hire youth program leaders, life guards, swim instructors and other positions for the new school year. Positions are open for the 2025–26 school year for A+, 21st Century and teen after-school programs....

Colorado, Hawaii deemed best states for lung health
Add topic to email alerts Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Back to Healio Key takeaways: U.S. states were ranked based on six...

Hawaii police search for mother & daughter in custodial interference case
KONA, Hawaii (Island News) – Hawaii Island police are on the lookout for a woman and her daughter for questioning in connection with a custodial interference investigation. Sarah Coultas, 48, and her 6-year-old daughter, Violet Coultas-Benson were...
Forget Hawaii, Madeira should be your next island getaway
A direct flight from Newark now links East Coast travelers to Madeira, a Portuguese island with a spring-like climate and volcanic coastline. In May 2025 alone, the Autonomous Region of Madeira welcomed more than 235,000 guests, signaling its...

How many Hawaiian students were enrolled in Emmet County schools in 2024-25 school year?
Dr. Michael F. Rice Michigan superintendent of public instruction | https://radio.wcmu.org/Dr. Michael F. Rice Michigan superintendent of public instruction | https://radio.wcmu.org/ There was one Hawaiian student enrolled in Emmet County schools...

Entertainment: Cast of 'Chief of War' discuss making Hawaiian TV series

Par Pacific, Mitsubishi, and ENEOS join for renewable fuels production in Hawaii
Hawaii Renewables aims to become the state’s largest renewable fuel facility by the end of 2025.Par Pacific Holdings, Mitsubishi Corporation, and ENEOS Corporation have signed definitive agreements to form a new joint venture, Hawaii Renewables,...

Hawaii’s sacred waters face rocket debris threat as Musk’s Mars dreams expand
As Elon Musk ramps up rocket launches, Hawaii’s culturally and ecologically vital waters could become a dumping ground for failed SpaceX spacecraft. Dara Kerr reports for The Guardian. In short: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has...

Exclusive data: How tariff turmoil knocked down consumer confidence in Honolulu

The Honolulu Blueprint — A Lions offseason review
With many considering the 2025 season “Super Bowl or bust” for the Detroit Lions, expectations are as high as ever — and a successful offseason is key to meeting and exceeding expectations. After dominating the 2024 regular season with a...

Hawaii's Max Holloway defeats Poirier via Unanimous Decision in UFC 318
by: Mitch Riberal Posted: Jul 19, 2025 / 07:23 PM HST Updated: Jul 19, 2025 / 07:51 PM HST Hawaii’s Max Holloway headlined UFC 318 on Saturday against Dustin Poirier in the BMF Title Main Event. This was Holloway and Poirier’s 3rd time facing off...

Trump’s school voucher law raises questions in Hawaii
The country’s first-ever federal tax-credit school voucher program gives states the opportunity to opt in, but that decision is not so straightforward in Hawaii. Under President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending package, individuals and...