To schedule rides before 9 a.m. Friday, the public should call TheHandi-Van reservations tonight between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. For all rides after 9 a.m., call Friday starting at 5 a.m. Read more
The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council has voted to recommend a replacement strategy to mitigate seabird interactions by Hawaii deep-set longline fishing vessels. Read more
With Oahu’s largest source of drinking water at risk of contamination from the Navy’s Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, a growing coalition of environmental, Native Hawaiian and community leaders are calling for the facility to be shut down. Read more
Small Business Saturday took on greater significance this year as many locally owned shops continue to fight for survival amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Read more
Twenty months into the COVID-19 pandemic, local food-distributing organizations are still contending with an elevated demand for food assistance. Read more
The Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation plans to train its employees and reexamine its policies following issues with plantings at two city parks in the Waimanalo area. Read more
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After the incident, HPD could be seen gathering information at the parking lot of Pohukaina Court this afternoon. Read more
The cases date as far back as Halloween, and the department is advising anyone who attended any events at the church since then to get tested for the coronavirus. Read more
A group of 165 pharmacists and therapists in Hawaii will join more than 1,800 other health care employees in a strike over Kaiser Permanente’s wage proposals as contract negotiations continue. Read more
More than 1,800 Kaiser Permanente employees in Hawaii plan to go on strike amid contract negotiations with the health care provider. Read more
A 31-year-old man arrested for allegedly kidnapping and assaulting his girlfriend and three Honolulu Police Department officers at the couple’s Waialae apartment made his initial appearance at District Court on Thursday. Read more
A team of astronomers in Hawaii has discovered an infant planet near a distant star, and the ability to take photos of it could provide insights about how planets are formed. Read more
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against state and county COVID-19 vaccination policies for employees, in essence determining that they were never forced to take the vaccines. Read more
Dozens of opponents to the Thirty Meter Telescope project on Mauna Kea walked by the University of Hawaii president’s Palolo residence in a display against the telescope project. Read more
In a study published in September in the Phytobiomes Journal, scientists affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s Department of Botany were able to cut the lesions found on infected plants by more than half. Read more
Five military aircraft from a defunct museum at the former Barbers Point are destined for California after Hawaiian Airlines technicians and an ocean shipping company volunteered to dismantle and transport the war birds to their new home. Read more
Hawaii has been without a state or federal eviction moratorium for more than a month, but the state appears to have avoided a dreaded spike in evictions so far. Read more
The National Transportation Safety Board will begin work Monday to recover the wreckage of a Boeing 737-200 cargo plane that crashed in the water at Mamala Bay in July, injuring the two pilots on board. Read more
The latest proposal to bring commercial aquarium fishing back to Hawaii has failed after the state Board of Land and Natural Resources refused to accept an environmental study detailing the impacts of the industry on Oahu. Read more
A 19-year-old Hawaiian monk seal, who’s had a troubled past in the wild but has been exemplary while in captivity, is settling into his new home at Sea Life Park Hawaii. Read more
The 2021-2022 humpback whale season in Hawaii is underway after a juvenile was spotted this week near Maui. Read more
