Thousands of environmental and conservation leaders from around the globe who gathered in Honolulu for the IUCN World Conservation Congress (WCC) last month are long gone, but now the real work begins — both locally and globally. Read more
Peter Oshiro was a newbie food inspector on the North Shore when he got staph poisoning after eating maki sushi from a gas station. He’s learned a lot since then. Read more
Hawaii’s labor unions can no longer rely on word-of-mouth to get information to thousands of members. Today, in order to stay relevant with younger members, unions need totweet, text and post on Facebook, among other modes of communication. Read more
The state’s drawn-out struggle to privatize Maui’s failing public hospitals is a telling gauge of how much influence public sector labor unions wield in Hawaii. Read more
For decades, neighbors endured Mark Char’s taunts and threats. There were times he walked around his Halolani Street home in Ewa with a crossbow in hand. He called the cops when vehicles were parked too close to his or anyone else’s driveway. He roamed through nearby streets looking for parking scofflaws. Read more
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Ping! And so it begins. A ping triggered by a positive hepatitis A result is most often how the state Department of Health learns of new cases in the latest outbreak of the viral infection. Read more
Keith Vieira considers it a success when his students are in tears on the first or second day of his Professional Development course at the University of Hawaii Shidler College of Business. Read more
As a kid growing up in New York City’s Spanish Harlem, Ivette Rodriguez Stern never thought of her family as low-income. Read more
For Cindy Adams, the concept of community service became second nature growing up in a church-centered household. Read more
When in doubt, commission a study. That seems to be a common practice among state lawmakers, who often appropriate millions of dollars to study an issue without ever researching how much the study will actually cost or specifying what exactly should be studied. Read more
Much has changed in the 35 years since Hawaii’s first published case of a health condition that would later become known as AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). Today, it’s no longer a death sentence if a patient tests positive for HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), which can develop into AIDS. Read more
The field of architecture sort of found Deepak Neupane through results of a standardized test he took after high school, pointing him in its direction. Read more
Dawn Amano-Ige and her husband, Gov. David Ige, first met while they were attending the University of Hawaii at Manoa and both running for student government positions — that was their first campaign together. Read more
Thirteen years after Hawaii legalized medical marijuana, the state is finally forging ahead with licensing marijuana dispensaries, issuing licenses to eight applicants on Friday. As it has in other states, that policy shift could usher in a new era of social norms. Read more
Baird Fleming grew up in Honduras raising orphaned river otters, monkeys and sloths, to name a few. So it’s no wonder he became a veterinarian — and the latest Honolulu Zoo director. Read more
University of Hawaii men’s basketball coach Eran Ganot picked up his smartphone Wednesday and played a video of his Rainbow Warriors surprising his 5-year-old daughter, Zeza, with a birthday cake, singing “Happy Birthday.” Read more
Colin Moore describes local politics as fascinating — the players, the one-party system, the low voter turnout, even the sign-waving. Read more
The likelihood of lawmakers raising the state’s 4 percent general excise tax anytime soon is lower than the half-percent to 1 percent increases that proponents have been emboldened into pushing this legislative session. Read more
Peter Savio says he’s having far too much fun to retire. At 67, the self-described “real estate broker, developer and social worker” owns roughly 30 businesses — and shows no signs of slowing down. Read more
It’s been a homecoming of sorts for Jan Gouveia, University of Hawaii vice president for administration. Read more
