A total of 864 signatures were submitted, and at least 500 must be verified before the process can move forward.

The casino previously received a hefty OSHA fine for hazardous workplace conditions and was cited for paying workers less than the minimum wage.

Many drivers seem to think that because they’re in vehicles, their destinations are more important than those of pedestrians.

Community associations around Hawaii County are charged with tasks such as maintaining roads in substandard subdivisions, and no one oversees them.

Agencies should have to justify every penny they ask for, says the House Finance Committee chair.

Transportation reporter and columnist Marcel Honore talks about traffic, apps and bikes.

The governor’s two-year budget plan also includes $315 million for affordable housing and $400 million for education infrastructure projects.

Keith Kaneshiro said Monday he had no plans to step aside after reportedly receiving a target letter from federal investigators.

Changes are planned for the effort to sweep up the giant patch of trash between Hawaii and California.

A nationwide ban on the activity may soon be expanded to include territories.

The dwarf planet is 120 times farther away from the Earth than the sun is.

The state estimates around 40 people will use the new law to seek medical assistance to end their lives next year.

Micronesians face language and cultural barriers when seeking medical care, and are far less likely to have insurance coverage.

To know your past is to know who you are now and the person you want to become tomorrow.

Most tourists don’t stick around long enough to discover the truly aggravating features of Hawaii in general and Oahu in particular.

It’s no surprise that being a vegan is tough, but meat-eaters and meat-abstainers probably have more in common than they might think.

The new owners of an equipment rental company carry on the tradition of sharing jokes and wisdom on a marquee above the storefront.

Big companies are self-insuring themselves and taking other steps to control medical costs. Is this a return to plantation days?

Even if the documents refer to Katherine Kealoha’s medical condition, other information should be made public, the center says.

Counties and nonprofits will use the money to build permanent housing for the homeless and create more shelter space.

About 1,000 fins valued at $58,000 were seized by from a fishing vessel.

Blessed to live in the most remote island chain on the planet, we also have an obligation to care for it.

It might not have been the answer, but the discourse offered by such proposals should generate a debate over the state’s larger systemic problems.

It’s cultural, it’s art, it’s free expression and millennials and Gen Xers love them.

A few precautions can prevent the spread of undesirable plants and critters, ecotourism operators are told. But the advice applies to everyone.