Nearly 40 years after its last eruption, Mauna Loa — the world’s largest active volcano — is putting on a show and potentially threatening Big Island infrastructure.

The incoming administration, which officially begins work Dec. 5, is seeking applicants for more than 100 positions including cabinet-level appointments.

Judging from the 2022 election results, America is as politically divided as ever.

State Reps. Matt LoPresti and Sharon Har, both Oahu Democrats, lost reelection to Republican challengers. Both were also dogged by arrests for alleged drunken driving.

Roosters and chickens are increasingly crowding Oahu’s urban corridors, raising a ruckus. Government officials are struggling for solutions.

A number of officials at the Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting have pleaded guilty to accepting cash and other “treats” in exchange for pushing through permits.

The largest active volcano on the planet hasn’t erupted since 1984 and there are no signs that it will again anytime soon. But a series of small earthquakes and aftershocks has some people on the Big Island all shook up.

Tulsi Gabbard, the former U.S. representative from Hawaii, has left the Democratic Party just two years after seeking its nomination for president.

Gov. David Ige’s announcement to rebuild Aloha Stadium without private developers — the plan favored by state Sen. Glenn Wakai — has DBEDT’s Mike McCartney now taking charge.