Longtime Maui councilwoman plans to stay involved in local issues — and do a lot surfing.

Hawaii may be the bluest of states, but residents’ cultural values are often in synch with conservative Republican positions.

The House and Senate plan to install new judiciary chairs but keep the current heads of each chamber and their respective money committees.

Incumbent Trevor Ozawa’s narrow victory over his challenger blocked the mayor from having a majority of allies on the City Council.

When the Garden’s Isle’s 14 precinct stations shut down Tuesday night, it might have been for the last time. An all-mail ballot experiment begins in 2020.

The 398,398 ballots cast in this general election represented a turnout rate of 52.6 percent — slightly higher than in 2014.

So much changed nationally, including control of the U.S. House and the election of scores of women. But not here.

But local Republicans took solace in their expanded majority in the U.S. Senate.

Republicans, who currently hold only five House seats and no Senate seats, appear poised to grab one Senate seat.

Rowena Akana has served on the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees for more than two decades but recently came under fire for alleged misspending.