President Obama issues declaration allowing FEMA to provide emergency relief to the archipelago.

Two other COFA nations “face challenges” in achieving self-sufficiency, the Government Accountability Office reports.

Legislation awaiting the governor’s signature establishes a premium assistance program to provide financial assistance with health care premiums and out-of-pocket costs for Pacific Islanders.

The annual festival is at the Honolulu Museum of Art School on Saturday with a focus on women Sunday.

They’re worried about immigration, disgusted with political correctness and ready to embrace deal-making.

The Republican senator from Alaska has introduced legislation co-sponsored by Mazie Hirono of Hawaii.

The grant will aid efforts to increase cervical cancer screening among Micronesian women, and to research the cancer risks of betel nut chewing.

Former Foreign Minister Tony de Brum and his legal team have been nominated for their work on nuclear justice and climate change.

A newspaper in Majuro reports that a visitor in November tested positive after leaving the Pacific nation.

Compared with Japanese, Hawaiians and whites, they suffer cancer, substance abuse and cardiac and infectious diseases at earlier ages