Oʻahu’s only mobile knife sharpener travels to farmers markets, restaurants and residences on a mission to restore knives to like-new condition.

Flowers fell from a helicopter during Friday’s memorial paddle-out on the second anniversary of the Lahaina tragedy.

Only about 700 koloa maoli remain in the wild and are centered on Kauaʻi. A team of researchers is trying to reestablish the population across the Hawaiian Islands.

A custom tricycle outfitted with a lathe, battery and compartments for tools creates a mobile woodturning studio for Kailua artist Aaron Hammer. But he really views it as a laboratory of public engagement.

Every summer, approximately 1,200 keiki spend a week in the Honolulu Ocean Safety Department’s Junior Lifeguard Program. The locations are spread across Oʻahu and fill to capacity almost as soon as registration opens in May.

Residential Youth Services & Empowerment helps homeless youth get off the streets with a place to stay, programs and assistance to finish school or earn their GED.

With more than 30 bon dances on Oʻahu alone, Hawaiʻi shows its love for the annual Japanese Buddhist tradition. The summer Obon festival honors the spirits of ancestors with families and friends gathering, sharing food and dancing around the yagura, a central tower or stage where the musicians perform.

Open daily with “Big Market” days on Wednesday and Saturday, the open-air market has attracted locals and visitors for the past 37 years to downtown Hilo. The market’s website says it started with Richard “Mike” Rankin and four farmers selling produce and goods out of their vehicles in 1988.

The Hawaiʻi School for the Deaf and the Blind graduated seven students as part of the class of 2025.

The 27th Annual Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawaiʻi brought an estimated 50,000 people together Monday to remember their loved ones with a Memorial Day ceremony.