Hawaii News

LIHU'E, Kauai - A Kauai man's case of ciguatera poisoning that hospitalized him for more than two months highlights the danger of eating reef fish in Hawaii.

HAWAII'S governor hopes direct flights between the Chinese mainland and Hawaii - taking off early next year - will heat up Hawaii-bound tourism.

The plan to pump frigid waters from the ocean's depths to air condition downtown Honolulu isn't a pipe dream, and it could reduce the state's dependence on fossil fuels while slashing power bills that are the highest in the nation.

The Center for Oral History at the University of Hawaii at Manoa is seeking to interview individuals who, as young Japanese Americans during World War II, were removed from their places of study, training, or employment on the West Coast and incarcerated in various assembly centers and relocation camps.

When the State Department of Land and Natural Resources contracted PBR HAWAII & Associates, Inc.

Lt. Gov. James "Duke" Aiona says there is no need to call a special legislative session to reduce or eliminate controversial teacher furloughs in Hawaii.

Right when more people need welfare, they're getting less from Hawaii's government.

Linda Lingle has released $75 million to pay for a thousand or so capital improvement projects at public schools throughout Hawaii.

A judge has ruled that the state is liable for monetary damages for failing to put native Hawaiians on the land to which they were entitled under the Hawaiian Home Lands Trust.

Amid apprehension, anger, and confusion, "Furlough Fridays" have begun in Hawaii.

Hawaii companies that would benefit from earmarks sponsored by U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, that are in the Senate version of the fiscal year 2010 defense appropriations measure.

Hawaii feted the canonization of Saint Damien with a Mass and an interfaith celebration that underscored the 19th century priest's enduring popularity in the islands.

The Big Island of Hawaii is named for good reason; you can drive for hours and still find new places to explore.

Gov. Linda Lingle is promoting Hawaii as a tourism destination during her two-week trip to China, but a Democratic leader said she should have stayed home.

With so much to see and do, Las Vegas will always be a great place to visit. After all, Hawaii residents still fondly call it the ninth island.

BONNIE LANGAN LOFSTEDT left for Hawaii after taking her last final at UC Berkeley.

Gov. Linda Lingle will leave tomorrow for a two-week excursion to China, where she intends to sell Hawaii as a tourism destination and to bolster opportunities for the state's products to be sold there.

With public anger rising over teacher furloughs in Hawaii, two of the four expected candidates for governor next year offered ways on Tuesday that the controversial moneysaving program could be halted or reduced.

The Medical Cannabis Working Group is composed of organizations, medical professionals, patients and caregivers.

Guam will receive more than $16 million in Compact Impact funding, according to a release from the Department of the Interior.