Hawaii News

Kalani Pe’a and his band will be joined by special guests including Nāpua Greig and Hālau Nā Lei Kaumaka O Uka, and many more.

The sudden drop in visitors to one of the world’s most popular snorkeling spots provided scientists with a unique opportunity.

To celebrate the 60th Annual Merrie Monarch Festival, a Royal Parade that drew thousands took place in Downtown Hilo with high school bands, hālaus, paniolos, princesses, organizations and more.

The three-day competition started Thursday with Miss Aloha Hula and continued on Friday with Kahiko (ancient) hula. The event culminated with the ‘auana (modern) performances on Saturday.

Wāhine and kāne dancers from 23 hālau took the stage Friday on the first night of group competition at Edith Kanaka‘ole Stadium in Hilo on the Big Island.

Kaiwi, a Hawaiian monk seal, gave birth to her fifth pup on April 14 at Kaimana Beach in Waikīkī, Oʻahu. 

A 21-year-old from from Oʻahu won the Miss Aloha Hula 2023 at the 60th Annual Merrie Monarch Festival, making it a three-peat for her hālau Ka La ‘Onohi Mai O Ha‘eha‘e.

Agnes Renee Leihiwahiwaikapolionāmakua Thronas Brown, who dances with Oʻahu hālau Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai O Haʻehaʻe, won the title of Miss Aloha Hula 2023 on Thursday during the first night of competition for the 60th Annual Merrie Monarch Festival on the Big Island.

Medical and economic researchers developed profiles to discover higher rates of risk among Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders.

To reveal the subsurface structures beneath Kīlauea’s summit region, researches this month will begin a collaborative Kīlauea Seismic Imaging Project.

The canoe’s latest voyage will begin Sunday, when she is transported to Juneau, Alaska.

The public may join the Monday, April 17, meeting through several in-person and distance options.

The Air Tour and Skydiving Safety Improvement Act closes loopholes in existing regulations and is supported by several industry groups.

A Hōʻike Night for the ages, with a tribute to the late Kumu Hula Johnny Lum Ho, kicked off the 60th Annual Merrie Monarch Festival on the Big Island.

More than 100 horses will be gussied up to carry women dressed in long, colorful skirts (pāʻu) riding sidesaddle or as part of a private mount group in Saturday’s Merrie Monarch Royal Parade in Downtown Hilo on the Big Island.

The program, modeled after a White House group, is seeking community leaders in Hawai‘i.

U.S. Senators Brian Schatz and Ted Budd introduced legislation to improve airport infrastructure across the country, making them more resilient to severe weather and natural disasters.

Three endangered Hawaiian monk seals have a second chance at life in the ocean after being rehabilitated at a marine hospital, Ke Kai Ola, in Kona on the Big Island.

Those who haven’t filed their 2019 taxes have until July 17 to receive their unclaimed refunds.

The 60th Merrie Monarch Festival kicks off with Hōʻike Night during which generations of dancers of the late Kumu Hula Johnny Lum Ho will honor him.