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Gov. Josh Green won a resounding reelection victory Tuesday as he and his running mate, outgoing Kauai Mayor Derek Kawakami, defeated the Republican ticket by a record-setting 50 percentage points.
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Five incumbents in the state Legislature — all Republicans — are facing defeat based on Tuesday night’s second printout results representing most votes cast, though a few races remain too close to call.
Former Honolulu City Council member Ikaika Anderson captured the largest share of votes Tuesday for an at-large seat on the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees.
Trevor Ozawa is returning to the Honolulu City Council after taking a commanding lead over Tara Malia Gregory in East Oahu’s District 4 race, while incumbent Tyler Dos Santos-Tam will hold his seat after grabbing a large lead over first-time challenger Corey Morihara in urban Honolulu’s District 6 race, according to…
U.S. Reps. Ed Case and Jill Tokuda easily won reelection Tuesday, joining a nationwide “blue tsunami” that will see a return of Democratic control of both the House and Senate when the next Congress is sworn in.
Across Oahu, voters who came out to the polls Tuesday found lines moving relatively quickly compared with previous elections.
Ranked choice voting — among the most consequential City and County of Honolulu charter amendment questions before voters — was rejected Tuesday.
Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen overcame a wave of special interest spending in support of his opponent to win reelection Tuesday.
November is National Family Caregivers Month, so it’s an especially apt time to express appreciation for the caregivers among us. Many care for loved ones while dealing with emotional stress, loneliness and burnout.
From whence, and when, the early Polynesian seafarers first ventured into the far eastern Pacific to discover and settle such far-flung islands as Rapa Nui (Easter Island) and Hawaii are questions that anthropologists and archaeologists such as myself have grappled with for more than a century. Recently developed…
City Council Chair Tommy Waters, who terms out Jan. 2, hasn’t even left the building yet — but that didn’t stop power-hungry members of the City Council to conspire a regime change. Worse, in the process, five Council members met up questionably — gathering with a quorum without public notice, in what sure looks to be…
On Nov. 9, the Hawaii Supreme Court will consider a landmark case involving Mari and Vaigai, two Asian elephants who were separated from their families at a young age and taken from their natural habitat. They have spent decades in a small, austere enclosure at the Honolulu Zoo.
The downturn in tourism to Hawaii can hardly be blamed on airfares. In 1965, my wife and I came to Hawaii on our honeymoon. We stayed at the Reef Hotel, in an oceanfront room of the big tower. That room cost us $18.63 per night, including tax. There was no resort charge in those days. I just checked the price for a…
The country seems as divided now as it was prior to the Civil War. There seems to be little in common between the two sides. One appears guided by feelings and emotions, the other by common sense and reason. One side seems to believe the country is fundamentally racist and oppressive, the other disagrees. One side…
President Donald Trump has added another layer of more restrictive regulations to his already hateful and cruel immigration agenda. Now, legal immigrants who have used or are deemed likely to use government assistance such as SNAP might be ineligible for green cards.
I still remember when I found out that University of Hawaii football head coach June Jones was leaving, and had accepted a coaching position in Texas. I feel that most fans, if not all, were quite bummed about losing him. Including me.
By Derek Kalani and Chelsee Yee
A 33-year-old civilian employee of the Honolulu Fire Department who accused a battalion chief of raping her at work on Valentine’s Day 2025 has filed a civil lawsuit accusing city officials of refusing to charge him with a crime.
The spirit of the holidays is already in the air! It’s the time of the year when many turn to online gift shopping to avoid getting stuck in traffic and fighting for a parking space at the malls. You browse a website, put items in your virtual shopping cart and within a few clicks, all your gifts are well on their way…
The Queen’s Health Systems celebrated the topping-off of a new three-story facility at its Queen’s-West campus, marking a milestone in its ongoing expansion project.
Q uestion : Auwe! A car was broken down in the H-1 shoulder eastbound before the Kahala Mall exit and drivers just kept zooming past because they wanted to stay in the right lane and get in the exit lane. They had time to move over. It is so dangerous to zoom right past a stalled vehicle. Someone might be trying to…
Bjorn Jurgensen is ready and set but is patiently waiting for the go signal.
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In her oversized lavender hoodie, haku and regular lei, Kamalei Canionero doesn’t fit the mold of a long-range sniper.
On Sundays, brothers Jayden and Jayse Braun wear stripes.
Hawaii County has announced the hiring of Kanani Aton as recovery officer.
In November 1990, the Konawaena High School solar car team became the first high school team to officially finish the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, the world’s largest solar car race.
HILO >> Officials at the University of Hawaii at Hilo and the state Department of Education said they will make some changes after reviewing an affray that occurred Oct. 17 on the university campus at a conference intended to inspire Pacific Islander teens to succeed in college, careers and community service.
Another week, another round of “Where should we eat?” Luckily for my friends, I’ve been doing my homework. Here are a few spots on my must-try list right now. The newly opened Hinahina on the Beach (2255 Kalakaua Ave.) at Sheraton Waikiki Beach Resort features local favorites from executive chef Darren Demaya and his…
Yumiko Nakamura of Makiki serves a great four-ingredient appetizer made from a Japanese root vegetable that has a wonderful crunch. Yamaimo, or mountain yam, has the shape of daikon, but with light tan skin with dots. It’s similar in texture to jicama or daikon. You may be familiar with it; it is served as raw
D’s Steak Truck, which called Kahuku Sugar Mill home for more than a year, can now be found popping up across Oahu — bringing its flavorful plate lunches to even more customers. Every first Friday of the month you can find them at Waikele from 4 to 8 p.m. During the rest of the work
The Hawaii Food and Wine Festival is back for its 16th year. By the time you read this, the Big Island and Maui portion will be finished. So far it’s been great to see old chef friends, eat a lot of great food and create a lot of new memories. As usual, CEO Denise Yamaguchi,
Holiday tables can be loaded with heavy dishes, making salad a welcome addition, not just health-wise, but also for the color it brings to the spread. Red being the color of Santa and the season, this salad fits right in with its crimson accents of strawberries and cherry tomatoes. Combining different textures and…
Save the date — Keep It Kaimuki is celebrating its 10th anniversary from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Nov. 28 with a neighborhood-wide celebration filled with food, shopping and plenty of community spirit. The free, family-friendly event will feature exclusive discounts and promotions from more than 40 businesses, along with…
Marina views add an extra touch of chic to Heavenly Island Lifestyle. Visit for breakfast or lunch and try the tomato shakshuka or beef suki udon, or make an evening outing delicious with its mentaiko butter shoyu spaghetti. Happy hour includes discounted prices of its popular items like the Heavenly tacos with your…
Italian food is my favorite — no doubt about it. While visiting Italy is still on my bucket list, I’ve always imagined a country where gathering around the table is about more than just a good meal. It’s about sharing stories, making memories and treating everyone like family. And if I had to picture what
Some places serve more than ono food. They make you feel like family. At Kaya’s Kitchen (53-534 Kamehameha Hwy.) in Punaluu, Traci Kaupe serves local favorites, including her dad’s guava-smoked pork and breakfast bentos. “The local support here is awesome,” says Kaupe. “We see the same people every day.” The small…
Caponata, a traditional savory sweet-sour condiment, is often made with eggplant, but there are versions made with artichokes. Here, it’s made with eggplant and summer squash. It improves in flavor if made a day or two in advance of serving, as part of an antipasto or spread on baguette toasts for an aperitivo. Heat 3
Sweet, savory and super-simple, this dish is made mostly from pantry staples and cooked all in one pot. Chewy raisins add an unexpected sweetness tempered by a bit of acidic red wine vinegar. Canned tuna is a great protein choice for weeknight dinners but be sure to buy the oil-packed variety for cooking — it’s
Found in Creole and Cajun cuisines, étouffée is most commonly made with crawfish tails, which have a distinct flavor, but crawfish have a short season and aren’t readily available in most places. This version, with shrimp, is more than a worthy substitute and an excellent dish all its own. The dish takes its name from
The caramel sauce does double duty in this warm, comforting crisp. First, it lends sweetness to the apple filling, and second, it yields a lot of leftovers to serve alongside. Use firm, tart apples like Mutsu, Jonathan or Honeycrisp, which will hold their shape during baking. Room-temperature apples work best here: If…
Five incumbents in the state Legislature — all Republicans — are facing defeat based on tonight’s second printout results representing most votes cast, though a few races remain too close to call.
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green handily won reelection today, defeating the Republican ticket of Gary Cordery and running mate Daniel Anthony by a record margin to secure a second four-year term.
Former Honolulu City Councilmember Ikaika Anderson rose to the top in share of votes for an at-large seat on the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
U.S. Reps. Ed Case and Jill Tokuda easily won re-election today as part of a nationwide blue wave tsunami that will see a return of Democratic control of both the U.S. House and U.S. Senate when the next Congress is sworn this coming January.
BANGOR, Maine >> Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, lost her seat of three decades on Wednesday to Troy Jackson, a Democratic former state legislator, according to a New York Times projection. The defeat ended the run of the sole sitting Republican member of Congress from New England.
Kauai County Councilmember Mel Rapozo will be the next mayor of Kauai, while incumbent Maui Mayor Richard Bissen held onto his seat.
Trevor Ozawa will return to the Honolulu City Council after soundly defeating Tara Malia Gregory in East Oahu’s District 4 race, while incumbent Tyler Dos Santos-Tam was reelected after topping first-time challenger Corey Morihara in urban Honolulu’s District 6 race.
Hawaii voters overwhelmingly supported bonds to support infrastructure development while Honolulu voters are split on whether local elections should be decided by ranked choice voting, according to the second printout results.
James Talarico, a 37-year-old Democratic state legislator, has won the race to become the next senator from Texas, The Associated Press said Tuesday. He defeated a scandal-plagued Republican to end a three-decade drought for Democrats in one of the nation’s largest states.
Deb Haaland, a former member of Congress and interior secretary, will be the nation’s first female Native American governor after she cruised to victory in New Mexico on tonight, according to The Associated Press. Haaland shrugged off a challenge from a Republican who had rejected negative campaigning.
WASHINGTON >> Democrat Annie Andrews won South Carolina’s U.S. Senate seat today, a stunning victory over President Donald Trump’s hand-picked candidate Darline Graham in a state that he carried by nearly 18 percentage points just two years ago.
Election officials reported a typical array of glitches at polling places across the country today, some serving as provocative fodder for right-wing conspiracy theorists.
Last-minute voters flocked to the state’s voting centers to cast their ballots on Election Day as Hawaii chooses its governor, U.S. representatives, and a host of state and county offices.
A 51-year-old man was critically injured Monday night after being hit by a pickup truck as he crossed South Kihei Road, Maui police said.
WASHINGTON >> With more than $1.48 billion wagered on today’s midterm elections, prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket are facing their biggest test yet of how reliably they can forecast political races amid growing scrutiny of their businesses.
WASHINGTON >> The Justice Department deployed officials today across the country to monitor midterm voting in predominantly Democratic jurisdictions while widening a criminal probe into an Alaska campaign for a U.S. Senate seat.
In the coming hours, NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory will crash back to Earth.
WASHINGTON >> The Justice Department is intensifying its investigation into the recruitment of an opponent with the same name as a Republican senator in Alaska, sending letters to about 20 Democrats informing them they might be targets or asking them to preserve their records, two people with knowledge of the move…
WASHINGTON >> U.S. job openings surged in September while layoffs fell to the lowest level in 1-1/2 years, supporting economists’ views that the labor market remained on firmer footing despite tepid employment gains during that month.
The Department of Homeland Security has mounted an extraordinary campaign to hunt for illegal voters, devoting hundreds of federal agents to the task of poring over tens of thousands of voter records and knocking on the doors of people suspected of being noncitizens who unlawfully cast ballots.
A man armed with a knife stole a car near a Waikiki hotel Monday night after forcing the driver and his family out of the vehicle, Honolulu police said.
PARIS/DETROIT >> Hackers used a bogus job interview and software hidden in an advertisement to compromise the computers of two Binance software engineers before using a third’s computer to drain $6.3 billion worth of crypto in last week’s record heist, the exchange said today.
Brazil’s three-time world champion Gabriel Medina scored a near-perfect tube to win the inaugural Philippines Pro in heavy, hollow typhoon surf on Tuesday, while California’s Caitlin Simmers overcame injury to win the women’s event.
WASHINGTON >> President Donald Trump today said he made a deal with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Washington would stop $4 billion in funding to Israel after the end of this year, but still sell weapons to its close Middle East ally.
WASHINGTON >> Democrats captured majorities in both the Senate and House today, scoring sweeping victories that reached deep into Republican strongholds as tens of millions of voters delivered a scathing rebuke to President Donald Trump.
The National Hurricane Center is monitoring a weather disturbance approaching the Central Pacific that forecasters say is likely to develop into a tropical cyclone within the next few days.
Honolulu elections officials said Monday they were preparing for the possibility of long lines today at Honolulu Hale and Kapolei Hale.
For an opening act, Hawaii point guard Jaden Matingou delivered the parting shot.
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The Hawaiian Homes Commission may have chosen a difficult year to seek $3.5 million in added funding from the state Legislature, which will be juggling with several budgetary challenges come January.
Perhaps not unexpectedly, but stinging nonetheless, Alaska Air Group has announced another round of job cuts — its sixth round of management layoffs since September 2024, when Alaska Air and Hawaiian Air merged but continued to operate as separate brands.
Most of us grew up visiting zoos and rarely question what we’ve always seen as normal. But try describing the arrangement to someone who’s never heard of a zoo: We take a young elephant from her family, break her, ship her across an ocean and hold her captive in a city lot for the rest of her life so people can look…
It’s Election Day or, more precisely, the last day of “election season.” Hawaii’s experience with vote-by-mail has diluted the experience because voting became an activity that can happen at home, or anywhere the registered voter has the ballot in hand, for about two weeks in advance.
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With all of the ads encouraging a “yes” vote on state Constitution Question 2, it should be obvious to everyone that a lot of money is riding on this. The amendment will facilitate counties’ ability to issue bonds to pay for infrastructure. Bonds are IOUs, which the counties (taxpayers) will have to repay. The theory…
With the monster building being built near ‘Iolani School, I hate to think what the traffic will be like when it’s finished. Then developers want to build another big project by Piers 1 and 2, a hotel and luxury condominium on the eastern end of Ala Moana Center and redevelop housing at Mayor Wright Homes. How are all…
As Hawaii voters go to the polls, they should consider the following before voting for Gov. Josh Green on Tuesday:
I have traveled to every Arab and Muslim country from Morocco to Indonesia. We are enriched by their poems, art and words like “Algebra.”
I still miss my life on Maui. Although circumstances forced me to leave, Hawaii will always hold a special place in my heart.
During his first term, news organizations kept track of Donald Trump’s lies. Sources agree that this totaled more than 30,000 instances — an average of 21 a day. Ironically, we are now dealing with the results of one of the few times Trump told the truth.
By Derek Kalani and Chelsee Yee
The union representing the state’s nearly 300 Sheriff’s deputies opposes a plan to reclassify and give a pay bump to 60% of its personnel, calling it divisive and cautioning it will make recruitment and retention worse.
Qu estion : Last year or so, Social Security made us change our online accounts and we did it through Login.gov and they said it was for cybersecurity and would be good for other government accounts too and now they did the same for TreasuryDirect but it’s not through Login.gov! It’s through ID.me and I am having…
The Army has proposed officially terminating its leases on several parcels of state land, including in Makua Valley and parts of Pohakuloa.
Thursday morning — travel day — arrived for the Mililani cross country team, and underneath it all, a sense of concern.
The Hawaii women’s basketball team struggled to keep up with Big Ten member Oregon in its season-opening game on Monday.
HILO >> Hilo residents may have noticed large metal trash can-like bins being installed around town in recent weeks.
Point guard Jaden Matingou hit the decisive basket with 1.2 seconds left to lift the Hawaii basketball team to a 74-73 victory over Seattle at Bankoh Arena at Stan Sheriff Center tonight.
The FBI is warning Hawaii residents about a sophisticated scam where crooks spoof the official phone numbers of federal law enforcement field offices – “including FBI Honolulu’s Field Office”– and use the names of actual and fictitious agents, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
A high surf advisory has been issued for the north- and west-facing shores of Kauai and Oahu, and for the north shores of Molokai and Maui, effective until 6 p.m. today.
Hawaii held its own with its best player on the court, but a lack of depth played a big part in Oregon’s 87-54 win over the Rainbow Wahine to open the season today at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Ore.
State officials are warning the public of possible encounters with pieces of decomposing whale carcass off the Kona Coast.
Martha Stewart, who appeared to dress up as a homeless person for Halloween, responded Sunday to a backlash over her costume, saying initially that she had not intended to offend anyone, and then in a second, more contrite statement, adding that she had “really screwed up.”
Russian forces today bombed a school being used as an aid distribution point in a village in Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, killing 26 people, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Ukraine’s emergency services said.