A push to ban commercial aquarium fishing in Hawaiʻi originally came from Hawaiʻi County, where it received nearly unanimous ...

Hawaiʻi had its second driest year in more than a century in 2025. About half the state experienced some level of drought, ...

Tariffs remain a key part of the Trump Administrationʻs foreign policy. Right now, Japan and South Korea are taking different ...

Lawmakers have deferred a bill that would have set up the infrastructure to regulate a recreational marijuana program. It’s one of several pieces of marijuana legislation that have stalled this ...

About 842 “ultra luxury” homes on Hawaiʻi Island are worth at least $4 million, and the county’s lawmakers could add a new, higher property tax tier for them.

Hawaiʻi lawmakers are weighing tougher ways to deal with feral chickens, as residents complain about noise, mess, and growing flocks.

A measure going through the state Legislature this year seeks to strengthen last year’s ban on building landfills too close to water sources — but now the bill could undo that ban altogether.

If the three-page Senate Bill 2466 becomes law, that position “may only be terminated for cause,” sparing that position from ...

New data offers insights into how heat is affecting different communities across Hawaiʻi Island. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote talks to the team behind the project.

Architect, community leader and former HPR board member Francis Oda has died. He was a cofounder of the local design firm G70. He served on the HPR board for several years and was chair in 2021.

Nālani Kanakaʻole continued her work, preparing her students for the annual Merrie Monarch Festival, when she died on Jan. 3 ...

Over 90% of Hawaiʻi's beaches are expected to be in a chronic state of erosion by 2050, according to the Surfrider Foundation ...