Proponents of coverage argued treating obesity can reduce longer-term costs by cutting down on heart attacks and other health ...

Former state Rep. Gene Ward was remembered Friday for nearly 30 years of service in the Legislature and other accomplishments ...

An area once a haven for criminal activity is being transformed in Wahiawa. The land, just off Kamehameha Highway near ...

HONOLULU (Island News) – Representative Diamond Garcia announced that Representative Gene Ward passed away Friday morning, ...

The United States of America is a diverse and fascinating country with a rich history and unique characteristics.  From its vast size to the diversity that characterise the country, there’s more ...

HONOLULU (Island News) -- Hawaii has a long complicated history intertwined with tariffs. In the early 19th century when Hawaii was booming with foreign business, the Constitutional Monarchy saw it as ...

Hawaii’s American colonizers once banned the Hawaiian language in schools. Some Native Hawaiians tried to lighten their skin, and many people believed Polynesian voyagers simply lucked into finding th ...

Kim Ball, the driving force behind surfing becoming a sanctioned sport on Maui, provided a budget for all public high schools across the state to hold a season of five contests per league (the MIL, ...

A peek behind the scenes at UL Research Institutes, where researchers are taking on the biggest threats to our environment, ...

After the brutal murder of his first wife, Mark Winger moved on. Police quickly concluded the 1995 killing of Donnah Winger ...

A project to speed state benefits to Hawaii's poor for food, clothing and shelter while detecting fraud and errors has been ...

A few weeks ago, Payne led Carlsbad to a third-place finish at the prestigious Best of the West Tournament hosted by Poway High School. The top two teams in the nation at the time in Manhattan Beach ...