Hawaii men's volleyball faces UC Irvine in high stakes Big West semifinal

HONOLULU — An epic Day 1 of the Big West men’s volleyball championships set up a high-stakes clash between second-seeded Hawaii and third-seeded UC Irvine on Friday night. The winner of the second semifinal between host UH and UCI at the Stan Sheriff …

PBN Dialogue: Karen Seddon on the challenge of building affordable housing in Hawaii

Seddon knows the industry well — she was previously regional vice president for Hawaii at The Michaels Organization, which also develops and operates affordable projects, and was executive director of the Hawaii Housing and Finance Development Corp.

Has Hawaii Tourism Authority Lack of Hiring Permanency Added to Crises?

The Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) announced it has hired 5 new Destination Managers, a new Contract and Administrative Manager, a new Brand Manager for Sports Tourism, and a new Planner. None of the titles include words like Interim or Acting, so it is …

PBN Dialogue: Karen Seddon on the challenge of building affordable housing in Hawaii

Stadium project officials press on without release of $49.5M from Hawaii Legislature

AIEA, Hawaii — The new stadium project in Halawa heads toward an important milestone without nearly $50 million in special project funding that the Hawaii Legislature was expected to convey in the 2025 session. The $49.5 million of previously allocated …

Bishop of Hawaii to step down, calls for election of a successor

Hawaii’s ‘bone collector’ caterpillar wears dead insect parts

1/2 Swipe or click to see more RUBINOFF LAB, ENTOMOLOGY SECTION, UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, MANOA/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS Six specimens of a newly identified carnivorous caterpillar species nicknamed the “bone collector,” which camouflages itself by wearing …

Hawaii men’s basketball team lands JC player of the year

Chris Kwiecinski / The Spectrum via Imagn Content Services, LLC / 2021 Isaac Finlinson took the ball to the hoop for Dixie High in a game against Desert Hills on Jan. 22, 2021. The nation’s best junior college basketball player is joining the …

Delaware man formerly on death row convicted of sex trafficking in Hawaii

A 38-year-old man who was exonerated from Delaware's death row in 2017 has now been convicted on federal sex-trafficking charges in Hawaii.  A Hawaiian jury found Isaiah McCoy guilty on April 22 of four counts of sex trafficking three women and one …

New Hawaii ag park aims to let Kauaʻi farmers ‘just focus on farming’

Tools, greenhouses, customers and, most importantly, land and water — these are basic needs sorely lacking for farmers in Hawaiʻi. So a nonprofit on Kauaʻi is stepping up to fill the void by developing an agricultural park it hopes will help farmers grow …