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STVRs law goes into effect soon

August 17, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

New regulations for short-term vacation rentals in Hawaii County are set to take effect in December, following passage of a bill that drew passionate debate from residents, property owners and...

In Lahaina, ‘dignified’ havens for wildfire survivors

August 17, 2025 | 9 MIN READ

Hot dry winds from a nearby ocean hurricane swirled across Lahaina, Maui, on Aug. 8, 2023, downing power lines that ignited dry grass. The brush fire on the island of Maui would become a wind-...

Trump backs off ceasefire demand in Ukraine war, aligning with Putin

August 17, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

BERLIN — After their summit in Alaska, President Donald Trump sided on Saturday with President Vladimir Putin of Russia, adopting Putin’s preference for pursuing a peace agreement...

Trump and Putin put on a show of friendship but come away without a deal

August 16, 2025 | 11 MIN READ

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin reached no agreement to end the war in Ukraine at a high-profile summit meeting Friday, although they repo...

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Maui Strong Fund marks 2 years of recovery work

August 16, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Two years after wildfires swept through Maui in August 2023, the Hawaii Community Foundation released its Maui Strong Fund Two-Year Impact Report, providing a detailed account of donations, gr...

MAHA draft report brings relief to some, chagrin to others

August 16, 2025 | 8 MIN READ

Some vocal allies of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. expressed dismay and alarm Friday at what they saw as concessions to the powerful agriculture industry contained in the draft of an...

Meta’s AI rules have let bots hold ‘sensual’ chats with kids, offer false medical info

August 15, 2025 | 6 MIN READ

An internal Meta Platforms document detailing policies on chatbot behavior has permitted the company’s artificial intelligence creations to “engage a child in conversations that ar...

Which Donald Trump will negotiate with Putin in Alaska?

August 15, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — When President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Helsinki in 2018, the pair alarmed allies with a friendly encounter where Trump sided with the Russia...

COVID outbreak hits Hilo nursing home

August 15, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

With the summer wave, a COVID-19 outbreak has hit the Hilo Benioff Medical Center’s nursing home.

Schatz town hall draws hundreds

August 14, 2025 | 7 MIN READ

Nearly 250 people gathered at the Kahilu Town Hall in Kamuela on Tuesday to engage with U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, who fielded over a dozen questions about topics ranging from ICE raids...

US senators call for Meta probe after Reuters report on its AI policies

August 15, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

Two Republican U.S. senators called for a congressional investigation into Meta Platforms on Thursday after Reuters exclusively reported on an internal policy document that permitted the compa...

‘Iron sharpens iron’: HPA football eager to compete in 2025

August 14, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

WAIMEA — Even in warmer-than-usual summer conditions on the island’s northwest side, Hawaii Preparatory Academy football has been embracing the offseason grind at training camp....

BIIF football: Cougars hungry for a championship in 2025

August 14, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

KEA‘AU — As the saying goes, “the third time’s a charm,” Kea‘au High School head football coach David Murray — entering his third year on the job &mda...

Kona man faces 26 charges in domestic violence case

August 14, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

A 28-year-old Kailua-Kona man incarcerated at Halawa Correctional Facility on Oahu for a pending parole violation was indicted Monday for numerous alleged offenses related to sexual assault an...

Trump warns of economic disaster if court strikes down tariffs

August 14, 2025 | 7 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s top lawyers urged a federal court this week to uphold its sweeping global tariffs or risk “financial ruin,” warning that the Uni...

Trump threatens ‘severe consequences’ if Putin blocks Ukraine peace

August 14, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

WASHINGTON/BERLIN — President Donald Trump threatened “severe consequences” if Russia’s Vladimir Putin does not agree to peace in Ukraine but also said on Wednesday tha...

BJ Penn continues to claim his mother is an imposter

August 13, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Hilo businesswoman Lorraine Shin on Tuesday told a judge her son, former two-division UFC champion BJ Penn, shoved a flashlight into her face and pushed her against a car, while Penn denied th...

Democrats fret about which city may be next as National Guard gathers in US capital

August 13, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — A steady stream of uniformed soldiers arrived at the National Guard headquarters in Washington on Tuesday to begin the deployment of troops called up to fight crime in the n...

Dodgers star, agent sued over Big Island real estate project

August 13, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani and his agent, Nez Balelo, allegedly got a real estate investor and a broker fired from their $240 million development in a luxury enclave on Hawaii isla...

New Building Department eyed

August 13, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

The Hawaii County Council is proposing a County Charter amendment that would create a Department of Building aimed at speeding up the permitting and inspection process and easing the workload...

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