While the state government formalizes its plans to help SNAP recipients, local assistance organizations are stepping up, too.

In many cases, the business interests of the Big Five evolved rather than vanished. The problems they sometimes caused ...

Upcountry Maui is facing a historic drought, prompting the County Department of Water Supply to declare a Stage 3 water ...

Hawaii County is planning a housing project on almost 61 acres of land it owns near Hilo Benioff Medical Center.

A new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation shows a concerning rise in child poverty in Hawaii, and forecasts it potentially could double without the support of public policies and programs.

The study found that the costs of building the required parking spaces for residential buildings are passed down to consumers ...

A Hawaii nonprofit is connecting hundreds of Oahu educators with local business leaders, aiming to bridge the gap between ...

Kenya grieves the death of former premier Raila Odinga, a major political figure who spent most of his life in the opposition ...

It was a common scene in the slums of the Cambodian capital: warrens of huts wedged between garbage-strewn streets; tiny children begging for food at nearly every corner. For Elizabeth Ross Johnson, ...

Sara Kehaulani Goo’s journey to save her family’s ancestral land in Hawaii began in 2019 with an email from her father. “The Hana property taxes went up 500%,” he wrote. The amount had jumped from ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Hundreds of Haitians attended a collective funeral Saturday for eight people killed in a drone attack last month in a gang-controlled slum in the capital Port-au-Prince.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said on Friday that it will take up its latest gun rights case and consider striking down a strict regulation on where people can carry firearms in Hawaii.