West Hawaii Today

Federal Reserve officials said on Tuesday that higher prices are coming on the back of rising U.S. import tariffs and counseled patience before making any interest rate decisions before it is clear whether the inflation shock will be fleeting or more persistent.

Larry Bowa still remembers the two kids, sons of Philadelphia Phillies catcher Bob Boone, shagging fly balls in the outfield at the old Veterans Stadium.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — President Donald Trump’s recent trip to the Persian Gulf was notable for the ways that U.S. foreign policy overlapped with his family’s business interests. But another powerful White House figure also cut lucrative deals in the region last week: Elon Musk.

Providing memorable senior moments on senior day, shortstop Jordan Donahue carried the Hawaii baseball team Sunday to a 13-2 rout of UC San Diego and into this week’s Big West Championship tournament.

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he had selected a design for the $175 billion Golden Dome missile defense shield and named a Space Force general to head the ambitious program aimed at blocking threats from China and Russia.

In the midst of graduation season on the Big Island, high school seniors are preparing to leave for college or begin their work careers. But Kealakehe football alum Joseph Morua is embarking on a different adventure early next month.

The Hokule‘a and Hikianalia voyaging canoes are expected to arrive in Hilo this afternoon, and celebrations honoring their trans-Pacific journey will be happening this weekend.

Tens of thousands of U.S. government workers have chosen to resign rather than endure what many view as a torturous wait for the Trump administration to carry out its threats to fire them, say unions, governance experts and the employees themselves.

The efforts by Republicans in Congress to alter SNAP benefits has the potential to negatively impact about 42 million people nationwide who receive food stamps for groceries, including over 40,000 people on Hawaii Island, according to the state Department of Human Services.

The Food and Drug Administration will permit use of COVID vaccines by adults older than 65 and those with certain medical conditions in the fall, but will require additional studies before approving the shots for healthy Americans younger than 65, agency officials said Tuesday.

First-graders at John B. Wright elementary school in Tucson bounced into the brightly lit lunchroom, chattering with friends as they grabbed trays featuring juicy mandarin oranges, cherry tomatoes and butter lettuce, all grown at nearby farms that coax fresh produce from the Sonoran Desert.

Police have released the driver of a vehicle that struck a male pedestrian who died following a Kurtistown traffic collision Friday near the Orchidland Drive and 36th Avenue intersection.

The conversation began with a question about accuracy, a sensitive subject for Kyle Shanahan in the summer of 2022. His newly anointed starting quarterback, Trey Lance, looked inconsistent during the first week and a half of training camp, missing easy throws and sending errant passes into the hands of 49ers defenders. It had been a trying offseason for the second-year quarterback, who tweaked hi

President Donald Trump’s use of the Guantanamo Bay naval base to house migrants appears to cost $100,000 per day for each detainee, U.S. Senator Gary Peters said during a hearing on Tuesday, decrying what he described as a prime example of wasteful government spending.

The move by the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey to charge a Democratic U.S. congresswoman over a scuffle at an immigration detention center illustrated the Justice Department’s readiness to move against President Donald Trump’s political rivals. Acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba announced in a statement on Monday that her office was charging U.S. Representative LaMonica McIver for her actions

Twenty Hawaii Island residents are alive today due to Hawaii Police Department deploying tourniquets donated by the Spirit of Blue Foundation.

WASHINGTON —The U.S. Supreme Court in a trio of rulings expected in the coming weeks appears inclined to extend its trend of taking an expansive view of religious rights while potentially dealing a sharp blow to the principle of separation of church and state.

A controversial commercial development on the famous black sand beaches of Big Island has been stalled by foreclosure.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is telling some of the nation’s largest companies that they should eat the cost of his tariffs, as a growing number of businesses signal that they must raise prices to blunt the impact of a persistent global trade war.

Hawaii households, with higher electricity rates than the rest of the nation, could benefit from any help available to keep those bills down.

Hawaiian Electric is drones for aerial inspections of its electrical infrastructure in identified wildfire risk areas on Hawaii Island.

LONDON, Ky. — On Sunday morning in a small Kentucky city, the sun shone and birds chirped.

BERLIN — President Vladimir Putin revealed no breakthroughs after a two-hour call with President Donald Trump on Monday, telling reporters he was ready to negotiate a peace deal with Ukraine but repeating his demand for broad concessions before Russia stops fighting.

The Justice Department is discussing giving the relatives of Ashli Babbitt, an Air Force veteran killed by police during the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, about $5 million to settle a wrongful-death lawsuit they brought against the government last year, according to two people familiar with the matter.

DENVER — You are living a life, as longtime NFL scout Dwaune Jones tells it, of Jimmy John’s. Of Marriott points — maybe Hilton, if the city calls for it. Of long drives and sterile sheets, trapped in tiny spaces with your thoughts. Drive around schools, return to the hotel, work out, type up reports, call family, sleep. Rinse. Repeat.

The Oklahoma City Thunder had plenty of time off ahead of their first two playoff series.

(FLM) — Longtime St. Cardinals second baseman and two-time Gold Glover Kolten Wong has officially retired from baseball.

LOS ANGELES — Four years later, the memory remains uncomfortably fresh.

WASHINGTON — Former U.S. President Joe Biden’s cancer announcement revived questions on Monday about the extent of his health issues during his tenure, with President Donald Trump saying Biden should have been more transparent with the public.

After many difficult months, “Sesame Street” has a moment to celebrate.

“My ADHD? I figured it out on TikTok,” a new patient told me proudly.

The ‘big, beautiful bill’ is fiscally irresponsible

One of the more remarkable aspects of the MAGA ideology is how often it fulfills the left-wing policy wish list. The latest example is a proposal for so-called MAGA accounts, which House Republicans are currently considering as part of their $4 trillion tax bill.

Students in the Hawaii Community College Palamanui campus Culinary Arts Program have finished their final practicums for their advanced cookery and Garde Manger courses.

If you’re a parent, you might be in the thick of Maycember, that end-of-spring flurry of activities that requires SEAL-Team-Six-level logistics and planning: school concerts, graduations, sports