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Kilauea fountaining draws locals and visitors like moths to a flame

June 18, 2025 | 8 MIN READ

HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK — It was all but silent on a recent morning at Uekahuna, the newly restored viewing area overlooking the summit of Kilauea volcano. A few visitors trickled…

Trump calls for Iran’s ‘unconditional surrender’ and threatens its supreme leader

June 18, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump declared on Tuesday that “we now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran” and called for Iran’s “unconditional…

State announces addition of 50 preschool classrooms

June 18, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke on Tuesday announced plans for the next two years of the Ready Keiki program, a statewide initiative to provide universal access to pre-kindergarten learning by 2032….

W. Hawaii woman’s death triggers lawsuit

June 18, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

Family members of a Holualoa woman who died two years ago are suing the woman’s estranged husband and Hawaii County police, saying they are responsible for her death from a drug-and-alco…

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Senate GOP releases domestic policy bill with deeper cuts to Medicaid

June 17, 2025 | 7 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Monday released legislation that would cut Medicaid far more aggressively than would the House-passed bill to deliver President Donald Trump’s do…

County hosts disaster prep summit for Big Island’s ham operators

June 17, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

Hawaii County’s amateur radio community gathered Thursday at Aunty Sally Kaleohano’s Luau Hale for the first-ever Keanakolu Amateur Radio Summit.

County housing office still working to implement auditor’s recommendations

June 17, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Hawaii County’s top housing official said the Office of Housing and Community Development “has implemented or is actively working on all seven of the county auditor’s recomme…

Hurricane concerns for islands increase after federal cuts

June 17, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Hawaii’s hurricane outlook calls for a below-normal season, but ongoing cuts to the federal government have U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda concerned about the state’s ability to both predic…

Inside Trump’s extraordinary turnaround on immigration raids

June 16, 2025 | 8 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — On Wednesday morning, President Donald Trump took a call from Brooke Rollins, his secretary of agriculture, who relayed a growing sense of alarm from the heartland.

Many lawmakers share their home addresses. Political violence is changing that.

June 16, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

When an assassin visited the homes of two Minnesota lawmakers Saturday, it exposed the long-standing tension between a public official’s accessibility and their security.

Israel and Iran Trade attacks as conflict enters fourth day

June 16, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

Israel and Iran traded new attacks early today, as the most intense fighting between the two countries in decades entered its fourth day, with international pleas for de-escalation falling on…

Consumers are financing their groceries. What does it say about the economy?

June 16, 2025 | 7 MIN READ

For some American consumers, “buy now, pay later” loans aren’t just for big-ticket items like televisions and vacations. They’re for groceries, too.

Thousands mobilize for ‘No Kings’ demonstrations across all 50 states

June 15, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Protesters filled plazas, streets and parks across the country Saturday, mounting a mass mobilization against a president that many demonstrators decried as authoritarian. The protests unfolde…

As Trump celebrates US Army’s founding, his critics take to the streets

June 15, 2025 | 7 MIN READ

President Donald Trump presided over a show of American military might in the nation’s capital Saturday evening, a celebration of the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army that became a tes…

Trump has cut science funding to its lowest level in decades

June 14, 2025 | 10 MIN READ

The National Science Foundation, which funds much of the fundamental scientific research at American universities, is awarding new grants at the slowest pace in at least 35 years.

Iran retaliates and Israel vows more strikes after devastating attack

June 14, 2025 | 7 MIN READ

Iran was reeling and firing missiles and drones Friday after Israel carried out its largest attack ever against Iran, waves of coordinated airstrikes that hit nuclear sites and killed much of…

Army celebrates with parade as it faces an uncertain future

June 14, 2025 | 8 MIN READ

WASHINGTON — The last time tanks paraded through the streets of Washington, the U.S. Army was at the peak of its confidence and power.

Air India Dreamliner crashes into Ahmedabad college hostel, kills over 240

June 13, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

AHMEDABAD, India — More than 240 people were killed when an Air India plane bound for London crashed moments after taking off from the city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, authorities said, in…

Judge temporarily bars Trump from deploying National Guard troops in Los Angeles

June 13, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

LOS ANGELES — A U.S. judge on Thursday temporarily barred President Donald Trump from deploying National Guard troops in Los Angeles amid protests over stepped-up immigration enforcement…

3 deceased Big Island veterans to be honored

June 13, 2025 | 6 MIN READ

Three deceased U.S. military veterans from the Big Island who served in the Vietnam War will be honored Saturday in a national ceremony in Washington, D.C..

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