Tourism has been at the heart of Hawaiʻi's economy since the 1970ʻs. The visitor industry has gone through different phases ...

The Honolulu City Council Budget Committee narrowly advanced a measure that would tax properties left vacant by up to 3%. A ...

Lahaina educators received monetary thanks for their extraordinary commitments to their students in the wake of the wildfires. And as HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol reports, there’s also a housing ...

What can we learn about the environment from mele? HPR’s Savannah Harriman-Pote speaks with a researcher working to shine a ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Israeli airstrikes Saturday in central Beirut killed at least 15 people, officials said, as the once-rare strikes in the heart of Lebanon's capital continued without Israeli warning, ...

A string of deaths in Laos tied to tainted alcohol has raised alarm around the world and renewed concerns about methanol in alcoholic drinks. Last week, six tourists died in Laos from a suspected ...

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Brooke Rollins, president and CEO of the America First Policy Institute, to oversee the Department of Agriculture, one of the most sprawling federal agencies.

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Israeli airstrikes Saturday killed at least 11 people and injured dozens in central Beirut, as diplomats scrambled to broker a cease-fire. Lebanon's civil defense said the death toll ...

In recent years, "atmospheric river" has become used much more frequently in scientific papers and in media coverage. According to experts who study climate and weather, a couple reasons may explain ...

HEALDSBURG, Calif. — A major storm dropped more snow and record rain in California, causing small landslides and flooding some streets, while on the opposite side of the country blizzard or winter ...

An outbreak of listeria tied to ready-to-eat-meat from Yu Shang Food has killed an infant from California and sickened at least 10 others, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

KYIV, Ukraine — NATO and Ukraine will hold emergency talks Tuesday after Russia attacked a central city with an experimental, hypersonic ballistic missile that escalated the nearly 33-month-old war.