State Democrats have authorized the party to file a legal challenge to prevent Laura Thielen, a director of the state Department of Land and Natural Resources under former Gov. Linda Lingle, from running for the state Senate as a Democrat.
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Honolulu's job market is improving, but at a slower pace than in the best-performing mainland cities, according to a report released Wednesday.
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Maui County authorities have charged a 32-year-old Wailuku man and his 27-year-old live-in girlfriend with second-degree murder after the man’s 4-year-old son died of blunt-force trauma injuries, police said today. Story »






Two brush fires that disrupted traffic at opposite ends of Kailua this week appear to have been set, Fire Department investigators determined.
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The afternoon before the Quick Draw, the final event of last year's inaugural Kauai Plein Air Invitational, Oahu artist Susie Anderson and her husband drove to the Kalalau Lookout, a scenic spot they hadn't visited in 30 years. Story »

