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Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell looks at city taking over Haiku Stairs
Caldwell said it would be a waste to have the stairs torn down. He hopes that a managed access plan could be put in place that would satisfy neighbors. Read more
Caldwell said it would be a waste to have the stairs torn down. He hopes that a managed access plan could be put in place that would satisfy neighbors. Read more
The traffic jam caused by tourists crossing Kamehameha Highway to see green sea turtles basking at Laniakea Beach on Oahu’s North Shore finally may be alleviated. Read more
A fund drive is underway to help Gisela Ricardi King and her family recover after a fellow tenant attacked her and their landlord and fatally shot two police officers before allegedly torching the Diamond Head home. Read more
A Hawaii-based Chinese association is seeking donations to purchase desperately needed medical supplies to send to Wuhan, China, hospitals to help combat the deadly Novel coronavirus. Read more
The number of residential vacation rentals on Oahu continues to fall, according to the latest monthly Hawaii Tourism Authority study released this week. Read more
At least four Pearl Harbor veterans, three in their late 90s and one who was 100, recently died within weeks of one another as the clock rapidly ticks down on the last survivors from the day that changed America on Dec. 7, 1941. Read more
The former managing editor of The Honolulu Advertiser died earlier this month. He was 81. Read more
Servco Pacific Inc. presented six Oahu nonprofits with vehicles Friday as part of the final program of its Centennial Service Campaign. Read more
Just when I’m feeling discouraged about plastic pollution (Midway can do that to a person), I discover that researchers are working on a solution that sounds like science fiction: squid sucker teeth. Read more
Federal wildlife officials have captured an adult female monk seal for monitoring after it was showing ill-like behavior in the Ko Olina area. Read more
Federal and state officials are monitoring a sperm whale carcass in the nearshore waters of Lanai. Read more
The city will begin closing One‘ula Beach Park in Ewa overnight on Monday in an effort to improve the park. Read more
He was standing waist-deep in the ocean fronting Whalers Village when he was knocked over by the first wave. Read more
Two Papyrus stores on Oahu will be among the more than 250 stores closing across North America in the next four to six weeks, according to the greeting card chain’s parent company, Schurman Retail Group. Read more
The University of Hawaii Foundation has announced three new hires to its fundraising team. Read more
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser strives to make its news report fair and accurate. Read more
Crews from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency began the long-awaited removal of lead-contaminated soil beneath Factory Street in the Kalihi-Palama neighborhood earlier this week. Read more
There’s the airplane noise, the sprawl of tightly packed suburban neighborhoods and, perhaps worst of all, the long haul to work. Read more
Outreach workers fanned out across Oahu on Thursday — starting at 4 a.m. — to survey the island’s homeless population in a one-day, compressed census as part of the nationwide Point in Time Count. Read more
Multiple firearms were recovered from the debris at 3015 Hibiscus Drive might serve as a linchpin in the likely litigation of a Sunday crime spree. Read more
After the reopening of Hibiscus Drive, a woman and man stood at a window overlooking the field of ashes where a few charred fragments and a white fence remained standing. Read more