Hawai‘i Book & Music Festival is Changing and Moving to UH Mānoa This Year
Don’t book the Hawai‘i Book & Music Festival just yet—it’s changing months, moving locations and shaking up its lineup.
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What You Need to Know About the Coronavirus and Hawai‘i
Hawai‘i is testing people for COVID-19 with two confirmed travel-related coronavirus cases in the islands. This new respiratory virus, first identified in China has killed more than 4,300 and sickened more than 121,000 as it spread into a worldwide pandemic.
Popular Honolulu Festival Canceled Due to Coronavirus Concerns
Travel precautions in Japan are keeping some key festival workers out of Hawai‘i.
What Should You Have in Your Coronavirus Emergency Kit?
Don’t panic, just be prepared. We look at what we really need in our emergency kit to prep for a coronavirus outbreak.
Where Were O‘ahu’s Hottest Spots on the Hottest Day in 2019?
A new interactive map shows you which neighborhoods really felt the heat.
Sour Poi Awards: Looking Back on the Best of the Worst News in Hawai‘i from 2019
The offbeat, obscure and outrageous.
To Mask or Not to Mask? We Ask the Experts About the Coronavirus
Hawai‘i residents and travelers are looking for protection. Here’s what you should know before you buy masks.
Afterthoughts: Google Maps Can’t Keep Up with the Rapidly Changing Face of Honolulu
Takin’ it to the streets.
Proposed 2021 Shutdown of the Blaisdell Center Delayed
Why the mayor says the big project to renovate the concert hall and arena have been put on hold.
Entomologist Cynthia King is Tasked With Protecting Hawai‘i’s Biodiversity
She started the first state insectary, established to propagate native rare invertebrates and other of Hawai‘i’s smallest and most overlooked species, including our state insect, the Kamehameha butterfly.
Eyewitness Account of Deadly Chaos That Left Two Officers Dead in a Diamond Head Neighborhood
Senior editor Don Wallace’s first-person account about the morning on Hibiscus Drive when police officers were shot and fire spread from house to house.
The Doctor Will See You Now. Can Telemedicine Save the Medical Care Crisis in Hawai‘i?
All ideas are on the table, including shorter and less rigorous training for some doctors. But time and money are running out.
Three Lunar Eclipses Will Occur in 2020; Hawai‘i Will See Two of Them
Don’t bother setting your alarm for Jan. 10’s eclipse. Here is when you should be looking at the moon.
Thermal Stress, Skeeters and Salmonella: Hawai’i‘s 2020 Health Forecast
Health Department director Bruce Anderson on what climate change could have in store for us.
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Why did the chicken cross the road? To be featured on a wine label, of course. But what’s really behind the fad of naming wines after animals?
Good journalism isn’t dead. While there are fewer reporters, and Honolulu has become a one-newspaper town, local online-only news outfits pursue solid reporting and somewhat less solid revenues.