Millerbirds on Laysan Island
Nest Building: A Northwestern Hawaiian Island is getting back the birds it lost almost 100 years ago.
News Archive
The First Hawaiians: Native Plants
These plants, many found nowhere else in the world, welcomed the first Hawaiians to their new home and became essential in everyday life.
Afterthoughts: Remembering John
Honolulu will not be the same without Heckathorn.
Editor's Page: Goodbye, John
HONOLULU Magazine loses a legend.
Hawaii Wants to Spy on Your Every Internet Move
The state thinks it would be super cool to know every move you make online.
DonorsChoose.com Funding Hawaii Teachers
Outside of the Box: Public school teachers have to get creative when it comes to funding for their classroom.
Crop Sharing in Hana, Maui
A cooperative farm in Hana, Maui, shares the wealth among the community.
UH Takes Offensive Line on Coach's Salary
Hawaii Reporter's Jim Dooley is reporting that the University of Hawaii is refusing to release the salary of new UH football head coach.
Afterthoughts: Apocalypse Soon
It’s the end of the world, again, and we feel fine.
Queen Emma Building Getting Remodeled
The owner of the Queen Emma Building has begun dramatically altering its historic exterior.
Sour Poi Awards 2011
Celebrating the best of the worst of 2011—the strange, the stupid and the scandalous.
Editor's Page: Tikis and Talent
Passionate interests make for great magazine features.
2011 HONOLULU Magazine Stories You Loved
Here are the most viewed stories of 2011. The ones you visited more than once, shared with your friends and enjoyed.
Hawaii Dolphins Take Whale Rides
Bottlenose dolphins have been taking rides on the noses of humpback whales in the waters off Kauai and Maui.
Opinion: Lethal Lava
The only way to fry.
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Long Reads
After 15 months of nail-biting delays—and 17 years after the state decriminalized pot for patients—medical cannabis is finally available for legal sale. Who does it help? How does it work? Is this the crop that will replace sugar? And, if it is, who profits?
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