John Nippolt came to Hawaii in 1973 from California because a friend of his in Hanalei told him it was so beautiful.

Despite a series of intense December storms, most rainfall totals throughout the state came up short in 2008, according to year-end data from the National Weather Service.

HANALEI, Kauai>> Honolulu and Kauai lifeguards are preparing for the possibility of a giant, long-lasting swell expected to arrive tomorrow, officials said yesterday.

Built in East Boston, the 414-ton steamship Kilauea arrived at Honolulu in 1860 to commence 17 years of interisland steamship service in the Hawaiian Islands.

With the island still drying out after days of heavy rains, officials yesterday agreed the county’s response to flash flood warnings and related emergencies went well, even with the physical absence of Mayor …

The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Sunday afternoon: Lihue, Kauai - 78 Honolulu, Oahu - 80 Kaneohe, Oahu - 78 Kahului, Maui - 83 Hilo, Hawaii - 81 Kailua-kona - 82 …

A new Oahu business offers up coffee and drinks, but mainly is trying to give people a taste of financial freedom.

Day 229 - Said goodbye to Todd, who was feeling a bit hungover this morning and after sitting on the beach and eating my quesadilla, I drove along the narrow, winding road to Hanalei for the final time.

For a second straight month, sales of previously owned condominiums on Kaua’i were in the single digits in September as rising global economic troubles weighed down Hawai’i’s residential real estate market.

Walgreens is going West - to Nanakuli that is. The Deerfield, Ill.-based drugstore chain, which entered the market late last year to compete with Longs Drugs , is negotiating what would be its eighth location …