Well, the ceremonies are over and we can finally get down to business as we ‘flASHback’ on the week’s news that amused and confused: Barack Obama showed his Hawai’i roots at his presidential inauguration …

I am a spry, athletic young man, and I somehow knew inherently I’d be a good surfer.

Three miles and a world away from the bikinis and high-rises of Waikiki, Mitch Berger slows his minibus to a crawl in the residential neighborhood of Kaimuki, a onetime ostrich farm for Hawaiian royalty.

Linda Lingle and state transportation officials are proposing a nearly 60 percent increase in the state gas tax and big hikes in other fees to raise money for major highway improvements on four islands.

The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Thursday afternoon: Lihue, Kauai - 76 Honolulu, Oahu - 78 Kaneohe, Oahu - 76 Kahului, Maui - 78 Hilo, Hawaii - 77 Kailua-kona - 82 …

The most extensive overhaul of Hawaii’s highways in history would be fueled by dramatic increases in fuel taxes and fees once the moribund local economy starts to perk up, lawmakers announced yesterday.

The most extensive overhaul of Hawaii’s highways in history would be fueled by dramatic increases in fuel taxes and fees once the moribund local economy starts to perk up, lawmakers announced yesterday.

Gov. Linda Lingle and key Maui lawmakers announced on Thursday a six-year proposal to spend $4.2 billion on state highways, including $578.9 million for Maui County, that would be paid for, in part, with a 10 …

With his first-ever venture in Hawaii, singer/songwriter/author Jimmy Buffett launches his latest dining and entertainment destination, Jimmy Buffett’s at the Beachcomber, in Waikiki on the island of Oahu.

The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Wednesday afternoon: Lihue, Kauai - 74 Honolulu, Oahu - 77 Kaneohe, Oahu - 75 Kahului, Maui - 78 Hilo, Hawaii - 79 Kailua-kona - 83 …