Michelle Conrey, Big Island regional manager of Altres Staffing, said she can almost pinpoint the day when the job market turned for the worse in Hawaii County.

The pain in his skull is excruciating. If his pitch-black bedroom and silence don’t work to ease the agony, it’ll be another familiar trip to the ER for morphine or Demerol.

We usually don’t write about rentals, but when the president-elect of the United States is staying in rented digs – as is the case right now in Hawaii – we are willing to make an exception.

While some Western states have undergone huge population gains in recent years, Hawaii is growing at a more sedate rate.

While some Western states have undergone huge population gains in recent years, Hawaii is growing at a more sedate rate.

The latest transit tax collection figures are down nearly $2 million from where they were at this time last year as the global economic crisis keeps visitors away and spending slow.

“Geography of Honolulu.” 30 March 2008. HowStuffWorks.com. 20 November 2008. Honolulu, Hawaii, the state capital and the seat of Honolulu County.

Highlights of a state Department of Health report on “Suicide in Hawaii” by Dan Galanis, Iwalani Else and Dr.

Large white Maui Brewing Co. banner hangs over the entrance to the Yard House in Waikiki.

All four Hawaii counties will see zero economic growth in 2008, reflecting the slowing state and national economy, according to a new report.