Ownership of excess pets banned Gov. Linda Lingle signed into law a bill making animal hoarding a misdemeanor, the governor’s office said Friday in a news release.

PHOTO COURTESY EVAN TECTOR Leon Letoto prepares medicinal mushrooms during a Chinese medicinal cooking class at a Hawaii Healing Garden Festivals event.

Albatross females raise chicks together In the animal kingdom, when the sex ratio of a species gets skewed, queer things happen.

The vog cloaked all of Hawaii as we flew in to visit our grandchildren and their parents.

Perhaps the main reason millions of tourists travel to the Hawaiian Islands each year is for a bit of relaxation and fun in the sun, landing a few miles from the serene beaches of Waikiki and staying in Oahu …

The state has awarded grants to four groups and Hawaii County to buy worthy lands.

Aggressive action needed in dealing with effects of vog THE ISSUE A legislative committee has been set up to study the effects of vog on public health, the environment and the state’s economy.

The National Weather Service expects the skies over Honolulu to be clear of vog today.

Thick vog hung over much of the state for a second straight day yesterday and the health impact was evident as doctors and the American Lung Association reported more people complaining of respiratory ailments.

Paul and Laurie-Ann Goodrich went for a drive on a beautiful Mother’s Day morning on Kaua’i's north shore in their 1994 Porsche convertible with the top down.