The recent photographs of President-elect Barack Obama enjoying a pre-inauguration vacation in his old Honolulu stomping grounds took me back to the nine years I lived in the Hawaiian Islands.

A new year means new beginnings. But for many former Aloha Airlines workers, there has already been a new beginning.

Rail is going to happen in Honolulu. I have long contended that a rail system will be prohibitively expensive for Oahu families, but the vote this past November settled the issue.

When many islanders look at Barack Obama, they see not only the next president, but a skilled bodysurfer, a man who flashes the “shaka” or hang loose sign, and someone who wears the same rubber slippers they …

There’s not much that can make 90-year-old Lou Roffman cry. But the Pearl Harbor survivor expects to shed tears at today’s memorial ceremony at Hickam Air Force Base in Oahu, Hawaii.

Members of Boy and Cub Scout Troop 294 salute the flag as presented by John E. Frampton of the Jefferson County Veterans Honor Guard Sunday at the Big Run VFW Post No.

On December 7, 1941, the Japanese Air Force struck a U.S. naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

“The date that will live in infamy” — Dec. 7, 1941, the day of the surprise attack by the Japanese military on Pearl Harbor — lives on in the minds of many travelers to Hawaii: The USS Arizona Memorial is the …

The aircraft were flying so low that Roy Mooney was able to see the red Rising Sun on their wings and the pilots guiding them.

Today is the 67th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, but it doesn’t seem that long ago to veteran Milton Hawkins, 87, of Sparta, who survived the bombing.