The state yesterday warned people to wash produce thoroughly after several Big Island residents contracted a rare form of meningitis, leaving two of the patients in comas.

Sylvia Thompson started her health-food company, Licious Dishes , after a heart attack two days after Thanksgiving Day 2003 sent her husband, Pete, to the hospital to implant a stent in a blocked artery.

Rhandell Molina, chef/owner of Dell’z California Grill in Vista, sits in the dining room of his 1-year-old restaurant.

Kau Kau Wagon held its annual Christmas of Hope feast for the homeless Saturday in Chinatown with assistance from the 154th Services Flight and 109th Air Operations Group, Hawaii Air National Guard , and the …

At the Fujita home in Kahului, some hands were swinging wooden mallets. Other skilled hands were white with potato starch as 100 people gathered Saturday to continue the Japanese tradition of pounding mochi for …

NEW YORK — So you couldn’t resist a little holiday gift for yourself and you bought into one of the season’s trends — the dressy jacket — and it looked great as a topper to your party dress.

President George W. Bush is celebrating his last Christmas at Camp David in Maryland.

Bush’s parents, former President George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, along with the president’s siblings and their families also were marking the occasion at Camp David, as were the president’s twin …

US President George Bush was spending Christmas at Camp David for the 12th time.

The federal government is offering all Hawai’i farmers – from producers of bees to taro – a new type of insurance that covers unavoidable revenue shortfalls due to crop losses or commodity price declines.