Gov. Linda Lingle signed a letter yesterday requesting a presidential disaster declaration in response to the storm that struck Hawaii two weeks ago.

President-elect Barack Obama acknowledges the traveling press corps as he arrives to play golf in Kailua, Hawaii on Dec.

President-elect Barack Obama acknowledges the traveling press corps as he arrives to play golf in Kailua, Hawaii on Dec.

By Philip Rucker HONOLULU — President-elect Barack Obama spent his first full day in Hawaii working out with his wife, Michelle, ordering local delicacies and playing 18 holes of golf on a rolling green set …

The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Sunday afternoon: Lihue, Kauai – 76 Honolulu, Oahu – 79 Kaneohe, Oahu – 78 Kahului, Maui – 84 Hilo, Hawaii – 78 Kailua-kona – 81 …

Big Island police identified a 24-year-old North Kohala woman who died Saturday from injuries in a one-car crash as Janelle Ann Morse of Hawi.

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Due to inclement weather, three Windward Oahu libraries will remain closed today Kahuku Public and School Library, Kailua Public Library, and Waimanalo Public and School Library.

Hawai’i farmers welcomed last week’s rains, which helped ease extreme drought conditions that existed for a portion of O’ahu. But figures from the U.S. Drought Mitigation Center show the wet weather failed to …

The Kapiolani Boulevard Water & Sewer Systems Improvement Project will be temporarily suspended starting tomorrow through Jan.