Category: Hawaii

Hawaii Wins Little League Title, Beating Curacao 13–3

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa.—Hawaii got back-to-back homers from Kekoa Payanal and Kama Angell in the first inning, sparking a 13–3 win in just four innings Sunday, August 28, over Curacao in the championship of the Little League World Series. The LLWS title is Hawaii’s fourth. It won in 2018 and this same Honolulu team finished third…


A Slice of Hawaiian Heaven Up for Auction

Currently being offered via auction, this spectacular island residence offers a lavish lifestyle to those fortunate enough to pass through the gates. Hawaii is well-known for incredible homes, but this one is in a category all its own. Known as Waterfalling Estate, it occupies 9.44 acres of very private, very prime Big Island real estate…


Hawaii Ambulance Fire Leaves Patient Dead, Paramedic Injured

HONOLULU—A patient died and a paramedic was critically injured when their ambulance caught fire outside a hospital in Hawaii, emergency officials said. “We had an ambulance tonight for reasons we don’t understand catch on fire, possibly explode, prior to entering the hospital,” said Dr. Jim Ireland, the emergency services director. “We’re all just very concerned…


Hawaii Seeks End to Strife Over Astronomy on Sacred Mountain

HONOLULU—For more than 50 years, telescopes and the needs of astronomers have dominated the summit of Mauna Kea, a mountain sacred to Native Hawaiians that’s also one of the finest places in the world to study the night sky. That’s now changing with a new state law saying Mauna Kea must be protected for future…


Physician Green Wins Hawaii Democratic Primary for Governor

HONOLULU—For their 16th wedding anniversary, Democrats in Hawaii gifted Josh Green and his wife, Jaime, a comfortable margin of victory in the gubernatorial primary Saturday. Green, the state’s current lieutenant governor, handily defeated former First Lady Vicky Cayetano and Kaiali’I Kahele, who decided to seek the governor’s office instead of a second term in the…


Social Media Model Arrested in Hawaii on Murder Charge

HILO, Hawaii—Law enforcement in Hawaii on Wednesday arrested social media model Courtney Clenney on a charge of second-degree murder with a deadly weapon. Hawaii County police said in a statement they assisted the U.S. Marshals Service as they arrested the 26-year-old in Laupahoehoe, which is on the Big Island. Officers used an arrest warrant issued…


Meet Nainoa Thompson, the Hawaiian Navigator Who’s Preserving the Ancient Art of Ocean Wayfinding

Nainoa Thompson did not set out to rewrite history. He just wanted to go for an adventure. But he accomplished both. Decades later, he’s now the most famous person in Hawaii and an icon to seafaring people around the world. Along the way, he learned a few things: Intense preparation surmounts risk. The riskiest action…


Natural Wonders: Soil, Sea, and Sky in Maui

For some, a trip to a subtropical island is purely about two things: sun and sand. A chance to decompress, drink in hand. Nowhere to go, except maybe the swim-up bar for another round of umbrella-clad libations. And while it’s definitely the perfect place to park yourself on the beach, Maui is a place that…


Hawaii Waves Swamp Homes, Weddings During ‘Historic’ Swell

HONOLULU—Towering waves on Hawaii’s south shores crashed into homes and businesses, spilled across highways, and upended weddings over the weekend. The large waves—some more than 20 feet (6 meters) high—came from a combination of a strong south swell that peaked Saturday evening, the National Weather Service said Monday. A wedding Saturday evening in Kailua-Kona was…


Hawaii Is De-populating and a Crisis on America’s West Flank

Commentary I’ve done a series of articles on Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, and Panama. Puerto Rico is an American Territory and is in grave distress. The Bahamas, right off Miami, is broke and impoverished and being overrun with Chinese Communist Belt and Road operations and doesn’t even have a U.S. ambassador.  Panama is doing well…