Oahu Transit Services and Teamsters Local 996 reached a four-year deal that includes a 16% pay increase and full employer-paid medical and pension coverage for about 1,400 workers.

Pacific Current is winding down after selling the Mahipapa biomass plant on Kauai, a facility that supplied roughly 10% of the island's electricity.

A sweeping new analysis finds Plasmodium relictum at nearly every sampled forest site in Hawaiʻi, and shows low‑level infections can keep the parasite cycling through mosquitoes. The result raises the stakes for mosquito control and native‑bird recovery efforts.

Honolulu’s Chinatown Festival & Parade returns Feb. 14 for its 50th year with lion dances, keiki zones, 40+ vendors and a 4:30 p.m. parade led by Sen. Karl Rhoads.

Visitor spending climbed in 2025 even as arrivals flattened; airline seat shifts, Maui’s Bill 9 and lower‑cost rivals are reshaping Hawaii’s tourism recovery.

St. Anthony High in Wailuku will close after the 2025–26 year while preschool–8 continues under a new multi‑age model. Enrollment and contact details are posted online.

Honolulu police are seeking two people who allegedly tried to coax a 14-year-old into a car near 500 Keawe St. in Kakaako. The teen was unharmed; CrimeStoppers is taking tips at 808-955-8300.

Hawaiʻi’s county mayors paused a plan to ask lawmakers this year for a 20‑year extension of the half‑percent GET surcharge, saying they need more financial analysis first.

A new Honolulu Police Department legislative filing names more than 50 officers who were disciplined — but dozens of discharges remain tied up in grievance and arbitration. The report renews questions about transparency and accountability inside HPD.

A Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation land grant will let two Kauaʻi nonprofits plan 111 affordable homes near Līhuʻe Airport, including kūpuna rentals and Habitat for Humanity duplexes.

Dozens of Date Street tenants were ordered to vacate by July 31 as Iolani School prepares to demolish five low‑rise buildings. Residents say the $4,000 relocation offer won’t cover higher rents.

Hawaii has answered a DOJ suit that seeks to block its climate lawsuit against oil companies, and a recent Michigan ruling could change the legal landscape. The courts are waiting on new briefing and schedules.

Disney’s Moana and Moana 2 have been translated into ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi; the ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi version of Moana 2 will have a free community premiere at Bishop Museum in Honolulu on Feb. 7.