Hawaiʻi Virtual Care offers evening video sessions for mental health and substance use, no island hopping required.

PauseFest debuts Oct. 24 at YWCA Kokokahi, where guests check their phones at the door for a 60-minute group pause.

Gov. Josh Green shared his personal ALS loss as the Honolulu walk chased a $130,000 goal for island families.

Letters mailed this week warn kūpuna their HMSA Medicare plan vanishes in 2027. New options could mean a $55 monthly premium instead of $20.

More than 500 visitors reported feeling calmer after using the new campus sensory spaces, which include bean bag chairs and northern lights projectors.

A Windward Planning Commission vote clears the way for a 40,000-square-foot clinic on Highway 11 aimed at Puna's overloaded emergency rooms.

A milk run costs $2.30 here versus 87 cents in Texas, yet Honolulu still ranks third for retiree quality of life nationwide.

Fully funded and taught on the Leeward Coast, the new EMT cohort trained at Waiʻanae Coast Comprehensive Health Center instead of commuting to Honolulu.

At 106, former UH engineering professor James Chou is still working out regularly and recently returned to reconnect with students and colleagues.

Hawaiʻi health officials say pertussis cases are rising statewide and urge vaccination, with infants at greatest risk. Providers are being directed to test, treat and report.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Health closed the Subway at Kunia on July 17 after inspectors found refrigeration failures that could affect food safety.

Ocean Dim Sum at 1150 Bishop St. was briefly closed after DOH found a removed handwashing sink and unlabeled foods; a July 15 follow-up inspection cleared the violations.

A UH Cancer Center analysis found Hawaiʻi residents spent more than $230M on mainland cancer care from 2021–2023, prompting investment in local trials and services.