Born in Kealia, Kauai, the son of Otomatsu and Tamano Yoshida, Yoshiichi “Big Mice” Yoshida (1904-2001) was educated at Kauai ...

The state Department of Law Enforcement plans to take action in tackling the ongoing issue of illegal fireworks by proposing ...

Waimea High School girls basketball kept its unblemished streak going, and Island School held off a tenacious Red Raider ...

The cancellation of a decades-long set-aside of land from the state of Hawaii to the County of Kauai has paved the way for ...

LIHU‘E — In his typical understated style, Circuit Court Judge Clifford L. Nakea oversaw his last court proceedings Thursday. Nakea, who spent 25 years on the bench in Lihu‘e, was given a ...

Jiro Okamoto of Wailua died June 16, 2000, at Wilcox Memorial Hospital at the age of 83. A chef for Coco Palms, he was born Nov. 20, 1916, in Puna, HI. He is survived by his wife: Mildred Yoshina ...

Authorities have released the names of the two people involved in last Friday’s murder-suicide in Po`ipu. According to the Associated Press, Ryan Masumoto, 32, fatally stabbed Michelle Ramos, 26 ...

Every Sunday since 2006, Hank Soboleski has penned “Kauai Island History” for The Garden Island newspaper. That comes out to nearly 475 columns, accompanied weekly by photographs or illustrations.

At least three people are dead and over 20 wounded after a fireworks cache exploded around midnight in Aliamanu.

A Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologist using a telephoto lens captured lava fountaining within Kaluapele, Kilauea’s summit ...

A former County Department of Water supervisor was found guilty of felony theft in the second degree on Feb. 5, in connection with misusing county resources worth $2,600 to complete a privately ...

As the Navy seeks to renew its operating permit for training at sea around Hawaii and California, it is looking to expand ...