Honolulu bribery scandal prompts permit department overhaul
HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu is overhauling its building permit process after a federal investigation resulted in indictments alleging a bribery scheme. Last month’s indictments allege...
Pandemic gave locals fleeting taste of a tourist-free Hawaii
Locals, many of whom depend on tourism jobs, have long felt ambivalence about living in an island paradise that relies heavily on visitor spending, and...
More than 600 shelter dogs, cats flown from Hawaii to Seattle VIEW
Animal shelters in Hawaii were overcrowded, due in part to the pandemic. Volunteers organized the airlift of more than 600 dogs and cats to the...