A new proposal before the Hawaii Board on Geographic Names would officially change the island’s name to simply “Hawaii,” ...

In 1915, 29-year-old Indian entrepreneur Jhamandas Watumull arrived in Hawaii's Honolulu island to set up a retail shop of his import business with his partner Dharamdas. The two registered ...

HONOLULU (Island News) -- Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi announced big plans and big projects, along with efforts to streamline county government in his State of the City Address. Dealing with ...

Sharael Kolberg, Contributor Nineteenth-century Hawaiian royalty used to come to the Honolulu neighborhood ... a string of beaches dotting the island's southwest coastline) is the go-to spot ...

Before the era of package tours and charter flights, visitors to the U.S. territory of Hawai'i traveled by steamship, docking at Honolulu. They found a richly diverse population, a bustling city ...

That means that on any given day, you could find about 220,000 tourists crowding the Big Island of Hawaii ... it’s an inspiring time to be in Honolulu. While the area around Waikiki Beach ...

Oʻahu eateries are now on solid legal ground if they want to set up tables outside on city sidewalks, thanks to a measure ...

Many travelers who visit the Big Island have a connecting flight from O'ahu's Honolulu International Airport (HNL), from which you'll fly into Hilo airport on the eastern side. Kona airport near ...

Honolulu’s brand new Ocean Safety Department shared their plans for faster response times and better resources for lifeguards across the island. For the first time, Honolulu’s lifeguards will ...

Starting today, the City and County of Honolulu officially launches its new real- time, mass-notification system to inform ...