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A bill severely limiting commercial activities at city-run beach parks in Waimanalo was deferred by a City Council committee Thursday to allow parties to hash out a compromise.

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani will visit with senior U.S. defense officials in Hawaii next week to discuss the "security environment in the region, including the East and South China Sea, service-specific relationships and the current ballistic missile defense posture in the Indo-Asia-Pacific," according to U.S. Pacific Command.

A young woman, eight months pregnant, arrived at Hilo Medical Center feeling ill this month. She was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection and sent home with antibiotics, according to her father, who asked not to be identified.

Record rainfall rendered a portion of Kamehameha Highway impassable and prompted the closing of the Honolulu Zoo on Friday.

A Honolulu taxicab driver accused of sexually assaulting two female passengers in separate incidents was found guilty Friday in connection with one of the cases.

Honey Bee USA Inc., the delinquent developer of the Waikiki Landing, a controversial public-private partnership at the Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor, has foiled the state's endgame by filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy relief.

Suspect sought in BB gun shooting • Blaze chases trio of squatters from Hilo home

Flood danger could linger into weekend • App provides tracking details for Maui buses

Unbeknownst to us, much of the food we consume contains nanoparticles that are much smaller than most viruses and thousands of times smaller than cells. A variety of nano-size substances added to food or packaging enhance color, flavor and freshness.

A ripple of excitement moved through the islands when it was announced that, for the first time, the U.S. Census Bureau had collected data on how many people in Hawaii listed the language spoken in their home as “pidgin.”