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Forecasters at the National Weather Service say a tropical disturbance south of the state could develop into a record-setting 12th tropical cyclone by the end of the weekend.

Ten animals and 39 plants from Hawaii threatened by shrinking habitat and the onslaught of invasive species were proposed to receive U.S. Endangered Species Act protections Tuesday.

City crews will move to clear the homeless from the sidewalks in the densest — and last — section of Kakaako over two days next week.

She touched the lives of thousands and helped spark a renaissance of Hawaiian culture.

The legacy of kumu hula Leina‘ala Kalama Heine was honored Friday as hundreds laughed and cried and gave their final aloha in a memorial service at Magic Island in Ala Moana Beach Park.

Hawaii elects women to the U.S. House of Representatives at the highest rate of any state in the nation, and ranks seventh highest overall for the percentage of elected offices that are held by women, according to a new ranking by the organization Representation2020.

Age appears to have caught up suddenly with the 55-year-old Wilson Tunnel — and that means the thousands of commuters who drive Likelike Highway into town each day will have to endure about two months of repairs and lane closures.

Saint Louis School announced Friday that it will add elementary grades starting in the 2016-17 school year.

Top trade officials from the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim countries are headed for an extended day of talks today, a sign that negotiators may be nearing a final agreement on the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership deal.

Crews search ocean for missing teen • Suspect in murder attempt sketched • Boy, 17, arrested for alleged theft at Maui school • Search over for lost fisherman, firefighters say

Former state Deputy Attorney General Renee Sonobe Hong has been appointed state sheriff, the Department of Public Safety announced Thursday.