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Honolulu’s rail transit system likely won’t finish on time — and it could be even more over budget than previously thought, according to those overseeing the project.

A mathematical error caused city engineers to underestimate by about 200,000 gallons the size of a massive sewage spill that closed Waikiki Beach and Ala Moana Beach Park last month.

After 12 years of reporting on Oahu’s traffic, Danielle Tucker can read the roads the way a wayfinder can read the seas.

HILO >> Operators of a nonprofit Hawaii island theater are asking the community to support a fundraising campaign that would bring air conditioning back to the 90-year-old structure.

A woman pleaded guilty Monday to sending her husband in New Jersey more than half a million dollars she earned working as a prostitute in Hawaii.

The Navy agreed to limit its use of sonar and other training that inadvertently harms whales, dolphins and other marine mammals off Hawaii and California in a settlement with environmental groups approved Monday.

The male of the species (Highachievus boyscoutus) gets all of the recognition for being prepared, but University of Hawaii freshman Cori Sutton makes a compelling case for the long-view value and approach of today’s Girl Scouts.

State conservation officers caught two Makaha men hunting without a license in the Waianae Kai Forest Reserve on Sunday, police said.

Police hunt suspect after bank robbery • 2 teens arrested in robbery near Kualoa • Moped rider hurt after hitting parked car

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