Steven Mark

Rich Matsuda’s work has always taken him toward the sky. The Punahou School graduate was trained as an electrical engineer and was working for Boeing, known mostly as an airplane manufacturer, in Seattle in 1993 when he interviewed for an engineering job at the W.M. Keck Observatory on Hawaii island.

The aloha was flowing for Hawaii-born movie star Jason Momoa as the long-awaited “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” premiered at Regal Theatres Dole Cannery on Thursday night. Read more

The news for New Year's is good for Hawaii's ahi-loving population, whether it be consumers, the fishing industry or everyone in between: there should be plenty of the tasty, “lucky” fish around, for the holiday and beyond, thanks to an easing of catch restrictions on bigeye tuna.

Whales breaching hundreds of feet above the water? Dolphins headed to the heavens? Look out over the water in the Kahala area around midnight on New Year's Eve and you can see that and plenty of other spectacles in the sky.

If you've been buying ahi all year, there shouldn't be too much of a sticker shock this weekend as you prepare your New Year's feast. The price of ahi is expected to stay reasonably stable through the New Year's weekend, local fishmongers and grocers said.

Dec. 30—Guy Tamashiro of Tamashiro's Market on Thursday said the auction prices for bigeye tuna have been "very firm " the past few days, indicating a decent supply and steady pricing.

Despite the terrible devastation wrought by the Lahaina wildfire, there’s hope that at least part of the town’s treasured history might literally rise again from the ashes of catastrophe.

When the Maui wildfire hit last summer, veterans organizations were among many to step up and provide help to the community.

The natural beauty of Hawaii has inspired many a Hawaiian mele. Now it's inspired some classical music as well, in the form of the “Symphony of the Hawai‘i Forests,” which the Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra will perform Feb. 15 at the Hawai‘i Convention Center.

On Sept. 16, Steven "Mark" Rogers, a cherished husband, father, grandfather, and brother, peacefully passed away surrounded by his loving family.