The mayor’s $488 million budget proposal marks a more than 8% spending increase from the county’s fiscal 2025 budget.

Workers who had hoped to spend their careers supporting these at-risk local species have been let go. Now, who might take over remains up in the air.

The 1 Hotel Hanalei Bay also bought a multimillion-dollar home in a working class neighborhood to house upper management.

A hearing is scheduled Tuesday in a lawsuit that Princeville residents have filed against the developer.

With a median home costing $1.4 million on the Garden Isle, lawmakers look to Vail, Colorado, for a solution.

A neighbor’s complaint triggered an investigation by the county Planning Department.

A token of country life, roosters are stirring up a fraught debate over the right to raise noisy fowl and the right to a good night’s sleep in Hawai‘i. 

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Chief Todd Raybuck said negative media coverage about complaints against him was the main reason he decided to retire next year.

The chief executive discussed the county’s landfill, wastewater infrastructure, disaster response, affordable housing and more. He’s also interested in running for governor or lieutenant governor, should the opportunity arise.