Cruise Planners Travel Franchise Unveils Fresh Marketing Tools to Inspire Travel & Connect Clients with Advisors

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla., Oct. 13, 2025 -- Cruise Planners, the nation's largest home-based travel advisor franchise network, unveiled several new franchise marketing initiatives during its annual convention. Cruise Planners' award-winning marketing...

Hawaii, Dunedin link

In the far-off herbarium of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Hawaii, are a set of specimens collected in New Zealand just on a hundred years ago. About 80 are from the botanic garden in Dunedin. In 2024, Dr Christopher Havran of Campbell...

Travel: Missed the boat to Alaska? Time to plan a cruise for 2026

If you missed the just-ended 2025 Alaska cruise season, don’t worry your pretty little parka about it — your dream of glacier-gazing and totem-trail trekking is already within reach. Alaska’s cruise season runs from late April to early October,...

Inside New York shooting accused Luigi Mangione’s missing months in Asia

Few foreign travellers make the actual journey to its misty peaks. On May 6, 2024 — his 26th birthday — an American man checked into a small guesthouse in the village of Tenkawa, the entry point to this legendary mountain. He introduced himself as...

Fatal Hilo structure fire under investigation; estimated $1.4M in damages

HILO, Hawaii (Island News) – Hawaii Island Police are investigating a fatal structure fire that occurred on Puueo St. in Hilo early Wednesday morning. According to police, the incident occurred at approximately 2 a.m. when South Hilo patrol...

Amy Kaleikini Promoted to General Manager at Castle & Cooke Aviation Honolulu

Castle & Cooke Aviation announces the promotion of Amy Kaleikini to general manager of its Honolulu FBO (PHNL). Kaleikini brings more than 20 years of both commercial and business aviation experience to the role, along with a personal passion for...

Hawaii expects to get WR Nick Cenacle back vs. Utah State

This time, the comeback is real. This time, the comeback is real. “No more teasing, I’m there,” slotback Nick Cenacle said of his return to the Hawaii football team’s starting lineup. There had been false starts ahead of the Rainbow Warriors’...

Ready, Set, Create! Hiki Nō Inspires the Next Generation of Storytellers

Photo: Courtesy of PBS Hawai‘i Hiki Nō means “can do!” and for 14 years, PBS Hawai‘i’s Hiki Nō has been opening doors for local students, showing them there is nothing they can’t do when they put their minds to it. The new season of Hiki Nō...

Struggling US families are sleeping away vacations as America’s middle-class is priced out of once popular trips

AMERICANS are skipping spring break trips and spending their time off catching up on sleep as vacations become too expensive for the middle class. Rising travel costs have pushed iconic destinations out of reach for many families. Sign up for The...

Hiker airlifted off Diamond Head Crater Trail

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - On Wednesday, the Honolulu Fire Department received a 911 call reporting a sick hiker on Diamond Head Crater Trail. At 7:43 a.m. firefighters arrived and ascended the trail on foot. The second-arriving unit secured a...

Hawaiian Airlines to join Oneworld early next year

Hawaiian Airlines will officially join the Oneworld alliance in early 2026, with an executive from parent Alaska Airlines predicting the island carrier will be on deck by May. This has been in the works since Alaska finalised its US$1.9bn buyout...

You Won’t Believe How Much Hawaii Has in Common with Montana

Whenever I travel out of Montana, I can’t help but compare our home with wherever I vacation, comparing the similarities and the differences. Recently, I had the opportunity to travel to Hawaii for the first time, and I was surprised at the many...

Half A Year Of Hawaiian: Alaska Airlines Code To Replace HA From April

Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines have been progressing through their integration for more than a year. The two carriers finalized their merger in September 2024, and since then, significant steps have been taken toward full integration. This...

Cowgirls tie for 17th

LIHU’E, Hawaii – Cowgirl golf is tied for 17th after Monday’s first round of the Rainbow Wahine Invitational at the Ocean Course at Hokuala. Wyoming was led by junior Elle Higgins and freshman Kiley Reisner who both shot 4-over 76. UW is +19 after...

Gov. Green to meet with federal leaders in Washington

October 22, 2025, 8:56 AM HST Gov. Josh Green, M.D. (8.9.24) PC: Wendy Osher, Gov. Josh Green will travel to Washington, D.C. on Oct. 22 to engage in a series of strategic meetings with members of Congress, senior administration officials and...

Hospitality Perfection at Halekulani in Honolulu

In our travels for business and pleasure, we have had the opportunity to experience what now amounts to hundreds of luxury properties. Many of our visits are short, one or two nights, with most time spent in conferences or offices and a lack of...

Native Hawaiian empowerment gains momentum

TULALIP, Wash. >> Kuhio Lewis, CEO of the Hawaiian Council, and Chief of Staff Nick Carroll recently walked the entry to Ko Olina Resort, where they’re helping bring to life the historic ahupuaa (division of land) of Honouliuli — once a retreat...

Hawaii's gun ban: A constitutional betrayal

OPINION: The Supreme Court announced Friday that it will take up a case challenging a Hawaii law that bans concealed carry almost everywhere. In 2022, when it handed down its decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, the...

Five-day strike by Kaiser Permanente workers about more than money

This column was first published by Capital & Main. The nation’s health care workers want to be paid fairly, but that’s hardly news — you could say the same for any worker group in the United States. So what is driving the deep dissatisfaction...

Oath Set for BOE’s District 4 Pick

The Board of Education of Charles County will convene its work session at 4:30 p.m. Monday in the board room at 201 E. Charles St., with Clerk of the Circuit Court Lisa E. Yates administering the oath of office to Bridgette Patterson as the new...