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Tire company manager who quit to sail to Hawaii becomes social media hero to people tired of earning $150,000 and feeling like ‘you’re just making ends meet’
Travel & Leisure

Tire company manager who quit to sail to Hawaii becomes social media hero to people tired of earning $150,000 and feeling like ‘you’re just making ends meet’

By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and The Associated Press
May 16, 2025
Hawaii plans to jack up hotel tax to 11% in first-of-its-kind move to pay for projects to cope with climate change
Environment

Hawaii plans to jack up hotel tax to 11% in first-of-its-kind move to pay for projects to cope with climate change

By Audrey McAvoy and The Associated Press
April 30, 2025
Outside a Maui resort
Environment

Maui’s mayor wants to ban Airbnbs to make housing more affordable for locals. Researchers say it could cause an economic shock

By Audrey McAvoy and The Associated Press
April 1, 2025
An aerial view of destroyed and cleared properties with vegetation regrowth on year after the Lahaina wildfire
Finance

Hawaii court blocks insurers’ claims, salvaging $4 billion Maui wildfire settlement

By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and The Associated Press
February 11, 2025
Burned cars and palm trees after wildfires hit Maui
Environment

A $4 billion settlement for victims of the Maui wildfires is in limbo a year and a half later, as insurance companies say they’ve been unfairly villainized

By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and The Associated Press
February 6, 2025
$4 billion settlement for Hawaii’s Lahaina wildfire victims is tied up. Here’s what to know
Finance

$4 billion settlement for Hawaii’s Lahaina wildfire victims is tied up. Here’s what to know

By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and The Associated Press
February 6, 2025
A woman purchased a vacant Hawaiian lot for about $22,000. She was surprised to see a $500,000 home was built on it by mistake
Personal Finance

A woman purchased a vacant Hawaiian lot for about $22,000. She was surprised to see a $500,000 home was built on it by mistake

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January 20, 2025
Mark Zuckerberg squints while talking
Tech

Mark Zuckerberg insists the 5,000-square-foot underground structure in his secret Hawaii compound is not a ‘doomsday bunker’

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December 27, 2024
Ryan Kobayashi, center, holds a picture of his missing daughter Hannah Kobayashi
Lifestyle

25,000 strangers united to find a missing photographer after cryptic texts and a missed flight—now police say she chose to vanish

By
December 3, 2024
Maui fire that killed 102 in Lahaina erupted from earlier blaze firefighters thought they put out, investigation finds
Environment

Maui fire that killed 102 in Lahaina erupted from earlier blaze firefighters thought they put out, investigation finds

By Rebecca Boone, Alanna Durkin Richer, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and The Associated Press
October 3, 2024
2,000 workers at Hawaii’s biggest hotel go on strike
Success

2,000 workers at Hawaii’s biggest hotel go on strike

By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and The Associated Press
September 25, 2024
Alaska Airlines’ $1 billion purchase of Hawaiian Airlines gets Biden administration nod
Finance

Alaska Airlines’ $1 billion purchase of Hawaiian Airlines gets Biden administration nod

By David Koenig and The Associated Press
September 18, 2024
Emergency squad helps ailing patient.
Leadership

How Bank of America built an ‘emergency task force’ to help employees in crisis

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September 16, 2024
WalletHub’s 2024 Happiest States in America rankings analyzed 30 metrics encompassing social, physical, economic, and emotional health.
Mind

Hawaii is the happiest state in America. Here’s how the rest of the country ranks

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September 9, 2024
Wally Amos
Lifestyle

Famous Amos founder Wally Amos, a high-school dropout turned cookie mogul, dies at 88

By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and The Associated Press
August 15, 2024

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