Former City Councilman Duke Bainum purchased a $2.3 million, four-bedroom house in Kahala in a sale that closed July 22, the same day he rented an Ala Wai apartment to establish residency and be eligible for an open council seat.

The University of Hawai'i Board of Regents today will consider performance-based pay raises for dozens of UH administrators, including school President David McClain and Manoa Chancellor Virginia Hinshaw.

Award-winning urban planner Robin Foster, an expert on coastal issues who offered free services to many local nonprofit organizations, died July 23 at his Kailua home after an extended illness. He was 58.

About $83,000 in budget cuts has forced the city Neighborhood Board Commission to consider trading traditional paper ballots for online and phone-in voting in what would be the first broad paperless election in Hawai'i.

The widow of a Honolulu Fire Department helicopter pilot killed during a search-and-rescue operation 13 years ago this month wants a full accounting of the money raised in the name of her husband and two Ho-nolulu Police Department officers who also died in the crash in the Ko'olau Mountains above Sacred Falls.

More than 200 junior lifeguards from around the state will compete Saturday at the 'ewa end of Ala Moana Beach Park.

'EWA BEACH — Richard Alonso remembers his father walking out the door of their Pohakupuna Road house, telling him to let his mother know if she called from work that he would be able to pick her up from the Long's Drugs Store after his Tuesday evening bowling outing.

The Honolulu medical examiner's office yesterday identified the fisherman who died Tuesday after being swept off a ledge and pounded by waves at China Wall as Alan Yoshihiro Nakamatsu, 58.

More lane closures are set to take place along H-2 Freeway in the Mililani area, Meheula Parkway and the freeway's Mililani ramps this weekend as a result of an ongoing pavement resurfacing project.

Despite today's threats to the oceans, renowned oceanographer and explorer Dr. Sylvia Earle remains hopeful about our ability to ensure healthy seas and lifestyles.