The state is asking recreational and commercial boaters to be cautious during the height of the whale season from January to March.

Pearl City Public Library is scheduled to host "Healthy Aging: Learn How to Prevent Falls," a free interactive demonstration program for seniors and interested adults on Jan. 22.

A 50-year-old man died from injuries he sustained after his bicycle collided head-on with a car on Kamehameha Highway near the Turtle Bay Resort Saturday night, police said.

Congressional Democrats yesterday said President-elect Barack Obama probably will have to wait until next month before getting the chance to sign an economic aid bill his team once hoped would be on his desk by his swearing-in Jan. 20.

The Hawai'i citizen soldiers who have escorted supply convoys from Kuwait into Iraq since Nov. 11 have faced attempted hijackings, small-arms fire and roadside bomb attacks in Iraq, officials said.

Three years after its former owner siphoned off about $280 million from its pension fund, Hawaiian Telcom Inc. now says its retirement plans are underfunded. The state's largest phone company says turmoil in the nation's financial markets coupled with recent payouts to retirees have put its pension plans underwater.

The nation's credit crisis has delayed the sale of the low-income portion of the Kukui Gardens apartments and could jeopardize the construction of additional affordable units at the downtown rental complex.

Hard times have hit the Aloha Stadium Swap Meet, where vendors are struggling to stay open because of smaller crowds — and more frugal shoppers.

Lawmakers will try to get answers about what caused last month's islandwide power failure and quiz utility officials on how a similar blackout can be prevented at a Jan. 14 hearing.

A man drowned in waters off Kehena Beach in Kalapana yesterday afternoon, and five people who tried to assist him had to be rescued themselves with the help of a Hawai'i County Fire Department helicopter.