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This year’s Native Hawaiian Convention focused on how Hawaiians have played a much bigger role in shaping policy.

County Council members cite the Independent Nomination Board’s failure to identify applicants and release meeting minutes.

The recognition from the Institute for Nonprofit News follows a nod from the Pulitzer committee.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers provided an update on debris removal, which also included 141 boats.

A proposal aimed at stabilizing rents got its first hearing before the Housing and Land Use Committee.

A report details for the first time desperate attempts by people to flee by driving through fire and blinding smoke or outrunning the flames on foot or bike.

The latest state report examines the reasons behind Lahaina’s destruction and the fire that fueled it.

The concerns brought before the board had no substance and are an example of why the ethics body needs a full-time employee to weed through inquiries, the vice chair said.

The state plans to release phase two of its fire report Friday, but the ATF is withholding its findings.

Former mayoral aide Chris Salem, who was fired, alleges a range of wrongful behavior by county officials in a lawsuit filed three years ago.