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The documentary “Island Soldier” has its local premiere at the Hawaii International Film Festival Nov. 3 and 5.

Author Jon Letman sat down with Mattlan Zackhras last year for a wide-ranging conversation on his vision and hope for the tiny island nation.

The number of  COFA migrants will determine how much the money the regions receive to compensate for health care, education and other costs. 

Hawaii will receive an additional $1.27 million on top of an annual payment of $12.6 million, but the costs of serving the immigrants is far higher.

The lawsuit sought to force the U.S. to comply with an international treaty on nuclear nonproliferation.

The Federated States of Micronesia wants legal and political help regarding COFA.

UPDATED 12/2/2016: Supporters say the program helps immigrants acclimate, rather than encouraging them to drain public resources.

Local leaders fear that residents will be “shunted from their homes” and “reduced to just doing cultural dances” for tourists.

President Obama issues declaration allowing FEMA to provide emergency relief to the archipelago.

Two other COFA nations “face challenges” in achieving self-sufficiency, the Government Accountability Office reports.

The Republican senator from Alaska has introduced legislation co-sponsored by Mazie Hirono of Hawaii.

Hawaii Congressman Mark Takai pushes to compensate military personnel exposed to radioactive soil and debris in the Marshall Islands.

The attorneys general from Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands say the airlines’ service “has declined beyond what we ever could have imagined.”

Hawaii Rep. Mark Takai wants to extend benefits to veterans who helped clean up Micronesia nuclear contamination.

With the out-migration expected to get much worse in the next eight years, U.S. leaders need to amend the COFA treaty. But Hawaii also needs to prepare itself to handle the influx.

Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner traveled halfway across the Earth to read her poem on how climate change is affecting her island home to the United Nations.

Photographer Mark Edward Harris traveled throughout Micronesia and captured some of the many intriguing faces of the islands.

U.S. Senate and House leadership is urged to allow the people of Bikini to use resettlement funds to relocate outside of the Marshall Islands.

From Majuro to Honolulu, Micronesians as seen through the lenses of Civil Beat photographers.

The federal government is failing to live up to our treaty obligations to Micronesian immigrants — leaving Hawaii to bear the burden.

Micronesians are coming to the U.S. in large numbers, tapping taxpayers for heath care and social services. We wanted to find out why.

The first Hawaii Storytellers event focuses on stories of Micronesian immigration.

Micronesians are leaving their island homes in search of better lives in the U.S., and many are coming to Hawaii.