As the clock ticks down on the final moments of 2014, the “rainbow state” will bid aloha to the year past and ring in the New Year with a rainbow of explosions in the warm night sky. Hawaii employs a last-but-not-least mentality in its New Year’s celebrations—even though we’re one of the last time zones […]
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The ongoing Kilauea volcano lava flow, whose leading edge last month stopped short of crossing the main road through the Hawaii Island town of Pahoa after claiming a single residence, is now threatening the town’s largest grocery store and a major district intersection. Since Nov. 19, a breakout from the former, now inactive, leading edge
HAWAII Magazine’s 2014 Food Issue is on sale now. Inside the issue you’ll find “75 Places to Eat Like a Local,” our now annual guide to the Hawaii places you’ll find residents like us heading to eat when we’re famished. This year’s “75 Places to Eat Like a Local: Mixed Plate Edition” digs into the
Lava Tree State Monument, a small, forested state park in Hawaii Island’s Puna district that has been closed for nearly four months, reopened to the public yesterday. The park was closed in August due to downed albizia trees felled by Tropical Storm Iselle. The small park is about three miles southeast of the town of
With its palm trees, fragrant flowers and mild temperatures, it can be easy to forget that it’s the start of the holiday season here on Oahu. That is, until you drive past Honolulu Hale (Oahu’s historic city hall). Earlier this week, a giant 21-foot shaka-flashing Santa and a lei-draped Tutu Mele (aka Mrs. Claus) took
What’s pink and white and read all over? Posters advertising the annual springtime extravaganza that is the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C.! But what does that have to do with Hawaii, you ask? Hawaii Island-based illustrative artist Jing Jing Tsong’s original artwork was chosen to represent the upcoming 2015 National Cherry Blossom Festival.
HAWAII Magazine’s 2014 Food Issue is on sale now. And one of its main courses is “75 Places to Eat Like a Local,” our now annual guide to the Hawaii places you’ll find residents like us heading for great eats when we’re hungry. We change the overall menu theme of “75 Places” every year to
This weekend, something sweet is happening just south of Hilo. The Big Island Bee Keepers Association will host their 2nd annual Hawaii Honey Festival Sat., Nov. 22 at Nani Mau Gardens on Hawaii Island. The event celebrates the hard work of Hawaii’s honeybees and their keepers. Visitors to the Hawaii Honey Festival can expect educational
A lava flow from Kilauea volcano that has slowly advanced toward the Hawaii Island town of Pahoa over the last three months claimed its first residential home on Monday. A breakout upslope of the flow’s leading edge crossed Apaa Street near Pahoa Cemetery and into a private property Sunday morning, igniting the house around 11:55
The 44th annual Kona Coffee Cultural Festival returns to Hawaii Island today with 10 days of events and activities dedicated to Hawaii’s most popular cup of joe. The fest, which continues through Nov. 16, celebrates the eponymous coffee from Kona district, the most prolific and lauded coffee region in the only U.S. state to grow
