“I’m coming up to see a relative.” That’s what a Kauai man said at Wilcox Memorial Hospital on Kauai—before taking a horse three floors upstairs. Hospital security stopped the reportedly intoxicated man and his steed. He’d already trotted the horse through the hospital’s lobby and into an elevator, all to cheer up his relative. But […]
Inter-island air carrier Aloha Airlines Inc. filed for bankruptcy yesterday. For the second time since 2004. If you’ve got a ticket, don’t worry. Aloha Airlines is still flying its entire schedule, and is not canceling flights. Aloha’s airfares are also expected to remain on par with its competitors despite the Chapter 11 reorganization filing. Why
The Na Pali Coast of Kauai is the focus of a photo essay and feature in the April issue of National Geographic. The story, “Fortress Coast,” explores the history of the remote north shore of Kauai coastline, and human impact on its near-pristine valleys and beaches. Though largely inaccessible save for foot trails and ocean
If HAWAII Magazine took your photo at the Arizona Aloha Festival, the pictures are now posted in our photo gallery. If you had your photo taken at the HAWAII Magazine booth on Saturday, click here. For Sunday photos, click here. The HAWAII Magazine team traveled more than a 1,000 miles to the Grand Canyon state.
If you’re in Phoenix, Ariz., this weekend, look for HAWAII Magazine at the Arizona Aloha Festival. Stop by our booth (near the marketplace stage) between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Our folks will sporting their brand-new “We’ve Got Issues” HAWAII Magazine T-shirts. They’ll be giving away freebies, and holding a drawing for a $500 gift
Just hitting news stands is the April issue of Golf Magazine, with its 20th anniversary list of premier golf resorts, picked with the help of 8,000 readers. Of the 75 resorts, Hawaii has nine. Top rated was the Four Seasons Resort Lana’i at Manele Bay, praised for its “pristine” golf experience. Also receiving honors was
When is the life of a field botanist akin to that of a certain silver-screen archeologist, who’s famous for getting into potentially dangerous situations in remote locales? Hawaii’s field botanists dangle from helicopters. They work in the pelting downpours of mountain rainforests. They navigate down sheer 3,000 foot oceanside cliffs. They battle wild pigs. All
The Princeville Resort on Kauai will be shuttered for seven months beginning Oct. 1 for $40 million in renovations, reported Pacific Business News today. The 252-room resort overlooking Hanalei Bay, on Kauai’s north shore, will reopen in April 2009 with a new name: The St. Regis Resort, Princeville. The St. Regis brand is a luxury
The Democratic presidential caucus at Koko Head Elementary School last night wasn’t chaos. It was more like college registration in the bad old days before computers—long lines, and nobody knew which one to stand in. People were, by and large, frustrated but patient.Up on the stage, trying to make herself heard, was precinct chair Amy
Hawaii singer-songwriter Jack Johnson’s new CD Sleep Through the Static has become his second chart-topping disc.Johnson’s just-released fifth album will debut at the No. 1 position of music industry trade publication Billboard’s Top 200 chart this week. The CD sold 375,000 in its first week of sales in the United States, more than doubling debut week sales of his
The Hawaii Superferry has cancelled its entire travel schedule until March 3. Company officials are moving up the Alakai’s annual drydock to take advantage of the off-peak travel season and make some necessary repairs to the vessel.The annual drydock is required by the United States Coast Guard for the Superferry’s recertification to operate. Repairs will be
Can you say “three-peat?”The live, vocal and instrumental multi-artist compilation Treasures of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar has won this year’s Grammy award for best Hawaiian music album.The win was the third consecutive in the category for a compilation from the production team of Daniel Ho, George Kahumoku Jr., Paul Konwiser and Wayne Wong. The four received Grammys last
