As the clock strikes midnight, we will say aloha to 2021—and what a year it’s been. From COVID-19 to Carissa Moore making history, there was always something happening in the Islands. And if you haven’t been keeping up with local news—or just want to see what were some of Hawaiʻi’s biggest happenings in the year 2021—then this article […]
Haʻikū Stairs, aka Stairway to Heaven, is one of the most Instagrammed trails on Oʻahu—even though it’s been closed (read: off-limits) since 1987. (Though you’d never know that from social media!) So Honolulu officials decided it was enough. Yesterday Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi said he plans to move forward with removing the controversial stairs, which
Haʻikū Stairs, a 3,922-step trail to the summit of the Koʻolau Mountains on Oʻahu’s Windward Side, moved one step closer to legally opening to the public. Someday. On Monday the Honolulu Board of Water Supply, which owns and manages the land under the stairs, voted unanimously to transfer the land to the city. (The preferred
The fate of Haiku Stairs, a 3,922-step trail to the 2,800-foot summit of Puu Keahiakahoe on the Windward Side of Oahu, has been long debated. The stairs have been closed for decades and are illegal to access, but, every year, thousands of hikers still brave the metal staircase—parts of it in poor condition—that snakes up the side
