The state Senate's education committee again postponed a vote on a bill that would eliminate the remaining public school teacher furlough days through use of the state hurricane relief fund and an increase in the general excise tax by 1 percentage point. More »

Conquering his fears has shown Brandon Johnson anything is possible in the pool. Johnson, a sophomore at the Hawai'i School for the Deaf and Blind, is having a record-breaking year in the pool. He finished the 1-meter dive with 447.90 points at Saturday's O'ahu Interscholastic Association championships, breaking the record of 413.10 set in 1985 by Kaipo Fajardo. More »

Maui's housing market experienced dramatic swings in sales of single-family homes and condominiums in January compared with the same month a year earlier. There were 46 single-family home sales on the Valley Isle last month, a 48 percent rise over 31 in the same month a year before, according to the Realtors Association of Maui. More »

As Phuong Thi Vo danced, her draping costume of pretty pastels wafted with every graceful gesture she made. Vo and other members of Tan Huongsen, a Vietnamese dance club, were in the middle of rehearsing for last Sunday's Vietnamese New Year Festival at Kapi'olani Park. More »

The Bon Jovi buzz in this town has been building for months now. It's been more than 20 years since the iconic gods of pop metal have performed in Honolulu, and next week, the band kicks off a massive worldwide tour with two shows at Blaisdell Arena. More »

Hawaii needs to ban fireworks. It's an emotional issue but it's also a simple one. People are getting hurt, and it's within the power of state government to protect them. More »

While most eight-year olds are playing video games or participating in an after school sport, eight-year old Mitchell Ganeku is fighting for his life instead. The Manoa Elementary third grader has been diagnosed with aplastic anemia and is in desperate need of a bone marrow transplant. More »