Plastic bags are out. Plastic straws are on their way out. Now Hawaii lawmakers want to take things a big step further. They’re considering an outright ban on all sorts of single-use plastics common in the food and beverage industry, from plastic bottles to plastic utensils to plastic containers. Senate Bill 522 has already passed through two committees and is on its way to two more.

The enormous predator, known as 'Deep Blue', was first seen by diver and photographer Mark Mohler and Kimberly Jeffries on Sunday last week nine miles from the coast off the Hawaiian island of Oahu.

When 2019 started off with a beloved toy gone missing and a child in tears, the January blues hit hard for Anna Pickard. The San Francisco-based creative director had just arrived from a family vacation in sunny Hawaii when she made the awful discovery that someone hadn't made the flight. Sutro, her son's teddy bear, had been left at back at the five-star Grand Hyatt Kauai, where they'd been staying.

Like clockwork, 93-year old Ted Richardson arrives at the Veterans' Cemetery at Punchbowl in Honolulu, Hawaii to visit his wife Florence's grave.

The state climate commission has unanimously agreed to back legislation next session that would establish a carbon tax geared toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Hawaii’s ground transportation sector. State Land and Natural Resources Director Suzanne Case, who co-chairs the 22-member commission, said the group made a “powerful statement” Tuesday by reaching a consensus on the concepts needed to “transform our society.”

If you plant a new tree, you can go to the city's new site and locate exactly where you planted it.

State supreme court rules that the US$1.4-billion observatory's construction permit is valid, after years-long legal battle.

Hurricane Walaka, one of the most powerful Pacific storms ever recorded, has erased an ecologically important remote northwestern island from the Hawaiian archipelago. Using satellite imagery, federal scientists confirmed Monday that East Island, a critical habitat for endangered Hawaiian monk seals and green sea turtles, was almost entirely washed away earlier this month.

Practiced since as long as Hawaiians can remember, hoʻoponopono is necessary on an island where space and resources are limited and the community is key to survival.

Lane is the second category five storm in recorded history to come within 350 miles of Hawaii.

The Hawaii congresswoman is backed by Bernie Sanders, but her controversial opinions have some progressives miffed. By Sabrina Siddiqui.

The eruption of Hawaii’s Kīlauea volcano has displaced Big Island residents, sent molten rock hurtling into a sightseeing boat and spewed enough lava to create a whole new peninsula. And it’s only just started, relative to the time it could go on for, said a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) report released on Friday.

An explosion caused by lava oozing into the ocean sent molten rock crashing through the roof of a sightseeing boat off Hawaii’s Big Island, injuring 23 people Monday, officials said. They were aboard a tour boat that takes visitors to see lava plunging into the ocean from the long-erupting Kilauea volcano that has been vigorously shooting lava from a new vent in the ground for the past two months.

Coral harming chemicals oxybenzone and octinoxate.are to blame for the ban, which was just signed by governor. The ban won't take effect until 2021.

Green Lake, the largest freshwater lake on Hawaii's Big Island, has completely disappeared, another victim of the Kilauea volcano, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Lava from Fissure 8 begin pouring into the lake on June 2, turning it into a roiling cauldron. A thick, white plume of water vapor billowed hundreds of feet over the lake. It took only an hour and half for the molten rock to evaporate the entire body of water, which was about 200 feet deep.

Going to Hawaii is kind of like going to Mars—and a lot cheaper.

Solving crimes, one click at a time. "We essentially help people find their stolen property, identify criminals who have victimized them, as well as return lost and found property." explained Michael Kitchens, founder of Stolen Stuff Hawaii. Kitchens started the Facebook group in 2014, after his brother-in-law's van was stolen.

Hawaii is now the 12th state in the country with a law that prohibits therapists from offering so-called "conversion therapy" to minors. Conversion therapy, the practice of trying to change a person's sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, is universally rejected by national organizations that guide accepted practices for licensed psychological professionals and is considered a pseudoscience.

Have you ever heard of beachcombing? For those who are in for seaside beach hunting this summer, read this. We have compiled some of the best beachcombers delight in the USA, from east to west coast. And for some, beachcombing is a serious business. So here is our list. Ready, set, go!