Articles by Kristie Castanera

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Food, Hawai‘i Island, Maui, Oʻahu

Hawaii Food & Wine Festival expands events to three islands for 2014, happening Aug. 28 through Sept. 7

Hear that rumbling sound across the Islands? That’s the sound of collective appetites anticipating the 4th annual Hawaii Food & Wine Festival. Happening today through Sept. 7 at various locations on Oahu, Maui and (for the first time) Hawaii Island, this year’s edition of Hawaii’s biggest culinary fest promises more than 80 renowned Hawaii and

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Culture, Hawai‘i Island

Nine Hawaiian crow chicks hatch at Hawaii Island endangered bird sanctuary, bringing total world population to 114

Empty, cracked blue-green shells lie scattered about the incubator, while nine chicks huddle together, open-mouthed and squawking, during a feeding. The meal is one small step for the newly-hatched alala (Hawaiian crow) chicks, but one big leap for their species. The nine alala chicks recently hatched at the Keauhou Bird Conservation Center on Hawaii Island,

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Oʻahu, Shopping

Shop ‘till you drop for authentic, Island-made products at this weekend’s Made in Hawaii Festival

Hundreds of exhibitor booths brimming with guaranteed made-in-Hawaii products? Check. Local chefs demonstrating their skills—some even offering tasty samples? Check. All of the above packed into three days and one convenient location? Yup—you might want to be there. 
This year’s 20th annual Made in Hawaii Festival, happening today through Sunday (Aug. 17) at the Blaisdell

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Oʻahu

Weeklong Duke’s OceanFest watersport competitions celebrate legendary Hawaiian waterman Kahanamoku

Surf’s up! Beginning this Saturday, Aug. 16, hundreds of ocean sports aficionados will speckle the waves and shorelines of Waikikiʻs beaches to celebrate the birth-week of Duke Kahanamoku, the famed Hawaiian waterman and Olympian known to many as “the father of surfing.” Organized by the Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Foundation (ODKF), the 13th annual Duke’s OceanFest

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Hawai‘i Island

Rare hawksbill sea turtles at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park to benefit from conservation grant

With only the moon’s dim glow lighting their path, the hawksbill turtle hatchlings scoot towards the ocean on sand-speckled flippers, hoping to avoid hungry beach-roaming mongooses, feral cats and crabs that would appreciate such an easy meal. As breaking waves wash over their inch-long, heart-shaped shells, the hatchlings scatter throughout the sea, doing their best

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Hawai‘i Island, Kauaʻi, Lānaʻi, Maui, Molokaʻi, Oʻahu

Weakened Tropical Storm Iselle makes Hawaii Island landfall. Hurricane Julio expected to pass north of Islands.

Hurricane Iselle was downgraded to a tropical storm before making landfall on Hawaii Island early this morning. Hurricane Julio is now expected to maintain hurricane strength on at least part of its current projected path just north of the Hawaiian Islands on Sunday and Monday (Aug. 10 & 11). At 8 a.m. today, Tropical Storm

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Hawai‘i Island, Kauaʻi, Lānaʻi, Maui, Molokaʻi, Oʻahu

Updated: Hawaii braces for approach of back-to-back hurricanes, Iselle and Julio

Hawaii residents and visitors are watching two Pacific Ocean hurricanes today, which are expected to impact the Islands within days of each other. Forecasters now expect the first storm, Hurricane Iselle, to be downgraded to a tropical storm when it makes landfall on Hawaii Island tonight. The second storm, Hurricane Julio, was upgraded to a

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Maui

Haleakala volcano’s endangered, endemic silverswords begin blooming in unusually large numbers

Visitors to the 10,000-feet-above-sea-level summit of Haleakala National Park are currently experiencing a natural event rare to the dry, desert-like environment where only limited flora thrive. This week, unusually high numbers of Haleakala silverswords — endemic plants only found within the National Park on the slopes of Haleakala — are blooming simultaneously. Although silverswords can

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