For the fourth straight year, the annual Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index has ranked Hawaii highest in well-being in the nation. OK, we know the top ranking is no surprise. There’s a lot to be happy about in the Islands. One element about the survey that strikes us, though, is it underscores that seemingly small things, such […]
Eight months after Larry Ellison, co-founder and CEO of business software giant Oracle Corporation, wrapped up the purchase of all but a small slice of Lanai, he has bought a small interisland airline, too. Honolulu-based Island Air, which offers flights between Oahu, Maui, Kauai, the Big Island (Hawaii), Molokai, and Lanai, announced in a news
The Big Island’s Waikoloa Beach Resort on the Kohala Coast will hold the 13th annual Great Waikoloa Ukulele Festival this Saturday (March 2) at Queens’ MarketPlace. The celebration will get under way with a free ukulele workshop (10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.) given by Roy Sakuma as well as a lineup of nonstop musical entertainment,
Hawaii residents and visitors alike are invited to take part in a pair of whale-watching surveys slated for this weekend along shorelines edging Maui, Oahu, Kauai, and the Big Island. Tomorrow morning (Sat., Feb. 23), Pacific Whale Foundation’s research team will lead an annual count of humpback whales that can be seen from Maui’s shores.
Over the last three months, one of Hawaii’s own top chefs, Sheldon Simeon (executive chef at Star Noodle in Lahaina, Maui) has competed with other culinary contenders for the title of “top chef” in the 10th season of the popular Top Chef television show broadcast on the Bravo channel. Since the first episode of Top
What’s your favorite scenic hiking trail (short or long) on the Big Island? Here’s the top five countdown of our facebook ohana’s favorite scenic hiking trails on the Big Island. No. 5 WAIPIO VALLEY Situated on the northern Hamakua Coast, is lush Waipio Valley, known as “The Valley of the Kings.” It was the boyhood
This month, the Friends of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park’s events lineup includes a hike through 1970s lava-flow areas with a geologist guide and a special field seminar at the park’s nursery, herbarium and the bird and wildlife collection (which isn’t open to the general public). • Hiking Pu’u Huluhulu, the latest installment of nonprofit group’s
Some of the finest woodworking in the Islands is now on display at the 27th annual Hawaii Wood Guild Exhibit. The juried exhibit, which got under way last week at Isaacs Art Center in Waimea (Kamuela) on the Big Island (upcountry area, east of the Kohala Coast), is open to the public on Tuesdays through
The Big Island’s annual Waimea Cherry Blossom Heritage Festival marks the blooming of the area’s historic cherry trees with a Japanese tradition called hanami, which translates as “cherry blossom viewing party.” After enduring a seasonal winter chill, the 60-year-old cherry trees in the upcountry area east of the Kohala Coast typically bloom in February. The
Eruptive activity at the Big Island’s Kilauea volcano is picking up at the Pu u Oo vent and Halemaumau Crater. At the Pu u Oo vent, situated in the volcano’s East Rift Zone, lava flows are sporadically spilling onto the east flank of the vent. The volume of lava streaming to ocean entry is increasing
We’ve counted the votes from our latest HAWAII Magazine facebook ohana poll question: Where’s your favorite shoreline spot for whale-watching? The top vote-getters are on the pages ahead. Not already a part of our facebook ohana? If that’s the case, you’re cordially invited to take part in on our next poll. Just click here then
Hawaii residents and visitors alike are invited to take part in the annual Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary’s Ocean Count, which will get under way on Sat., Jan. 26 at more than 60 shore sites edging Oahu, Kauai, and the Big Island. Subsequent Ocean Count sessions will be conducted on Sat., Feb. 23,
