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
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.
After opening in 1953, Coco Palms Resort on Kauai emerged as an icon of Hawaii tourism, attracting famous guests such as Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby and Elvis Presley. Much of the last portion of Presley’s 1961 movie Blue Hawaii was filmed in the resort’s lagoon. Three decades later, however, Hurricane Iniki severely damaged the Wailua
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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,
From: HAWAII Magazine’s staff ohana To: our HAWAII Magazine & HawaiiMagazine.com reader ohana A very Mele Kalikimaka (Merry Christmas) to you and all the best in the new year. Hauoli Makahiki Hou (Happy New Year)! By the way, if you happen to be on Oahu this week or next, the 28th annual Honolulu City Lights
As the sun slips behind the gentle green hills edging Kauai’s quiet southwest side and nightfall is in the offing, festive lights flicker to life in the windows of art galleries, eateries and shops along the main drag of Hanapepe town. On this late summer Friday evening, a mix of visitors and area resident are
A 3-year-old Hawaiian monk seal abandoned by its mother as a newborn on Kauai is now taking up permanent residence at the Waikiki Aquarium’s Hawaiian Monk Seal Habitat. Hoailona, also known as KP2, returned to Hawaii last month, after spending about two years at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he took part in
Two Hawaii musicians and the movie soundtrack for Hawaii-filmed The Descendants picked up Grammy Award nominations, which were announced this week by The Recording Academy. The 55th Grammys awards show will be staged (with a CBS broadcast) on Feb. 10, 2013. Keola Beamer’s album Malama Ko Aloha, or “Keep Your Love,” is nominated in the
Kauai’s 16th annual Festival of Lights, which features a charming collection of island-style folk art and thousands of glowing yuletide lights, will get under way on Fri., Dec. 7 with caroling, illumination of Lihue’s Historic Park and, of course, visits with Santa Claus. Mrs. Claus will be on hand, too. Festivities will begin at 6
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