HILO, Hawaiʻi (Island News) -- From hand-strung ni’ihau jewelry to intricate lei hulu and glass lei, each piece carries generations of tradition deeply rooted in Hawaiian culture. "It's a dying art.

HILO, Hawaiʻi (Island News) -- Hālau Hiʻiakaināmakalehua was named the overall winner of the 2026 Merrie Monarch Festival on Saturday. They placed first after performing “Hulihia Ka ʻĀpapa Ka Unu ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When the Merrie Monarch Hawaiian Arts and Crafts Fair kicked off Wednesday at the Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium in Hilo, it gave ...

Friday was group hula kahiko night at the Merrie Monarch Festival’s hula competition. There were 29 ancient hula performances, 17 by wahine and 12 by kane, with the evening’s festivities concluding ...

State officials are urging interisland travelers to get to the airport early this week if heading to Hilo for the Merrie Monarch Festival. The week-long festival, which began Easter Sunday, is ...

YOU’RE WATCHING WLKY NEWS FEST IS BACK THIS WEEKEND. ORGANIZERS ARE EXPECTING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, PLUS DOZENS OF ANIMALS TO FILL MARKET STREET. BLAKELY MCHUGH IS IN NULU AND HAS MORE ON WHAT WE CAN ...

Convicted fraudster Aimee Bock, deemed the ringleader and face of the Feeding Our Future fraud scandal that’s become a national controversy, will be sentenced May 21. The sentencing comes more than a ...

In pre-industrial days, beer making used to be more beholden to the weather and the seasons. One needed Mother Nature to bestow upon brewers the right temperatures for making beer, and in the days ...

Merrie Carol (Hau) Twohig, born on Christmas Day in 1943, entered eternal life surrounded by the love of her family on February 11th, 2026. The cherished only child of Clarence and Millie (Brandt) Hau ...

WASHINGTON – Newly released records show Dallas crisis consultant Merrie Spaeth kept contacting convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein years after his 2008 guilty plea, despite previously saying she ...

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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - With the Merrie Monarch Festival still on the minds of many, small local businesses are also basking in an economic boost. But the question now is: How can it be sustained ...