By Penny Nakamura Though George Tanabe worried his Waialua acre of Chinese pink lotus flowers would be destroyed by the muck and mud of the Kona Low storms, he stood on the shores of his large spring fed lotus pond and smiled at the irony on a recent sunny summer day....
The recent impacts of Hurricane Lowell and Tropical Storm Lala are a reminder that hurricane season can change quickly and that being prepared matters. Communities across Hawaiʻi felt the effects of Hurricane Lowell, with particularly significant impacts on our...
At a recent gathering marking the 80th anniversary of the 1946 Hawaiʻi Sugar Strike, Governor Waiheʻe reminded us of a part of that history that does not always receive enough attention. The strike involved 26,000 workers at 33 of Hawaiʻi’s 34 sugar plantations. For...
