When Raven Liddle started her business, Second Skin Naturals, she made her primo product, Hawaiian Mosquito Shield, in a measuring cup.

All it took was a fish to change Tom Pickett's life overnight. He'd speared it off Polihale, taken it home, cooked it up for dinner and eaten heartily.

Three residents escaped a fire that engulfed their Kilauea home in Kauai this morning.

Imagine flying in a helicopter over molten lava -- so close to it you can smell the sulfurous gases and feel the heat .

Our cover story this week profiles the three Hawaii residents who were selected from the many nominees to our first-ever Local Heroes celebration.

Sometimes, there's just not enough gratitude to go around. When publisher Laurie V. Carlson decided to sponsor our first-ever Local Hero awards, co-sponsored by Kilauea Lodge, she had no idea how hard the selection process would be.

Long-time Kilauea Volcano watchers know the drill when the supply of magma to the active vent on the volcano's east rift zone is interrupted - abandonment of the "old" lava tube system, breakout of new surface flows, an evolving tube network, and eventually a new ocean entry.

Anyone who crosses the Wailua River can see construction is ongoing to widen the former cane haul bridge to two lanes.

If you want to see more of Kauai, but are tired from all the hiking, why not let a horse take you.

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KEALIA, Kauai An oceanfront home on Kauai's east side that was recently priced at just under ten million dollars is expected to fetch between three to seven million dollars at auction next month.

Fires are burning on the Big Island as a surge of lava pulses down slope through as many as six tubes, threatening the last remaining home in a neighborhood scorched by Pele.

Tourists chat in front of Kilauea's erupting Halemaumau Crater on Hawaii's Big Island.

Kauai police Thursday said a 31-year-old Lawa'i man who was involved in Kaua'i's first fatal crash of the year was arrested Wednesday morning at police headquarters in Lihue.

Kauai police on Wednesday arrested a 31-year-old Lawai man in connection with a fatal crash.

Like the fabled elephant variously described by blind men, Kilauea Volcano presents several intriguing facets as it continues its pyrotechnic exhalations, now in their 28th year.

The National Weather Service says the volcanic haze, or vog, might clear today over Honolulu, but will likely return tomorrow.

A local researcher said what Hawaii residents often call vog is a mix of volcanic ash and pollution.

If it's meant to be, it's meant to be. Do you believe in coincidences? I certainly don't. Especially since I made a home for myself on the Big Island.

A 32-year-old Kapaa man died last night in a two-car crash on Kaumualii Highway near the entrance to Kahili Mt.