Origins: “My family was musical, and we grew up playing country and bluegrass and folk music, and I was interested in taking apart instruments,” KiLin Reece says about growing up in Bonny Doon, ...

Its frisky four strings are the sound of Elvis’s ‘Blue Hawaii,’ of Tiny Tim tiptoeing through the tulips and lately, beyond all reason, of a popular ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ cover. Above all, the humble ...

HONOLULU — The decision to name a state instrument in Hawaii is proving more difficult than some lawmakers expected. ADVERTISING HONOLULU — The decision to name a state instrument in Hawaii is proving ...

CRAIG T. KOJIMA / [email protected] Hawaiians made ukeke from hardwoods such as kau­ila and ulei. Ukeke maker Mahi La Pierre has been experimenting with other types of wood. Select an option ...

Wounded, ill and injured Soldiers in the Army Recovery Care Program who are assigned to the Warrior Transition Battalion at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii have unique opportunities to learn more about ...

"One beautiful thing I love about Hawaii is that the community there is really what holds everything together," Artis tells PEOPLE Tricia Despres is a writer for PEOPLE digital, covering everything ...

HONOLULU, HAWAII — A Hawaiian voyaging canoe is set to sail around the world using the age-old art of wayfinding ‒ navigating without instruments ‒ as part of a global movement to help create a more ...

HILO An instrument on a Maunakea observatory intended to track shooting stars is finally operational after more than a year of delays. “We were hoping to turn them on, and then we had some really bad ...