AT&T and FirstNet Expand Deployable Assets to Strengthen Public Safety Communications Across Hawaii and Alaska

Broadband | 2025-10-27 AT&T and FirstNet are expanding their support with 17 new deployable assets to assist first responders and communities across Hawaii and Alaska. When disaster strikes, rapid and reliable communication is essential,...

Science The Brighter Side of News Scientists finally explain why the Sun's corona burns millions of degrees hotter than its surface

For decades, scientists have wondered how the Sun’s outer atmosphere — the corona — burns millions of degrees hotter than its surface. A new study led by Northumbria University physicist Richard Morton offers a major clue: the Sun’s heat may come...

Home-care providers launch Hawaii-chapter

Hawaii’s home-care providers will have a new platform for collaboration and advocacy as the Home Care Association of America launches its first statewide chapter next week. The national trade group — which represents nearly 4,500 private-duty...

Assisted Suicide Misuse

National Data on Assisted Suicide When it comes to American’s opinions on doctor-assistive suicide, survey data have shown that Americans’ belief in the morality of the practice has decreased. Identical studies done in 2016 and 2025 by the Lifeway...

3i/Atlas Vessel Footage Intensifies Alien Theories - Are Scientists Buying It?

The strange case of 3I/ATLAS, the interstellar object now moving through our solar system, has taken a wild turn. Footage circulating on social media claims to show what users describe as a 'large vessel' linked to the comet-like body, with some...

Science The Brighter Side of News White dwarf star is still feasting on dead Earth-like planet 3 billion years later

Astronomers recently peered deep into space and found that an old, faint white dwarf named LSPM J0207+3331, located about 145 light-years away, is still consuming the rocky remains of its former planets. This star, about the size of Earth but with...

Science People A New 'Quasi-Moon' Has Been Discovered Near Earth and Will Stick Around For Another 60 Years

NEED TO KNOW A new "quasi-moon" named 2025 PN7 has been discovered, according to a newly-released paper Scientists out of a Hawaii observatory reportedly discovered the new quasi-moon on Aug. 29 It is believed that the new moon will stick around...

Alaska Airlines says an information technology outage caused ground stop

An information technology outage has prompted Alaska Airlines to ground its planes, the airline said Thursday. The company said in a post on the social platform X that it imposed a “temporary ground stop,” and recommended passengers check their...

Symphony of the Hawaiʻi Seas unites science, culture, art

Reading time: 2 minutes To encourage a deeper connection with the ocean and foster ocean stewardship across generations in Hawaiʻi, the University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant College Program (Hawaiʻi Sea Grant) and UH Mānoa Department of Music, in...

Honolulu in search of someone to lead climate change and resiliency efforts

The City and County of Honolulu is looking for a new chief resilience officer to lead the city's Office of Climate Change, Sustainability and Resiliency. The chief resilience officer tracks, manages, and develops plans regarding the impacts of...

Career Expo returns to Blaisdell with Hawaii’s top employers

STAR-ADVERTISER / JULY 2024 Recruiters and job seekers attended last year’s Hawaii Career Expo at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center Exhibition Hall. The Hawaii Career Expo returns to the Neal Blaisdell Exhibition Hall Wednesday with more than 100...

Ex-Hawaii CEO sentenced for illegal donations

An ex-Hawaii defense contractor and prominent campaign contributor was sentenced last week to 33 months in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to funnel $205,600 in illegal campaign contributions to a political action committee and U.S....

Is Earth 'on the brink'? 2024 was likely our planet’s hottest year in 125,000 years

2024 may have been Earth's hottest year in at least 125,000 years, according to a grim climate report published Wednesday (Oct. 29) that describes our world as "on the brink" and warns its "vital signs are flashing red," with nearly two-thirds...

Space Exploration in the Backyard, On a Budget

Humanity’s drive to explore has taken us across the solar system, with astronaut boots, various landers and rovers’ wheels exploring the surfaces of several different planetary bodies. These environments are generally hostile to human and...

Column: Climate change real; Hawaii can lead on green energy

As a fellow retired U.S. Air Force meteorologist, I read the recent column, “Be practical about isle climate policy” (Star-Advertiser, Island Voices, Oct. 19), with deep disappointment. Not only do I strongly disagree with its conclusions, but the...

Researchers 90% positive they will find Amelia Earhart’s doomed plane on remote Pacific island

Amelia Earhart was a superstar long before the term was ever coined. The famed aviator set multiple flying records, serving as a model of independence for girls and women in a male-dominated world. She was a 1930s-era influencer, starring in radio...

Scientist Claims 3I ATLAS Is 'Artificial' and Not of This World—Internet Erupts in Shock

It arrived from the void, a silent traveller from a distant, unknown star system, sparking a firestorm of debate that bridges the gap between sober science and the wildest dreams of science fiction. For decades, humanity has gazed at the stars,...

Researchers discover endangered false killer whale tangled in marine debris off Lāna‘i

LĀNA‘I, Hawai‘i (Island News) -- A heartbreaking discovery off Lāna‘i this week. Researchers with Cascadia Research Collective found an endangered false killer whale severely entangled in marine debris. The adult male, identified as HIPc373, is...

Dr. Novick and the Academic Health Department

Lloyd’s work fundamentally influenced me long before I ever met him. As a recently minted PhD in experimental psychology, I had moved to Hawaii in 1999 for a post-doctoral fellowship at the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii. A year later, I was...

Hawaiian Airlines flights remain operational as tech issues ground Alaska Airlines flights

HONOLULU (Island News) -- Hawaiian Airlines flights are operating on schedule as an IT outage has grounded Alaska Airlines flights across the country on Thursday. Alaska Airlines is experiencing an IT outage which has disrupted operations,...