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3 days ago | staradvertiser.com | Victoria Budiono

The Waikiki Beach Special Improvement District Association is collaborating with local government agencies and stakeholders to develop an interim beach restoration and mitigation plan for the state to save Waikiki’s beaches. But Dolan Eversole, the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s coastal processes specialist at the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, said completing the three-phase strategy will take up to 2028 optimistically.

3 days ago | staradvertiser.com | Billy Hull

Win or go home. One of the most exciting phrases in all of sports now applies to the Hawaii men’s volleyball team. Friday night inside of SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center, the Rainbow Warriors will be in that exact situation in the semifinals of the Outrigger Big West Men’s Volleyball Championship.

3 days ago | staradvertiser.com | Victoria Budiono

Fronting the Halekulani Hotel in Waikiki, a narrow concrete boardwalk stretches across what was once a sandy shoreline at Kawehewehe — one of four ancient Hawaiian healing sites in the area. Known as the Halekulani Boardwalk, the path connects beachgoers between the Halekulani and Outrigger hotels. At first glance it appears walkable, drawing tourists and residents hoping to cross the shallow channel. But the walkway quickly becomes slick and uneven.

4 days ago | staradvertiser.com | Nina Wu

The Merrie Monarch Festival stage at the Edith Kanaka‘ole Multi-Purpose Stadium in Hilo is set, ready for dancers to put forth their best performances in the prestigious hula competition. Thirteen solo dancers will vie for the Miss Aloha Hula title Thursday evening, while 27 different hula groups — 10 kane and 17 wahine — from throughout the state and California will participate in the group kahiko and auana competitions Friday and Saturday, with winners announced late into the night.

4 days ago | staradvertiser.com | Leila Fujimori

Mohomiid Wicks, an inmate at Halawa Correctional Facility, recently got to hold his 7-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter for the first time since his incarceration began six months ago. It was a new chance for the children to bond with their father at the prison’s first Keiki Day, an Easter-themed collaboration with Keiki O Ka ‘Aina Family Learning Centers.