The latest version of Congress’s annual defense spending bill includes several provisions for Hawaii and the Pacific, and one ...

Members of an advisory group set up to guide ongoing lease negotiations with the Army feel like they’ve been sidelined by Gov ...

The U.S. Army’s 65-year leases on 22,971 acres of state lands at Pōhakuloa Training Area on the Big Island and 6,322 acres of state property on Oʻahu — which include land at Kawailoa-Poamoho Training ...

The US Army’s lease for $1 per year for land used for Pōhakuloa Training Area ends in 2029. (File Photo) Gov. Josh Green’s advisory committee on the Army’s land lease negotiations gathered virtually ...

After mounting criticism of Gov. Josh Green’s approach to renegotiating military leases of state-owned land, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs is asking for a more formal role in the process. On Friday, ...

U.S. Marines training evolutions during Exercise Bougainville II at Pōhakuloa Training Area, Hawaii in May, 2019. Unit - 2nd Battalion, 3d Marine Regiment. Film Credits: U.S. Marine Corps Video by Cpl ...

Will Bailey is a veteran who was born on Kauaʻi, served two tours in Iraq, and now lives on Hawaiʻi island. He attended University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa, UH Hilo and Hawaiʻi Community College. You can ...

HONOLULU — A high-altitude plateau on the Big Island is the only place in Hawaii where thousands of ground forces can practice firing live munitions. It's also a place many Native Hawaiians consider ...

The Board of Land and Natural Resources has declined to approve the U.S. Army's Final Environmental Impact Statement for lease areas on Oʻahu. The decision followed public input, which was largely in ...

US Marines conduct drills after a helicopter insert during exercises at Pohakuloa Training Area. US Marine Corps photo. In the summer of 2022, when the Mana Road fire burned more than 44,000 acres of ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s land board rejected the Army’s environmental impact statement to retain land on the Big Island used for live-fire training, a vote some Native Hawaiian leaders say reflects a ...