Hawaii Independent Staff
Kanesa Duncan Seraphin en-route to victory in 2009.
Jason Shibata, above, took first place at the 2010 Sponsor Me Hawaii competition.
William S. Richardson celebrates his 90th birthday.
On average, each Hawaii resident produces approximately 18 tons of carbon dioxide each year.
Hawaii's cigarette taxes have increased $1.60 per pack since 2002.
President Barack Obama prepares for his weekly address on June 18.
The Hawaiian Hall at the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum contains the world's largest collection of Polynesian artifacts.
The rainbow flag, sometimes called "the freedom flag," was popularized as a symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) pride and diversity by San Francisco artist Gilbert Baker in 1978.
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden meet with BP executives in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.
Ignition interlock devices, as demonstrated above at a MADD event, is moving forward with the purpose of reducing Hawaii's alcohol related traffic fatalities.
The first geothermal well in Hawaii, tapping volcanic steam for energy, was drilled in 1976 in the Puna District.
The starting line approaches for the elite race.
Na Wai Eha streamflow helps recharge the ground water supply that sustains more than half of Maui's residents and visitors.
The original statue of King Kamehameha I, in Kapaau, North Kohala.
A screen capture of The Honolulu Advertiser's farewell.
The Rainbow Wahine got past The Missouri Tigers in the opener of the College World Series.
Surfers watch the incoming sets at Sunset Beach.
Former Congressman Ed Case served from 2002 to 2007.
HPU students find the right shot at the Eaton Square Rooftop shoot in Waikiki.
"Juice King" by Snowden Hodges.
DOTAX director Kurt Kawafuchi served in Gov.Linda Lingle's cabinet since 2003.
B-2 and F-15 jets soar above Guam airspace.
Green Girl Pedal Power!
Certified Minority Business Enterprises have unique access to doing business with each other and with larger corporations, according to the folks at Hawaii Minority Supplier Certification.
Hawaii Literacy is in need of replacing or repairing its Bookmobile, which makes stops across Oahu to promote literacy.