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Question: What are the rules for how much time a group can use a public pickleball court? If our group starts playing at 8 o’clock, for example, and another group of players shows up after that, does our group need to give up the court after a certain amount of time has gone by?

The Moanalua flag football team struggled to put drives together Saturday, until it mattered the most.

Eleven months ago, the Hawaii baseball team had not earned the fourth seed in the 2026 Big West Tournament.

In a meet that was feared might not happen a day earlier due to weather, history was made as Mid-Pacific earned a share of a state track and field championship for the first time in the school’s history Saturday at Kamehameha.

Thirteen years later, Max Holloway will finally get his rematch against Conor McGregor.

The Amisone Family can boast having produced a pair of elite quarterbacks at Kapolei High School.

There were more than a few fans who expected nothing out of Moanalua against Punahou’s dynasty on Saturday night.

The University of Hawaii women’s sailing team saw its season end Saturday in the ICSA Women’s Fleet Race National Championship Western Semifinals in St. Petersburg, Fla., as the Rainbow Wahine finished 11th — two spots short of advancing.

More than a century of military training has left untold numbers of undetonated bombs and other munitions across the Hawaiian Islands.

Behind the verbal sparring last week between federal and state officials over policing Medicaid fraud, data shows Hawaii’s recent record on the subject is in some respects worst in the nation.

A routine trip to the doctor could soon be protected by a pending Hawaii law aimed at keeping patients and healthcare workers from being blocked, threatened or harassed outside medical facilities.

Sea turtles were seen foraging a destructive algae in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, which scientists say show the animals have an important role in controlling the species — but they may also be spreading it.

Video of a Washington man hurling a rock at a Hawaiian monk seal on Maui earlier this month has gone viral, drawing condemnation from all corners of the world. It also is raising questions about how well Hawaii is educating visitors about the endangered species.

Senate Bill 2471, the Legislature’s attempt to circumvent the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United ruling allowing corporations to spend unlimited “dark money” to influence elections, is a noble effort to reform elections.

By Star-Advertiser staff

For decades, Primm, Nev., has been a first casino stop for many visitors traveling to Las Vegas on I-15 from Los Angeles. That will soon end with the announcement that the last of the three casinos there is closing. Whiskey Pete’s closed in December 2024, and Buffalo Bill’s in July. Primm Valley, the last of the three, will shutter after business on July 4. The Lotto Store just over the state line in California, which drew thousands of lotto hopefuls from Las Vegas, will also close. Once home to

Did you spot a sign of Hawaiian life on your travels? To submit photos, check out our new, simple online submission form at staradvertiser.com/signs. You must fill out all required fields in order to be considered for publication. Photos must have a person in them and contain a “sign” of Hawaiian life. Email submissions and mailed photos are no longer accepted.

To say Iran is responsible for many Americans losing their lives since 1979 is to repeat Israeli lobbying talking points (“Trump mopping up past presidents’ folly,” Star-Advertiser, May 10). It’s repeated ad nauseam by many U.S. politicians.

Hawaii’s 100% renewable energy goal is one of the world’s most ambitious. Doing so would get rid of outdated power plants like Kahe that are so costly to operate and damage Oahu’s environment. This is important.

Columnist Cal Thomas attacked the Pope’s comments on Donald Trump’s Iran war (“Pope might be righteous, but he is wrong about Iran war,” Star-Advertiser, May 12). He cites Iran as evil, as Ronald Reagan did the Soviet Union. Thomas falsely says Iran seeks Muslim world domination.