This Week in the Islands — August 31, 2026

Aloha — your week in the islands, for the week of August 31, 2026.

This week’s news

  • Tropical Storm Lowell tracked west across the Central Pacific
  • Presidential emergency declaration approved for Hawaiʻi County
  • DHHL on pace for a record year of lease awards
  • Green and Kawakami head to the Nov. 3 general election

All the latest Hawaiʻi news →

Word of the Day

Today’s word is PUʻUHONUA. A new Hawaiian word every day at digitalpiko.com →

Coming up

Island Happenings — cultural events across the paeʻāina →
Island Scoreboard →


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