Hawaii, the U.S. epicenter for the disease, offers a preview of what may come next.

A powerful kona low spinning northwest of Hawaii is expected to dump heavy snow on the Big Island’s tallest peaks, with forecasters warning that whiteout conditions could make travel “very difficult to impossible” from Thursday evening through Saturday afternoon.

Greatness on the way out.The University of Hawai’i women’s basketball team secured seven different conference honors on Tuesday afternoon, seeing a handful of different Rainbow Wahine honored in the program’s final campaign in the Big West Conference.

The storm, known as a kona low, is a major weather maker in the Hawaiian Islands. On Tuesday, the Honolulu office of the National Weather Service said a “high-impact weather event” was beginning to unfold, as the system strengthened northwest of the state, drawing in very moist tropical air northward toward Hawaii.

An emergency declaration was issued as a prolonged kona storm is forecast to bring flooding and up to 8 inches of snow to the summits.

Some Hawaii lawmakers think the state should be doing more to help the producers of lei made with locally grown flowers.

The rejuvenation of Isaac “Big Fish” Johnson’s basketball career received a boost when Hawaii’s 7-foot center was named to the All-Big West first team on Tuesday.

HONOLULU (AP) — Dear Tourist: The flowers in that bright-purple lei you received on your Hawaii vacation almost certainly weren’t grown in the Aloha State. The vast majority of those odorless orchids are imported from Thailand, where it is cheaper to ...