The weeklong Merrie Monarch Festival is the heartbeat of the Hilo community, its yearly swell the rhythm by which the community here lives, so many residents and visitors alike this past week have ...

WAILUKU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A powerhouse halau from Maui says preparing for the Merrie Monarch Festival provides valuable life lessons. These kumu teach their haumana, or students, it’s important to be ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) – The Merrie Monarch Festival returns with a live audience in person this year in Hilo, Hawaiʻi. Let’s try to find people and hear their experience of what it means to be back. She’s ...

Fifteen hula students from Maui’s Lahainaluna High School are about to take a trip of a lifetime to experience the 61st annual Merrie Monarch Festival. Due to expensive and scarce lodging options ...

COURTESY HDOA The Hawaii Department of Agriculture is reminding travelers going to the Merrie Monarch Festival in Hilo that the transport of ohia or any parts of the ohia is not allowed off of Hawaii ...

Whether or not she placed in the top 5, Ka’imilani Marie Corpuz was already fulfilling one of her lifelong dreams by dancing on the Merrie Monarch stage as a Miss Aloha Hula contestant. So it was ...

Auntie Annie Kanahele, top left, Peggy Kaohelaulii and Hiipoi Kanahele sat with their handmade Niihau shell lei for sale Wednesday at their Ehulani Ohana Niihau Shell Lei booth during the Merrie ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE @STARADVERTISER.COM Kumu Vicky Holt Takamine gave instruction to the hula halau on Thursday. 1 /6 GEORGE F.

HILO (Island News)-- There were some concerns that the weather would not cooperate Saturday for the Merrie Monarch parade in Hilo. The week of festivities has been wrapping up on the Big Island. "It ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - After the world’s most popular hula event was postponed in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, the 2021 Merrie Monarch Festival is set to make its return to television ...

Police estimated the value of items stolen in a weekend burglary of the Merrie Monarch Festival office in Hilo as more than $2,700. “My first reaction was one of shock. I just couldn’t believe that ...