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 (HawaiiNewsNow) - For the first time in a decade, the Royal Coronation Ball was held Sunday to crown the king and queen of the Merrie Monarch Festival. Guests were invited to wear their ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. COURTESY HDOA The Hawaii Department of Agriculture is reminding travelers going to the Merrie Monarch Festival in Hilo that the ...

HILO, Hawaii (KHON2) — The Merrie Monarch Festival is an iconic event in Hawai’i. A large scale gathering that brings out the best of the best hula hālau who compete for the top honor. This year’s ...

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 ...

HONOLULU (KITV4) -- Katie Natori from Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut and Teal Salvador of Cocokealohi were on Good Morning Hawaii talking about perpetuating the Hawaiian culture through papale this year at ...

Derrick Kiyan, co-owner of Piko Works handmade jewelry and crafts, held his Shih Tzu, Piko, at Manono Street Marketplace on Saturday in Hilo. On Saturday, fashion designer Kini Zamora went through ...

Jayda Lum Lung will dance a traditional hula in honor of Lahaina wildfire victims at Hawaii’s biggest hula competition of the year. Her hand movements will flow gracefully to symbolize the winds, ...

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 ...

One of two men identified by police as suspects in the weekend burglary of the Merrie Monarch Festival office in Hilo was wearing a red and orange Merrie Monarch pareo when arrested, according to ...

UPDATE: Big Island police have charged suspects Dayson Eblacas and Makua Amituanai with multiple offenses after the two allegedly stole several Merrie Monarch medals from the Festival office in Hilo.