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 ...

Hawaiian lei are often made with Thai orchids. Now, lawmakers are pushing for a restriction on imported flowers – which could ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) -The largest Hawaiian cultural celebration in the nation wrapped up Saturday with the 72nd annual Aloha Festivals Floral Parade. The parade featured marching bands, floats, ...

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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Many volunteers are hard at work transforming flat beds and trailers into vibrant floats for this weekend’s Aloha Festivals Floral Parade. Pa‘u units have also spent the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HONOLULU — Researchers dispatched a drone ...

The Aloha Festivals, a staple of Oahu’s festival calendar since 1946, returns to Honolulu next month in a celebration filled with food, tradition and music. The Aloha Festivals, one of the islands’ ...

Flower garlands are synonymous with Hawaii. But the purple orchid lei that adorn the necks of tourists often aren't made in the Aloha State. Instead, they are imported from Thailand. Some ...

Researchers dispatched a drone into the Hawaiian skies to observe an extremely biodiverse area on a remote part of Kauai’s Kalalau Valley. The scientists soon realized they had rediscovered a flower ...

The flowers in that bright-purple lei you received on your Hawaii vacation almost certainly weren't grown in Hawai'i.