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Overview
Hawaii's daily press is the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, formed in 2010 when the Star-Bulletin merged with the Advertiser, plus the Hawaii Tribune-Herald in Hilo, West Hawaii Today in Kona, the Maui News and the Garden Island on Kauai, all under common ownership. Honolulu Civil Beat covers state government and the courts online, and Ka Wai Ola, published by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, covers Native Hawaiian affairs.
Hawaii newspapers carry the legal notices state law requires for foreclosures, estates and government hearings, publish obituaries for every island, and their archives, including a century of Hawaiian language newspapers, are among the most important historical records in the state.
Official sources on this page were checked on September 25, 2026.
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Hawaii Newspapers
Find local and statewide newspaper publications for Hawaii. Access news, sports, classified, entertainment, and archived articles.
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Major Hawaii newspapers and what they cover
The Star-Advertiser covers Oahu, the legislature, the state courts and the federal court in Honolulu, with digital archives that include the Advertiser from the 1850s onward. The Tribune-Herald and West Hawaii Today cover Hawaii Island and its county council, the Maui News covers Maui County including Molokai and Lanai, and the Garden Island covers Kauai County. Because each island is one county, the four county papers carry the county council, planning commission and police reports for their entire county. Civil Beat's court and public records reporting is searchable free online.
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Historic Hawaii newspapers online
Hawaii's newspaper heritage is unusual: more than a hundred Hawaiian language newspapers were published between 1834 and 1948, and they are digitized free through the Papakilo Database of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the Nupepa collection. The Hawaii Digital Newspaper Project at the University of Hawaii contributes English and Hawaiian titles to Chronicling America. The Hawaii State Library in Honolulu holds newspaper microfilm for every island and provides free access to the Star-Advertiser archive with a library card, and the Hawaii State Archives holds early titles.
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Legal notices, public notices and obituaries in Hawaii
Hawaii law requires foreclosure notices, notices to creditors in probate, name changes, land court notices and county and state hearings to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, and the Star-Advertiser carries most statewide notices with the county papers carrying the rest. The state also posts agency notices on its public notices site. Obituaries run in the Star-Advertiser and the island papers, and the Hawaii State Library's obituary index covers older Honolulu deaths. Court coverage pairs with the Judiciary's eCourt Kokua case search.
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Straight answers
Hawaii Newspaper Directory, questions
What is the main newspaper in Hawaii?
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser, formed in 2010 from the Star-Bulletin and the Advertiser, plus one daily for each of the other islands: the Tribune-Herald and West Hawaii Today, the Maui News and the Garden Island.
Where can I read Hawaiian language newspapers?
Free in the Papakilo Database from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the Nupepa collection, which cover more than a century of Hawaiian language publishing, and in Chronicling America.
Where are Hawaii foreclosure notices published?
In a newspaper of general circulation in the county, which means the Star-Advertiser for Oahu and statewide notices and the island papers for their counties.