On Friday, the U.S. Department of Transportation issued an order selecting Mokulele Airlines to provide Essential Air Service to Kalaupapa. The federal program ensures air service for hard-to-reach ...

As time machines go, Makani the mule is not a particularly swift or smooth ride as she lumbers down the trail, occasionally hanging her head over the sheer drop to get at some spectacularly placed ...

KALAUPAPA, Molokai >> Kalaupapa beckoned to Kyong Son Toyofuku. She had long prayed to visit the hard-to-reach Molokai peninsula, trapped by its deep-green, sheer sea cliffs and rugged, black-rock ...

Apr. 18—John Arruda was sent to the isolated Kalaupapa Peninsula in 1945 following his Hansen's disease diagnosis and Friday celebrated his 100th birthday in the Kalaupapa Settlement, where only eight ...

WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — A steep trail to the remote Kalaupapa leprosy settlement in Hawaii has been closed indefinitely after a landslide took out a bridge along one of the switchbacks. Kalaupapa ...

KALAUPAPA, Hawai‘i — Kalaupapa beckoned to Kyong Son Toyofuku. She had long prayed to visit the hard-to-reach Hawaiian peninsula, trapped by its deep-green, sheer sea cliffs and rugged, black rock ...

KALAUPAPA, MOLOKAI (HAWAIINEWSNOW) - Nearly 150 years ago, the first group of Hansen's Disease patients were exiled to Kalaupapa. Forced isolation continued until 1969, and altogether some 8,000 ...

The state Department of Transportation is proposing to build a firefighting vehicle garage and install a new automated weather system at the Kalaupapa Airport, among the many changes that would help ...

Kalaupapa, Molokai -- At the edge of what are said to be the highest sea cliffs in the world, a sturdy metal gate marks the start of a trail that switchbacks steeply down the cliff-face to the beach.

A building that served as a kitchen and cafeteria at the Kalaupapa settlement on Molokai is no more. According to a Dept. of Health spokesperson, the fire happened a little after 2 a.m. Tuesday and ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - A state House Committee considered a measure Wednesday that would make January “Kalaupapa Month.” Members of the community with deep connections to the Molokai ...