Raycom Media Inc. is obligated to pay $22 million to the owner of KGMB9 in seven years as part of the newsroom merger between KGMB, KHNL and K5 television stations.

Sales of previously owned homes on the Big Island and Kauai last month were higher than the same month a year earlier, though median prices were mostly lower.

Hawaii's economic torpor will stretch into next year with the back half of 2010 looking better than the first six months. That was part of the message delivered yesterday at First Hawaiian Bank's annual Economic Outlook Forum where economist Leroy

Jack in the Box restaurants in Hawaii are running a promotion this month in which customers will receive one free hot or iced coffee with any purchase. The restaurant recently began serving a new Kona blend in its Oahu and

NEW YORK — Stores are heading into the holiday period with slashed inventories, determined not to have the fire sales that characterized last Christmas.

Proving that Division I can be a powerful status, the University of Hawai'i men's basketball team powered its way to an 83-69 exhibition victory over Brigham Young-Hawai'i last night. A crowd of 3,235 at the Stan Sheriff Center watched the

Hawai'i offensive tackle Laupepa Letuli's knee injury is serious enough that he is not expected to play the rest of the football season. But, in a twist, his situation actually could benefit his football career. Letuli appears to be a

Quarterback T.C. Campbell passed for five touchdowns and No. 2 Kamehameha rolled over defending state champion No. 5 Punahou, 45-21, last night to capture the Interscholastic League of Honolulu Division I football championship at Aloha Stadium.

The darkness and raindrops fell quickly upon the grass fields at Wahiawä Elementary School as the Leilehua High School football team wrapped up practice early Tuesday evening.

Barely a week after the Hawai'i High School Athletic Association's "SOS" (Save Our Sports) campaign surpassed its original goal of raising $1.2 million for public school athletic programs, a $100,000 contribution is coming its way.

P.J. Minaya threw three consecutive passes for touchdowns to London Amroin in the second half to snap a 14-all game and Pac-Five downed Word of Life, 33-14, yesterday in their Interscholastic League on Honolulu Division II season finale.

OIA Football4:30 p.m. 'Aiea vs. Moanalua7:30 p.m. Leilehua vs. Kahuku

Stein Metzger has been gone nearly half his life chasing volleyball dreams and turning them into reality. Now, just before his 37th birthday, he is back home in Hawai'i, pondering life after kills.

PITTSBURGH — Ryan Clark may be saying everything he needs to say with his growing silence. The Pittsburgh Steelers safety is usually one of the team's most talkative players.

LAS VEGAS — Darvin Moon's preparations for a run at the $8.55 million top prize at the World Series of Poker included an extended hunting trip last month in Wyoming where he slept in a two-room cabin without electricity and

Two volleyball teams desperately seeking the postseason are in Hawai'i this weekend to play the Western Athletic Conference's most imposing speed bump.

ATLANTA — Go ahead and tell Paul Johnson that his throwback offense can't work at a big-time university. He's heard it all before. Heck, he thrives on the skepticism.

CLEVELAND — Luol Deng scored 15 points and helped stop LeBron James on a drive in the final seconds as the Chicago Bulls ended Cleveland's three-game winning streak with an 86-85 victory last night.

San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum is facing misdemeanor marijuana charges following a traffic stop in his home state.