The Molokai Light in Kalaupapa is the tallest lighthouse in Hawaii (Kawano, Lynn | None) Kalaupapa remains closed after COVID-19 stopped all tourist visits in 2020.

Landmark light: The tallest of Hawaii's lighthouses may also be its loneliest: The 138-foot, century-old Kalaupapa Lighthouse looms over the isolated peninsula on Molokai's north shore that was ...

National Park Service rangers have been trained to be on the lookout for invasive pests that could threaten the landscape in the remote area of Kalaupapa.

Forty-one elderly leprosy patients still live on the isolated peninsula at the bottom of the trail. They've been free to leave since 1970, but have chosen to live out their lives in Kalaupapa.

KALAUPAPA, Hawaii — 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 ...

Of the 8,000 Hawaii residents diagnosed with leprosy who were banished to Kalaupapa from 1866 to 1969, there are nine people remaining today who have the right to live at the isolated Molokai ...

Kalaupapa resident Ivy Kahilihiwa, 74, says she’s excited about the new air service. “I travel to Oahu about four to five times a year for medical treatment and pleasure,” says Kahilihiwa, who arrived ...

Richard Marks, who educated tourists on the Hawaiian island of Molokai about Hansen’s disease and the history of the Kalaupapa leprosy settlement and helped the state end its forced quarantine ...

Apr. 6—A bill appropriating funds for a memorial to the 8, 000 Hawaii residents who were exiled to Kalaupapa on Molokai from 1866 to 1969 after being diagnosed with leprosy is advancing through ...

The quaint lighthouses and modern light stations along Hawaii's lava-strewn shoreline -- many on ancient signal fire sites -- truly shine a light on the islands' unique history, geography, ecology ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - National Park Service rangers have been trained to be on the lookout for invasive pests that could threaten the landscape in the remote area of Kalaupapa.

The quaint lighthouses and modern light stations along Hawaii's lava-strewn shoreline — many on ancient signal fire sites — truly shine a light on the islands' unique history, geography ...