Centenarian survivors of Pearl Harbor attack return to honor those who perished 82 years ago
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — Ira “Ike” Schab had just showered, put on a clean sailor’s uniform and closed his locker aboard the USS Dobbin when he heard a call for a fire rescue party.
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Alaska Air to buy Hawaiian Airlines in a $1.9 billion deal
SEATTLE — Alaska Airlines agreed to buy Hawaiian Airlines in a $1.9 billion deal announced Sunday, potentially putting it on track for a clash with a Biden administration wary of higher airfares.
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U.S. Navy removes fuel from plane that overshot runway and is now resting on a reef and sand
KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii — The U.S. Navy said Monday that it has removed nearly all of the fuel from a large plane that overshot a off the runway at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Marine Corps Base Hawai‘i, and landed in an environmentally sensitive bay, but it doesn’t have a timetable for when it will get the aircraft out of the water.
How a massive all-granite, hand-carved Hindu temple ended up on Kaua‘i
KAPA‘A, Hawai‘i — It is the only all-granite, hand-carved Hindu temple in the West built without power tools or electricity, and it’s nestled on one of the smaller islands in Hawai‘i surrounded by lush gardens and forests.
Maui residents wonder if their burned town can be made safe. The answer? No one knows
When Daniel Skousen scrubs at the ash and soot covering his Maui home, he worries about the smell.
Gov. Josh Green wants to make it easier for travelers from Japan to visit the islands
HONOLULU — Hawai‘i leaders want to make it easier for tourists from Japan to visit the U.S. state by creating a pre-clearance program allowing travelers from the country to save time at the Honolulu airport by completing immigration, customs and agricultural inspections before departure.
Maui wildfire survivors camp on the beach to push mayor to convert vacation rentals into housing
LAHAINA, Hawai‘i — A group of Lahaina wildfire survivors is vowing to camp on a popular resort beach until the mayor uses his emergency powers to shut down unpermitted vacation rentals and make the properties available for residents in desperate need of housing.
All 9 aboard US Navy plane that overshot runway escape injury
HONOLULU — A U.S. Navy plane overshot a runway and splashed into a bay in Hawaii on Monday, but authorities said all nine people aboard made it safely to shore with no injuries.
Marcos says China showing interest in South China Sea atolls closer to coast of the Philippines
HONOLULU — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines said the situation in the South China Sea “has become more dire” as China expands its presence in an area where multiple nations have competing territorial claims.
Suspect in fatal nurse stabbing pleaded guilty last year to assault
A former Hawaii psychiatric hospital patient indicted Wednesday on a murder charge in the stabbing death of a nurse at the facility had pleaded guilty to a 2020 assault of a state mental health worker, court records show.
Ex-patient at psychiatric hospital is arrested in nurse’s fatal stabbing
HONOLULU — A former patient at a Hawai‘i psychiatric hospital has been arrested in the stabbing death of a 29-year-old nurse at the facility, officials said.
There’s another wildfire burning in Hawai‘i — this one is destroying irreplaceable rainforest on O‘ahu
HONOLULU — A wildfire burning in a remote Hawai‘i rainforest is underscoring a new reality for the normally lush island state just a few months after a devastating blaze on a neighboring island leveled an entire town and killed at least 99 people.
Japanese Americans were jailed in a desert. Survivors worry a wind farm will overshadow the past.
JEROME, Idaho — Behind the barbed wire, the little boy pressed his ink-covered index finger onto the mint-green exit card. And a photograph was snapped of his frightened face.
Wildfire in Central O‘ahu moves away from towns
HONOLULU — A wildfire that has burned forestlands in a remote mountainous area of Central Oahu has moved eastward and away from population centers, Hawaii authorities said Thursday, as firefighters continued to battle the blaze.
Settlement over lack of girls’ locker rooms at Hawai‘i high school
HONOLULU — A 2018 class-action lawsuit over a lack of locker rooms for female athletes at Hawaii’s largest public school has reached a settlement that attorneys say will ensure athletic gender equity at the high school.
Helicopters drop water on O‘ahu wildfire for 2nd day
HONOLULU — A wildfire in Hawai‘i’s Central O‘ahu has grown to cover more than a square mile in a remote mountainous area and has burned native koa and ohia trees, officials said Tuesday. No structures or homes were threatened and no evacuations were ordered.
Bodycam video shows police saving residents from Maui wildfire
HONOLULU — An officer sprinted from house to house in the historic town of Lahaina, Hawaii, alerting people to the approaching inferno. Another coughed and swore as he drove through thick smoke past burning buildings with people he rescued crammed in the back seat. With no ambulance available, one officer offered to bring a severely burned man to a hospital.
No. 9 Tennessee beats No. 4 Michigan St. in Maui Strong Fund charity game
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Dalton Knecht had 28 points and Jordan Gainey scored his 20th and final point on a free throw with 1.9 seconds left, helping No. 9 Tennessee hold on to beat No. 4 Michigan State 89-88 on Sunday in an exhibition game to raise funds and awareness for the Hawai’i Community Foundation Maui Strong Fund.
Honolulu, U.S. Army use helicopters to fight remote O‘ahu wildfire
HONOLULU — Honolulu and Army helicopters were battling a wildfire Monday in a remote mountainous area in Central O‘ahu.
Hawai‘i agrees to hand over site to Maui County for wildfire landfill and memorial
HONOLULU — Hawai‘i’s land board has approved handing over state land on Maui to be used for a wildfire memorial and fire debris disposal, but officials urged Maui County to talk further with the community after some raised concerns about how the proposed landfill would affect nearby coral reefs and historic sites.