Hawaii News

March 28, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

The state Department of Human Services will have to shut down its ongoing relief efforts for 4,431 remaining survivors of the 2023 Maui wildfires on April 4 unless the Federal Emergency Manage...

March 28, 2025 | 6 MIN READ

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is on Oahu to meet with Pacific military leaders to discuss China and other security priorities in the region.

March 27, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

LIHUE — The Public Works Solid Waste Division has announced it will once again begin collecting Household Hazardous Waste HHW as part of its continued effort to reduce pollution by diver...

March 27, 2025 | 11 MIN READ

President Donald Trump and his defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, have promised sweeping changes to the U.S. military.

March 27, 2025 | 6 MIN READ

It’s been five years since Hawaii’s economy got broadsided by COVID-19 impacts, and about 18 months since state economic health surpassed its pre-pandemic level. Yet corona­v...

March 26, 2025 | 6 MIN READ

The state Department of Transportation will begin issuing warnings Monday for speeding violations detected by newly implemented safety camera systems. The cameras, installed at 10 urban Honolu...

March 26, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Funding from Hawaii County and the state totaling $6 million is bringing a decadelong effort to build Hilo’s first skate park closer to fruition.

March 26, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

HANALEI — The Department of Parks and Recreation has scheduled Hanalei Pavillion to close for two weeks for septic repairs and maintenance. 

March 26, 2025 | 11 MIN READ

An unusually high number of state House members — Rep. Chris Todd counts “at least” 14 out of 51 — are juggling long days and often long nights this legislative session...

March 26, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

LIHUE—Tsunami Awareness Week is observed nationally from March 24 to March 30. It serves as a precursor to Tsunami Awareness Month in April and emphasizes the importance of being prepare...

March 25, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

More than 650 Native Hawaiian households are slated to receive advance homestead leases today for as-yet-undeveloped house lots in Kapolei.

March 25, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of the estate of Geanna Bradley against four adults living in the Wahiawa house where the 10-year-old girl was found dead from years of abuse and starvation,...

March 25, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

ELEELE—The Department of Public Works Wastewater Management Division announced that it will perform sewer work throughout the week at the Eleele subdivision.

March 25, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

LIHUE — Officials with the Kauai Fire Department KFD reported conducting various rescues yesterday.

March 25, 2025 | 10 MIN READ

Steven Mana‘oakamai Johnson, a Cornell University professor who grew up on Saipan, has devoted his life to studying the ocean and how people in the Pacific depend on the fish in it to fe...

March 25, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

The last bill aimed at controlling and reducing the population of feral chickens across Hawaii died this week in the Legislature, once again, as residents remain divided over whether the ubiqu...