Legislators urge DOE to fix bus driver shortage
HART awards $1.66B contract for final segment
Polynesians lead 3 top tourism agencies
HONOLULU — Come September, all three of Hawai‘i’s top state-funded tourism management and destination branding organizations, which together control more than $128 million in state funds, will have a Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander at the helm.
Man faces sex assault trial involving 2 teenage girls
HONOLULU — A 28-year-old Kapalama man is headed for trial on two somewhat similar sexual assault cases involving two girls, ages 13 and 14, he met online.
Oka Street road closure rescheduled
Red flag weather conditions through summer on Kaua‘i
Hilo Bay water will continue to worsen, UH study finds
Pokemon event to draw thousands to Waikiki
Criminal case against former Maui lawmaker is dismissed
A Honolulu District Court judge Tuesday dismissed the 2023 criminal case against former Maui state Rep. Kaniela Ing, who pleaded no contest to not filing timely campaign spending reports.
Agency detects chemical plume in Aiea wells
HONOLULU — Testing by the Honolulu Board of Water Supply earlier this summer indicated that a plume of contaminants often associated with petroleum fuel recently passed through a pair of drinking wells in Aiea near the Navy’s underground Red Hill fuel storage facility.
Insurers’ Maui fire settlement objection is nixed
HONOLULU — An effort by insurance companies to upend or alter a tentative $4 billion settlement over the August 2023 Maui wildfire disaster was rejected in state court Tuesday.
Team tackles climate change’s impact
Gov. Josh Green created a tough assignment in May for the retired leader of a Hawaii real estate investment firm to assemble a team that can recommend policies to minimize climate-related natural disaster impacts in the state.
USCG assists boater whose vessel took on water off Pakala Beach
HART board considers contract for final segment of Skyline
Gabbard cites ‘political retaliation’ for her addition to TSA’s watch list
HONOLULU — State House Republicans defended former colleague, presidential candidate and U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard in a letter sent Sunday to the Transportation Security Administration demanding she be removed from the federal government’s terrorist watch list.
Ke Ala Hele Makalae Trail named to Hall of Fame
The process of rebuilding begins in Lahaina
‘Above normal significant fire potential’ for Hawai‘i expected through October
Kahului man arrested in blast investigation
Maui Police Department officers arrested a 47-year-old Kahului man Saturday in connection with the discovery of a series of improvised explosive devices, one of which detonated and took out a sport utility vehicle in Pukalani on Thursday.
Awards to fund University of Hawai‘i research soar by $100 million
HONOLULU — The University of Hawai‘i was incredibly competitive in obtaining research funding this past fiscal year, blowing by its previous record by $100 million.