Hawaii Tribune-Herald

A 31-year-old Hilo man accused of the fatal strangling of his 24-year-old girlfriend almost 5 1/2 years ago is seeking dismissal of the indictment that charged him with second-degree murder.

The 33rd biennial session of the Hawaii Legislature opened Wednesday at the state Capitol with the usual pageantry and entertainment, but also unusual displays of internal discord on both the House and Senate chamber floors.

Firefighters will vacate the Central Fire Station in downtown Hilo as early as this spring while the nearly 90-year-old building undergoes long-overdue repairs.

The eruption of Kilauea resumed this morning after a 12-day pause.

Oral arguments have been scheduled in a lawsuit in which a Milolii homeowner is suing the county, alleging its Electronic Processing and Information Center system, known as EPIC, has trapped him in a permitting catch-22 that will allow him only to demolish his home — which is in a shoreline management area — not to remodel or live in it.

Plans to replace the Four Mile Creek Bridge are unlikely to come to fruition before 2028.

A Hawaii congresswoman has drafted a bill urging federal agencies to take action to fight Rapid ‘Ohi‘a Death in Hawaii.

A 30-year-old Kawaihae man was sentenced last month to 20 years in prison for the nonfatal shooting of another man 20 months ago on the Honokaa Salvation Army campus.

In the wake of the 2023 Lahaina wildfire, Hawaiian Electric released on Monday a three-year fire-safety plan detailing how the company will reduce the chances of electric infrastructure causing a fire in the future.