Queen’s eliminating about 100 positions to adapt to ‘evolving needs’

• By Nina Wu
• Feb. 6, 2025
• Last updated 8:03 p.m.
•  23

The Hawaii Nurses’ Association said about 100 employees, mostly nonunion, have been informed their jobs are being eliminated. HNA represents seven nurses being laid off in the pre-surgery center. Read more

Grounded catamaran at Honolua Bay stuck for at least another week

• By Nina Wu
• Feb. 6, 2025
• Last updated 1:48 p.m.
•  6

The vessel broke free of its off-shore moorings in the bay and ran aground overnight, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. Four crew members were able to safely disembark. Read more

Shohei Ohtani’s ex-interpreter sentenced to prison for theft

• By Brad Brooks / Reuters
• Feb. 6, 2025
• Last updated 2 p.m.
•  31

Mizuhara, 39, last year pleaded guilty to one count of felony bank fraud and one count of subscribing to a false tax return, according to his plea deal previously filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles. Read more

Maui police arrest suspect in fatal Kihei hit-and-run

• By Star-Advertiser staff
• Feb. 6, 2025
• Last updated 2:16 p.m.
•  1

Police said an investigation determined that the unknown vehicle involved was a white 2013 Toyota Tundra operated by a 47-year-old Kihei man. Read more

Second bird flu strain found in dairy cattle, USDA says

• By Leah Douglas and Tom Polansek / Reuters
• Feb. 6, 2025
• Last updated 11:39 a.m.
•  4

Flood advisory for Maui expired; high surf for all east shores

• By Star-Advertiser staff
• Feb. 6, 2025
• Last updated 2:55 p.m.

A high wind advisory for Big Isle summits, and high surf advisory for the east-facing shores of most isles remain in place until 6 p.m. today. Read more

Trump to open faith office, target ‘anti-Christian bias’

• By Nandita Bose, Doina Chiacu and Brendan O’Brien / Reuters
• Feb. 6, 2025
• Last updated 10:35 a.m.
•  188

Trump delivered remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast at the U.S. Capitol and used his speech to call for “unity”, telling lawmakers his relationship with religion has “changed” after a pair of failed assassination attempts last year. Read more

Fiji leader warns of risks from deportations of Pacific Islanders

• By Kirsty Needham / Reuters
• Feb. 6, 2025
• Last updated 9:36 a.m.
•  40

Hundreds of Pacific Islanders with convictions are expected to be deported from the U.S., newspapers in Fiji, Tonga, Papua New Guinea and the Marshall Islands have reported, prompting concern over the capacity of small communities to absorb returnees with serious convictions for drug and gang activity. Read more

Musk’s DOGE agents access sensitive federal worker data

• By Andrea Shalal and Doina Chiacu / Reuters
• Feb. 6, 2025
• Last updated 8:29 a.m.
•  16

OPM systems include a vast database called Enterprise Human Resources Integration, which contains dates of birth, Social Security numbers, appraisals, home addresses, pay grades and length of service of government workers, the officials said. Read more

Judge temporarily blocks Trump buyout offer for federal workers

• By Reuters
• Feb. 6, 2025
• Last updated 11:12 a.m.
•  175

The ruling by U.S. District Judge George O’Toole in Boston pushes back a midnight deadline set by the Trump administration, which is pressuring federal workers to leave their jobs in an unprecedented drive to overhaul the federal government Read more

Yen hits 8-week high; sterling drops

• By Hannah Lang and Greta Rosen Fondahn / Reuters
• Feb. 6, 2025
• Last updated 6:56 a.m.
•  5

The yen strengthened as far as 151.81 per dollar — the strongest level since December 12 — in the Tokyo morning, after the BOJ’s Naoki Tamura said the central bank must raise rates to at least 1% or so in the latter half of fiscal 2025 with upward risks to prices rising. Read more

Angry USAID backers turn on Democrats for failing to fight back

• By Iain Marlow / Bloomberg News
• Feb. 6, 2025
• Last updated 6 a.m.
•  244

“Do your job! Do your job!” the crowd of hundreds chanted at the lawmakers addressing the gathering in a Capitol Hill park Wednesday. Read more

Rapid ohia death found on 3 trees at Maui elementary school

• By Nina Wu
• Feb. 5, 2025
•  8

The landscape ohia trees were infected with Ceratocystis huliohia, the less virulent strain of the fungal pathogen, according to the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources. Read more

Death of OCCC inmate under investigation

• By Peter Boylan
• Feb. 5, 2025
•  22

At about 2 a.m. today, Honolulu Police Department officers responded to a report of a death of an inmate at OCCC, according to police. Read more

FEMA finishes 167-home project for Lahaina fire survivors

• By Star-Advertiser staff
• Feb. 5, 2025
•  16

The final home at the Kilohana group housing site off of Fleming Road was installed this week and is now ready for occupancy. Read more

Pedestrian, 48, dies after being struck in Kihei hit-and-run

• By Star-Advertiser staff
• Feb. 5, 2025
•  3

Police have not identified the man yet, pending notification of next of kin. Read more

Foreign strongmen cheer as Musk dismantles U.S. aid agency

• By Paul Sonne / New York Times
• Feb. 5, 2025
•  153

“Smart move,” Dmitry Medvedev, a former Russian president who is currently the deputy chair of the country’s security council, chimed in from Moscow. Read more

Federal employees fear mass firings as Thursday deadline nears

• By Tim Reid, Ned Parker, Valerie Volcovici, Andy Sullivan and Gabriella Borter / Reuters
• Feb. 5, 2025
•  146

The administration sent a notice to federal workers on Tuesday reminding them of the Thursday deadline and stressing there would be no extension. Read more