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Light to moderate southeasterly winds are expected to persist through the weekend. Light showers will focus across east to southeast slopes of each island during the overnight hours and over leeward and interior areas during the afternoon hours. However, shower activity should be limited through the weekend.
Forecast: Trade winds are on cruise control
One side calls it a campaign for public awareness. The other calls it an attack campaign.
Elliott Kalani Ke currently serves as assistant chief of the Kauai Police Department, and has been with the department since 1999.
It was a far cry from decades ago, when service members returned home to a nation that shunned them and ignored their service overseas.
This earthquake was the result of a strike-slip fault movement along the Sagaing Fault line, which runs north to south within Myanmar.
A Maui woman who lost everything in the Lahaina wildfires is struggling to reopen her business.
The resignations of Hawaii Tourism Authority’s CEO and board chair are raising concerns about the agency’s credibility and ability to run the state’s tourism industry.
Arielle Konig has been granted a temporary restraining order, saying she fears for her life if her husband returns to Maui.
A former Pearl Ridge Elementary teacher and parent said she found a shocking handwritten note on the floor in her classroom in February.
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When Kiley Freitas isn’t at the pool, you can find her in the library, working on the many school organizations she’s involved in, like the math team.
Jenisus Otto and Henry Walliby were charged with attempted murder and robbery in connection to an attack that critically injured a man.
The Myanmar Association of Hawaii says it is working quickly to build fundraising plans for those impacted.
The family of Robin and Lisa Mezurashi says looters stole various belongings, including cars, and vandalized the property.
The annual tradition recognizes the monarch’s lasting impact, including the establishment of the Honolulu Fire Department and Hawaii’s public school system.
An anonymous user posted a photo showing a dead turtle with its shell ripped off, insinuating it was discovered at Hau Bush in Ewa Beach.
The U.S. Postal Service unveiled Thursday a new Betty White Forever stamp at a ceremony in Los Angeles.
Moments before, his wife was cutting a pineapple in the very spot the propeller hit.
Firefighters rescued Richard Herrera from a burning home on 17th Avenue just after midnight.
The meeting is the first of seven town halls scheduled around Oahu through June.
Hannemann said in a statement that at no time did he ask for favorable treatment and that the state auditor found no fraud.
Doctors in Hawaii and across the country say preauthorization wastes their time, wastes millions of dollars, and even costs some people their lives.
When asked about the change, HPD said it doesn’t comment on specific assignment changes.
This week’s kickoff of flag football season also marked a key milestone for the school’s first-ever varsity sports program.
According to newly released court documents, Arielle Konig said her husband struck her with a rock 10 times on the head, grabbed her hair, and smashed her face into the ground.
Kona winds are also expected during the start of next week.
Owners of Jolene’s and Bayview Golf Park launch weekly night market on Tuesdays.
The judge allowed Ngaselo Nethon to remain out on bail, but placed him on house arrest given that he was not employed and not in school.
Starting Monday, 19 paramedics and EMTs will wear new uniforms as part of a two-month pilot project.
Lipomala’e Kahai-Burgess, 18, was last seen in the area of Hibiscus Drive in Pahoa on Wednesday, Mar. 26, at about 6:30p.m.
Police said a 35-year-old driver was speeding and intoxicated when he collided with another vehicle and crashed into a guardrail.
An estimated 10,000 people are expected at the Keiki Street Festival and families are encouraged to carpool, get dropped off, or consider using public transportation.
First Alert Forecast: Light wind patterns to persist through the weekend.
The Aiea-Halawa shaft has been closed as a precaution since the 2021 jet fuel spill at Red Hill.
The appointment comes after more than a year of controversy surrounding the seat, which is reserved for someone with expertise in Native Hawaiian traditional agriculture.
The volcano began the 15th episode of its current eruption at around 10:35 a.m. Wednesday with lava fountains reaching a staggering 1,000 feet.
Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen says kamaaina housing continues to be his top priority.
Light southeasterly winds will move sulfur dioxide from Kilauea towards the rest of the island chain.
The changes would make it much easier to get medical cannabis and harder to find it illegally.
Fire crews rushed to a home on 17th Avenue in Kaimuki on Wednesday. A 79-year-old man found unresponsive inside the home later died.
In today’s era of the transfer portal, Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones has been on one of the most fascinating journeys.
Surveillance video at Secure Space Self Storage shows the pair hauling out multiple items including tires, gardening tools and a ladder on Jan. 1.
Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children is one of hundreds of children’s hospitals around the country that work with the Starlight Children’s Foundation, a nonprofit that helps ease anxiety in kids who are hospitalized.
Dozens gathered to celebrate the “People’s Prince” of Hawaii at the Hilton Waikiki Beach Hotel.
Yearly fundraiser aims to collect $20,000 to fight child exploitation
A dedication ceremony took place at the newly opened Daniel Kahikina Akaka State Veterans Home in Kapolei.
Gerhardt Konig has been charged with attempted murder in the second degree. His bail has been set at $5 million.
The Honolulu Fire Department has ended its investigation Wednesday into a house fire that destroyed a Waianae home.
When officers tried to stop the group, police said an e-bike rider ran into an officer who was on foot before hitting a police vehicle.
On Wednesday, a U.S. House subcommittee has called the on CEO’s of PBS and NPR to testify on Capitol Hill about the federal funding their organizations receive. PBS Hawaii President and CEO Ron Mizutani responded to Wednesday’s hearing.
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