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University of Hawaii leader pushes AI, student support initiatives
January 3, 2026 | 8 MIN READ
When Wendy Hensel took the helm of the University of Hawaii system on Jan. 1, 2025, any notion of a gradual “honeymoon phase” was quickly dashed by an accelerating series of nation…
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Hilo man accused of breaking windows of downtown businesses
December 31, 2025 | 2 MIN READ
A 45-year-old homeless Hilo man accused of breaking the windows of five downtown Hilo businesses shortly after midnight Sunday morning allegedly admitted to being the culprit.
Blangiardi, police vow stricter fireworks enforcement over New Year’s
December 31, 2025 | 6 MIN READ
To prevent another New Year’s Eve explosion like last year’s tragedy in the Aliamanu area of Honolulu that killed six people and injured dozens more, city and state officials say t…
East Hawaii men facing felony federal fireworks charges released on bond
December 31, 2025 | 5 MIN READ
Two East Hawaii men accused of importing fireworks illegally to Hawaii and distributing them obtained most of the pyrotechnics from an unnamed business in Prescott, Wis. — a city at the…
Two East Hawaii men arrested, charged in federal fireworks bust
December 30, 2025 | 1 MIN READ
Two East Hawaii men — 52-year-old Darrel Goo of Keaau and 45-year-old Cy Tamura of Hilo — were arrested and charged by federal authorities Monday for criminal offenses relating to…
Green appoints Kanaka‘ole acting director of DLNR
December 30, 2025 | 1 MIN READ
Gov. Josh Green announced Monday Deputy Director Ryan Kanaka‘ole will serve as acting chair and director of Department of Land and Natural Resources, effective immediately, while Chair D…
Police: Japanese man, 26, drowns at South Point
December 29, 2025 | 1 MIN READ
Police are investigating a possible drowning in Ka‘u of a 26-year-old male visitor Sunday afternoon.
Hawaii lawmakers to confront housing affordability, tourism volatility in 2026
December 29, 2025 | 7 MIN READ
Hawaii’s housing crisis is often described in numbers, but for state Sen. Stanley Chang, it’s personal.
Congress pushes VA to help COFA veterans
December 27, 2025 | 5 MIN READ
U.S. military veterans from island nations are a step closer to receiving benefits they’ve earned in their own communities.
Fireworks go quiet in a Salt Lake neighborhood nearly a year after a blast there killed six people
December 27, 2025 | 10 MIN READ
The blast site on Keaka Drive looks almost ordinary again.
Connecticut man drowns at Hookena
December 26, 2025 | 1 MIN READ
Police are investigating a possible drowning in South Kona involving a 62-year-old male visitor that occurred this afternoon.
Police ID Christmas Eve crash victim
December 26, 2025 | 1 MIN READ
Hawaii Island police have identified the 74-year-old victim who died following a fatal traffic collision on Daniel K. Inouye Highway on Wednesday evening, Christmas Eve, near the 13-mile marke…
HBMC colleagues mourn ER doctor killed in car crash
December 26, 2025 | 5 MIN READ
Police identified a 74-year-old woman killed Christmas Eve in a head-on collision on Daniel K. Inouye Highway as Dr. Judith “Judy” Fitzgerald, a respected and beloved emergency roo…
Fireworks, permits, available starting today
December 26, 2025 | 2 MIN READ
The Hawaii Fire Department announces that permits for firecrackers will be available for purchase beginning today at the following vendor locations for the upcoming New Year’s celebratio…
Hawaii’s ‘green fee’ clears legal hurdle
December 26, 2025 | 4 MIN READ
Hawaii’s so-called green fee is set to take effect as scheduled Jan. 1 after a federal judge dismissed most of the cruise industry’s legal challenge to Act 96 and denied its reques…
Conservationists alarmed over proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act
December 26, 2025 | 6 MIN READ
Proposed changes by the Trump administration to the federal Endangered Species Act are raising alarm among conservationists working to save Hawaii’s plants and animals.
Human remains found in Ocean View house fire
December 25, 2025 | 1 MIN READ
Human remains were found early Wednesday morning in Ocean View in the rubble of an unpermitted structure destroyed by fire.
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