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The incident has prompted the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to review the furlough program.
Raising Cane’s and Read To Me International will hold read-aloud events at select Oahu restaurants throughout March as part of National Reading Month.
The updated app features a fresh layout designed to make it easier to find the stories and information that matter most to you.
After a fairly quiet weekend across the islands, our weather pattern is expected to take a much more active turn next week.
Explosions sent up clouds of dark smoke in the Iranian capital city early Saturday.
The three-story store has been an anchor tenant at the state’s largest mall for 28 years.
The three-month waiting period ended Friday without ever seeing the right swell with consistent 40-foot waves.
A Maui family that survived the 2023 wildfires is moving into a new home after losing all of their belongings in the tragedy.
Reed Mahuna was sworn in as the Hawaii Police Department’s police chief during a public ceremony held in Hilo.
Long-time friend Donalyn Dela Cruz said Hanabusa’s legacy is her courageous leadership. “She was a tita. She was the tita from Wai’anae, and she made no qualms about it, but extremely sharp,” Dela Cruz said.
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About 140 employees who could potentially be laid off were told of the extension on Thursday, Kauai Coffee said.
Sports can take athletes all across the world. For Ewa Beach native Jourdyn Curran, soccer has landed her in Australia.
Under a two-year state pilot program, a landlord serving an eviction notice to a tenant who fails to pay rent must also notify mediation services. Landlords are required to work out plans with tenants who want mediation.
A man was arrested Thursday after police executed a search warrant at an illegal gambling room in McCully.
The payments will be paid out over four years with one installment each year.
Keoni Brown, 30, is accused of fatally stabbing his next-door neighbor Lola Linda Loebl, 81, multiple times in the face.
Firefighters said they found a single-story structure with a carport fully engulfed in flames and smoke coming from the windows and eaves.
A developing storm system may bring heavy rain, starting with the western end of the state Monday night.
The free festival is a celebration of some of the many cultures represented in Honolulu.
The 11th Annual Touch A Truck event returns to The Lawn at Kapolei Commons, Saturday, from 9 a.m. to noon.
The KFD recruits, who were already in the area, located the woman, placed her in a litter, and took her to the shore by canoe.
Memories and messages are pouring in following the passing of former Hawaii congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa.
The residence is situated near a school and an adjacent residential neighborhood.
Former U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa has died after a private battle with cancer. She was 74.
Prosecuting Attorney Rebecca Like announced that Adrian Arrisgado, age 26 of Kapaa, was sentenced on Thursday, to five years in prison.
Hawaiʻi Island police have located and arrested two individuals previously sought in connection with an ongoing investigation.
Officers located the suspect car and conducted a traffic stop.
The Justice Department on Thursday released additional Jeffrey Epstein files involving uncorroborated accusations made by a woman against President Donald Trump that the department said had been mistakenly withheld during an earlier review.
On Thursday, before 3:42 p.m., officers responded to a report of an argument at a residence on Hulukupuna Street in Waipio.
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The Maui mayor announced that the county is negotiating with landowners to transfer several West Maui water systems to the county.
The pygmy long-fingered possum and the ring-tailed glider, which were thought to be extinct for over 7,000 years, have been rediscovered as living animals.
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The funding will go towards modernizing the Waianuenue Avenue Bridge and protecting it from flooding and earthquakes.
This will be the first year Hālau O Kekuhi is dancing without beloved kumu Nālani Kanakaʻole, who passed away in January.
Two missing dogs were reunited with their owners Thursday after firefighters rescued them from a hiking trail.
Staffing shortages at the Department of Planning and Permitting remain a major factor slowing projects across Oahu, including affordable housing developments.
Police said a 55-year-old man was detained at the scene and arrested for attempted murder in the second degree.
The human skeletal remains found on Mid-Pacific Institute’s Manoa campus in January appear to be ancient, police said.
There’s a lot on the line this weekend at Bankoh Arena at Stan Sheriff Center.
First responders received a report of an injured hiker shortly before 11:45 a.m. who had fallen approximately 30 feet from the Kuilau Trail.
A recent armed robbery in Kakaako has prompted concern among nearby residents, who say they no longer feel safe.
A couple wanted in a shooting involving a California law enforcement officer was arrested Tuesday on Kauai.
Hawaii lawmakers say the removal of Kristi Noem as Homeland secretary is a step in the right direction, but stress that much more needs to be done to reform the department.
AES Hawaii’s Kaawanui Solar project will power the equivalent of more than 16,000 homes annually with clean, locally produced energy.
Kahaluu Beach Park in Kailua-Kona will be closed from May 1 to 10, during annual cauliflower coral spawning.
The beloved annual Shinnyo Lantern Floating event will return to Ala Moana Beach for its 28th annual Memorial Day ceremony.
Iran launched a new wave of attacks Thursday at Israel, American bases and countries around the Middle East.
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