HILO (AP) — The Legislature has announced that a $300,000 allocation will be included in the state budget to fund rat lungworm disease research at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. Lawmakers on Friday announced the funding for programs related to the prevention and eradication of rat ...
LIHUE (AP) — Recovery efforts continue to help some Kauai residents get back on their feet following a devastating flood. About 30 community leaders from Kauai’s North Shore met Saturday to discuss relief efforts and allocate donations and services to areas where they are most needed after ...
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER The Associated Press HONOLULU — Weather officials downgraded flash flood alerts in Hawaii on Friday after more rain on the island of Kauai added to flooding left behind by last weekend’s deluge. The National Weather Service lifted a flash flood warning ...
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER The Associated Press HONOLULU — A Florida man was sentenced Thursday to two months in jail and four months home confinement for his role in scamming the University of Hawaii out of $200,000 for a Stevie Wonder concert that never happened. The university paid a ...
By AUDREY McAVOY The Associated Press HONOLULU — Hawaii lawmakers are discussing versions of two bills that would tighten the state’s already strict gun regulations. One bill would ban bump stocks, a device used by the gunman in the Las Vegas shooting last October that killed 58 people. ...
By SOPHIA YAN The Associated Press HONOLULU — Hundreds of people have been airlifted out of dangerous floodwaters on Kauai, but authorities said Tuesday that others are still stranded at evacuation centers. The U.S. Army, National Guard, and the county airlifted more than 220 people Monday ...
HONOLULU (AP) — Passengers flying Hawaiian Airlines may soon get a complimentary language lesson as the company amplifies efforts to preserve traditional Hawaiian by incorporating it into everyday business. Cabin announcements and crew instructions were given in English and the traditional ...
LIHUE (AP) — Hawaii Gov. David Ige has called for an emergency response to the severe flooding on Kauai. The governor issued an emergency proclamation for the island Sunday following the National Weather Service’s recording of almost 27 inches of rainfall in a 24-hour period in ...
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii lawmakers have approved a resolution calling on the state Department of Defense to assemble a task force to review issues surrounding January’s mistaken missile alert, which sent the public into a panic. The state House adopted the concurrent resolution Thursday, ...
HILO — Hawaii County police have identified the suspect in a murder-suicide as 50-year-old police officer Christopher R. Kapua-Allison. Capt. Randall Medeiros said that police found his service weapon near the bodies in his house on Sunday. “His service weapon was recovered at the ...
By AUDREY McAVOY The Associated Press HONOLULU — Women lawmakers at the Hawaii state Capitol want the House and Senate to update rules on handling sexual harassment complaints — a push that comes amid high-profile misconduct allegations nationwide and after a former Hawaii House speaker ...
By AUDREY McAVOY The Associated Press HONOLULU — The missile alert Hawaii mistakenly sent to the public in January prompted the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday to recommend that government workers avoid using the phrase “this is not a drill” during practice sending ...
JACKSON, Ohio (AP) — The military says the remains of a Navy seaman from Ohio who died in the 1941 attack at Pearl Harbor during World War II have been identified and will be buried with full military honors in North Carolina. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency says 25-year-old Navy ...
HONOLULU (AP) — State lawmakers are pushing to create government-sanctioned tent cities, or “ohana zones,” to help address the state’s homeless issue. Legislators want to open ohana zones for homeless families with school-age children, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported. Lawmakers ...
HONOLULU (AP) — The state Supreme Court will decide whether online travel companies are required to pay general excise taxes for car rentals they sell in the state. The travel companies are appealing a 2016 state court ruling that required the companies to pay the tax, the Honolulu ...
By CALEB JONES The Associated Press HONOLULU — Khanh Huynh has been a commercial fisherman since he was 12 years old. For the past six years, he’s been living on a fishing boat in Hawaii, catching premium ahi tuna for some of the world’s most discerning consumers. The 28-year-old ...
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER The Associated Press HONOLULU — A man who lied to the University of Hawaii about his ability to get Stevie Wonder to play at a fundraiser concert was sentenced Friday to nearly five years in prison. In an unexpected ruling, U.S. District Judge Leslie Kobayashi ...
By AUDREY McAVOY The Associated Press HONOLULU — The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency began implementing its plan for responding to a ballistic missile attack before it was entirely drafted, a senior state official said Thursday at a hearing on why the agency mistakenly sent cellphone and ...
By AUDREY McAVOY The Associated Press HONOLULU — A Hawaii Senate committee on Tuesday approved a bill that would force landowners into mediation before they are allowed to file lawsuits to acquire small parcels awarded to Hawaiian commoners during mid-19th century land reforms. The bill ...
HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu has decided to look for a better way to deal with feral chickens after its first attempt at getting a handle on the birds resulted in a cost of $108 per chicken caught and killed. One reason Honolulu found it difficult to capture feral chickens was because they would ...