HONOLULU (AP) — An ex-Honolulu deputy prosecutor on trial for corruption-related charges has rested her case without testifying in her defense. Katherine Kealoha’s attorney Cynthia Kagiwada rested Wednesday. Observers of the closely watched trial have been waiting to learn whether ...
HONOLULU (AP) — The popular Kalalau Trail and Haena State Park are reopening on the Hawaiian island of Kauai this week but will have fewer people. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports only 900 visitors a day will be allowed inside the park starting Monday. That’s down from an estimated ...
HONOLULU (AP) — An ex-Honolulu prosecutor hasn’t decided whether she will testify in her defense at a trial over allegations she and her police chief husband framed her uncle to keep him from revealing fraud that funded their lavish lifestyle. Katherine Kealoha’s attorney Earle ...
By AUDREY McAVOY The Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Flights were being delayed and hundreds of people were waiting to go through security screening at Honolulu’s airport on Tuesday after an active shooter scare. Passengers who had already passed through screening and were boarding ...
KAILUA-KONA (AP) — A Big Island company hopes to build an underwater farm that can produce large quantities of edible seaweed, officials said. Kampachi Farms LLC is working to establish a farm to grow limu more than a mile off Kaiwi Point near Kailua on Hawaii island, The Honolulu ...
KAILUA-KONA (AP) — Vacation rental registrations have been coming in to Hawaii County faster than workers can process them as the county implements a new law. The county Planning Department processed 226 registrations as of early last week, West Hawaii Today reported . Paper application ...
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER The Associated Press HONOLULU — Soon after a Honolulu prosecutor and her police chief husband were indicted and accused of a fraud scheme that funded their lavish lifestyle, they told a judge they couldn’t pay for lawyers to represent them. The public ...
HONOLULU (AP) — Family and friends say a 31-year-old man sustained brain and spine injuries after a tow truck plowed into his compact car earlier this week. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Friday that Jim Braddock, who is originally from New Jersey, is hospitalized in critical but ...
The Maui News U.S. and Hawaii flags are flying at half-staff today to honor longtime Oahu state lawmaker Rod Tam, Lt. Gov. Josh Green announced Friday. Tam died May 15 at age 65. His memorial service is being held today. Tam spent three decades in political office, starting with the state ...
HONOLULU (AP) — A man injured during a rockfall in an Oahu state park was among five people cited for trespassing, officials said. State officials cited Lincoln Hittner of Honolulu on Tuesday for trespassing in a closed park, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Thursday. Hittner was ...
HONOLULU (AP) — Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc. has filed a federal lawsuit against a Hawaii hospital system over a change in billing practices, officials said. The lawsuit filed Wednesday was the result of The Queen’s Health Systems plan to directly bill Kaiser for members’ ...
BOSTON (AP) — The remains of a sailor from Massachusetts lost during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor have been accounted for. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Thursday that Navy Seaman 1st Class Frank Hryniewicz was accounted for on Jan. 28. Hryniewicz was 20 years ...
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii officials say a power outage at Honolulu’s international airport has caused travel delays. Department of Transportation spokesman Tim Sakahara says the power went out in Terminal 1 at Daniel K. Inouye International around 9:15 a.m. Wednesday. The outage was ...
The Associated Press Budget has $13M for beach restoration HONOLULU — The state budget passed by the Hawaii Legislature includes funding for repairs at Waikiki Beach, officials said. The Legislature approved about $13 million for improvements to the crumbling Royal Hawaiian seawall ...
HONOLULU (AP) — A federal jury in Honolulu has found police did not use excessive force against a man who died after being pepper sprayed and shot with a stun gun, a report said. The jury ruled Thursday against the family of 38-year-old Sheldon Haleck in the $3 million lawsuit, The ...
Caldwell: Statistics are a wake-up call HONOLULU (AP) — Hundreds of homeless people in Hawaii died over the last five years, according to a medical examiner. Analysis by Honolulu Chief Medical Examiner Christopher Happy found 373 people were considered homeless at the time of their ...
HONOLULU (AP) — A man has died after leaping into the ocean at an isolated Hawaii cliff where another person was critically injured days earlier, officials said. The 22-year-old man died Wednesday after jumping at Spitting Cave on Oahu, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported. The Honolulu ...
Authorities: Wong was the invention of ex-city prosecutor By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER The Associated Press HONOLULU — Jurors in a Hawaii corruption trial heard testimony Friday about an imaginary notary U.S. authorities say former Honolulu Deputy Prosecutor Katherine Kealoha invented ...
HILO (AP) — Applications for two new geothermal wells at the site of a power plant that was put out of operation by the Kilauea eruption are under review, officials said. The state Department of Land and Natural Resources is considering the applications submitted by Puna Geothermal ...
HONOLULU — The first question a special federal prosecutor asked a witness Wednesday in an ongoing Hawaii corruption trial: Did you take the mailbox at the home of a now-retired police chief and his wife? “Absolutely not,” answered Gerard Puana. U.S. prosecutors say framing Puana ...