HONOLULU — Hawaii lawmakers plan to once more tackle the state’s housing shortage as they gather for a new session this week. The Senate is expected to consider a proposal from Sen. Stanley Chang, who wants the state to build high-density apartment buildings on state land near stops along ...

Donations will keep popular site afloat for at least a week HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii tour companies, hotels and airlines are pitching in more than $50,000 to keep the USS Arizona Memorial visitors’ center open during the federal government shutdown. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports ...

KAILUA-KONA (AP) — An annual humpback whale count in Hawaii will take place despite the federal government shutdown. West Hawaii Today reported Friday that volunteers from the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation will coordinate this season’s Ocean Count, a community citizen science ...

HILO (AP) — The Hawaii Department of Health says a Big Island infant who fell ill in December has been confirmed as 2018’s eighth case of rat lungworm disease in the state. The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported Friday that the department said in a statement that the East Hawaii child was ...

Iraq war vet joining what is expected to be a crowded Democratic field WASHINGTON — Democratic U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii has announced that she is running for president in 2020. Gabbard said in a CNN interview slated to air today that she will be formally announcing her ...

By AUDREY McAVOY The Associated Press HONOLULU — Officials prematurely awarded contracts for Honolulu’s commuter rail line a decade ago to minimize public criticism and show the project was moving along. But this practice dramatically swelled costs as plans changed, a new audit of the ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Officials say procedures have been changed for jails and courts after a man charged with murder was mistakenly released from a Big Island jail last summer. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports that Hawaii Department of Public Safety Director Nolan Espinda told state ...

HONOLULU (AP) — The family of a 13-year-old boy who died while scuba diving off Oahu is searching for answers. Temuulin Tsogt was diving Saturday with his family near Hawaii Kai as part of a tour with Island Divers Hawaii. He was visiting the U.S. from Mongolia. Honolulu Ocean Safety ...

By AUDREY McAVOY The Associated Press HONOLULU — The Hawaii Supreme Court said Wednesday that Republican Kurt Fevella won the state Senate seat representing Ewa Beach, as it rejected a request by his Democratic opponent Matt LoPresti for a recount of ballots cast on Nov. 6. The ...

HONOLULU (AP) — A Catholic school on Oahu is planning to close its middle and high schools at the end of the school year, citing financial difficulties. The board of St. Francis School in Manoa said the entire school could close if enrollment goals are not met. The school chose to ...

HONOLULU (AP) — A former band teacher at a Honolulu private school who was convicted of sexually assaulting a teenage girl was sentenced Monday to 90 days in jail. Peter Rucci, 63, pleaded guilty in October to charges of second- and third-degree sexual assault, Hawaii News Now reported ...

HILO (AP) — Big Island prosecutors may take more punitive action against perpetrators of domestic strangulation after more than 50 cases were recorded last year, authorities said. Domestic strangulation is a felony crime in Hawaii punishable by up to five years in prison, but prosecutors ...

HILO (AP) — Prosecutors say they are alarmed by the more than 50 cases of domestic strangulation that occurred on the Big Island last year. Hawaii County First Deputy Prosecutor Dale Ross tells the Hawaii Tribune-Herald that strangulation is a predictor for the “subsequent homicide of ...

HONOLULU (AP) — The chairwoman of the House Finance Committee has alleged the state Department of Education lied about the size of a repair and maintenance backlog at Hawaii public schools. State Rep. Sylvia Luke, a Democrat, on Thursday said lawmakers may never learn why the backlog was ...

Action comes one year after the resignation of former speaker amid allegations from multiple women By AUDREY McAVOY The Associated Press HONOLULU — Leaders of the state House of Representatives announced proposals Monday to update the chamber’s sexual harassment policy, a move that ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu has expanded the number of city parks that private security guards will lock up at night. Employees with American Guard Services Inc. will lock bathrooms and parking lots at 59 parks in an effort to curtail vandalism and illegal homeless activity, the Honolulu ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A trash collection device deployed to corral plastic litter floating in the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii has broken apart and will be hauled back to dry land for repairs. Boyan Slat, who launched the Pacific Ocean cleanup project, told NBC News last week ...

Workshops follow a pledge to ensure Hawaii recognized after Chicago got presidential library HONOLULU (AP) — The Obama Foundation is launching an Asia-Pacific leadership program with a series of workshops in Hawaii for 22 emerging leaders. The leaders selected for the conference being ...

HILO (AP) — A new Hawaii law prevents employers from asking job applicants about their salary histories. The law that went into effect New Year’s Day aims to address wage gaps among different demographics in the state, the Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported. The law signed by Gov. David ...

The Associated Press Ige appoints former prosecutor to be new attorney general HONOLULU — Hawaii Gov. David Ige is appointing Honolulu attorney and former federal prosecutor Clare Connors to be his new attorney general. Ige said Thursday that Connors’ extensive experience brings ...