By GENE JOHNSON and JOSH FUNK Associated Press The pilot of a helicopter that crashed on a sightseeing flight off the Hawaiian island of Kauai last month, killing three passengers, told investigators that the aircraft vibrated and spun before plunging into the water, according to report ...
By NOELLE FUJII-ORIDE/Honolulu Civil Beat Honolulu Civil Beat It only took a few seconds and a tug on a monofilament net for Kaua'i farmer Fletcher Parker to find a dozen adult coconut rhinoceros beetles in a square foot of mulch on the island's South Shore. Over the next few hours, he and ...
By THOMAS HEATON/Honolulu Civil Beat Honolulu Civil Beat Directors of the Hawaiʻi Agribusiness Development Corp. have approved the $4.9 million purchase of the remaining land to acquire the 120-year-old Wahiawā dam and spillway, part of a larger deal by the state to acquire an irrigation ...
By THOMAS HEATON/Honolulu Civil Beat Honolulu Civil Beat State officials are surveying parts of Maui and Molokaʻi for evidence of coconut rhinoceros beetles, and residents near detection sites are being asked to check palm trees for signs of damage after the highly invasive pest was ...
By THOMAS HEATON/Honolulu Civil Beat Honolulu Civil Beat In photo after photo, video after video, North Shore residents are painted in mud, scraping it off driveways, sweeping it out of kitchens and heaving it into trucks along with their household debris. With agriculture surrounding them, ...
By THOMAS HEATON/Honolulu Civil Beat Honolulu Civil Beat State officials are surveying parts of Maui and Molokaʻi for evidence of coconut rhinoceros beetles, and residents near detection sites are being asked to check palm trees for signs of damage after the highly invasive pest was ...
