A motorcyclist suffered life-threatening injuries when he was ejected onto the roadway in a collision with a pickup truck Sunday night on North Kihei Road, police said. The crash occurred at about 7:45 p.m. near Milepost 2, south of Honoapiilani Highway. Police said a black 2007 Nissan ...
WAILUKU — An 18-month jail term was ordered as part of four years’ probation for a defendant who used a forged driver’s license to buy a vehicle from a dealership in Kihei. Robert “Robbie” Akuna, 27, of Kihei had pleaded no contest to a reduced charge of second-degree identity ...
WAILUKU — A Pukalani man was ordered to pay a $1,005 fine for placing bets as part of an illegal sports betting operation. Shawn Boneza, 47, was among 23 people arrested and charged for allegedly participating in the sports betting operation from Oct. 3 to Dec. 21, 2015. “He might be ...
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — A kayaker hoping to paddle solo from California to Hawaii was rescued six days after he set out by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter amid rough seas and high winds. Cyril Derreumaux endured several problems with his 23-foot kayak, but when he lost his sea anchor he ...
In 2019, Nina Josue was living in a friend’s garage with four kids and struggling to make ends meet. People thought she was crazy when she decided to enroll in college. “They said, ‘Why don’t you get a job?’” Josue recalled. “I said, ‘Well, because I’m not thinking about ...
The Associated Press HONOLULU — Lindsay Myeni and her South African husband moved to Hawaii, where she grew up, believing it would be safer to raise their two Black children here than in another U.S. state. Three months after they arrived, Honolulu police shot and killed her husband, ...