HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii's attorney general on Monday blamed a delay of the release of a key report into a deadly Maui wildfire on county agencies that forced investigators to issue subpoenas.
The first phase of an independent investigation into the Aug. 8 fire that killed at least 101 people ...
HONOLULU (AP) — A man pleaded guilty to murder Monday, about two years after his lover's decomposing body was found encased in concrete in a bathtub in one of Hawaii's most exclusive gated communities.
Juan Tejedor Baron, now 25, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of Gary ...
HONOLULU (AP) — Maui's mayor says he is prioritizing housing, evaluating evacuation routes and hiring more firefighters as his Hawaii community recovers from the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century.
Mayor Richard Bissen outlined the steps in emotional remarks more than seven ...
On Wednesday, Maui Fire Department personnel were dispatched to the report of a brush fire in the Hoolehua area of Molokai.
Crews arrived to find a half acre of brush burning just a few hundred feet from homes in the area. Three homes were evacuated as a precaution.
Hoselines were ...
On Friday, Community Police Officer Stafford "Lani" Caparida and School Resource Officer Kauanoe Mossman attended the Touch a Truck event at Kilohana Elementary School, where students learned what it's like to operate a police vehicle and work as a police officer.
At the County Disaster Recovery Community Update meeting held Wednesday night at the Lahaina Civic Center, the County of Maui Office of Recovery shared several updates for residents including progress made on deferred properties and sewer and water line inspections, and two new community ...
KANEOHE, Hawaii (AP) — A pinky and thumb extended with the remaining fingers curled down: That's the "shaka" in Hawaii.
The gesture is sometimes known outside the islands as the "hang loose" sign associated with surf culture, but it was a fixture of daily life in the islands long before it ...
The first half of the bipartisan appropriations deal will deliver billions in federal funding for critical programs that benefit Hawai‘i. Senator Schatz, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, successfully secured funding for Hawai‘i’s priorities in the final deal.
The ...
HONOLULU (AP) — A man accused of dousing a woman with acid in Hawaii last year allegedly tried to cast doubt on himself as a suspect by plotting with a fellow inmate to carry out a second, similar attack, authorities said.
While incarcerated on an attempted murder charge for the April 7, ...