Hawaii News

December 15, 2025 | 7 MIN READ

Music and bubbles filled the warm evening air at Bondi Beach, one of the most popular spots in Sydney. Hundreds were there for Hanukkah by the Sea, a celebration of the first night of the Jewi...

December 15, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

Many fire chiefs are strictly administrators once they’ve assumed the reins of a department.

December 15, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

More than two years into the rebuilding of the picturesque community that once served as the seat of the Hawaiian Kingdom, this week’s soft opening of Lahaina Harbor will mark a signific...

December 13, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

Born and reared in Japan, University of Hawaii kicker Kansei Matsuzawa is now an All-American.

December 14, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

The entire Big Island remains in drought, despite higher rainfall totals the last couple of months and climatologists having declared weak La Nina conditions in equatorial Pacific waters....

December 13, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

The U.S. Justice Department said on Friday it had filed lawsuits against Colorado, Hawaii, Massachusetts and Nevada after the states failed to provide their voter registration lists to the dep...

December 14, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

A 24-year-old former Bank of Hawaii teller pleaded not guilty Friday to charges she allegedly embezzled more than $40,000 from bank customers, including two elderly customers.

December 13, 2025 | 6 MIN READ

The latest version of Congress’s annual defense spending bill includes several provisions for Hawaii and the Pacific, and one major change covering land lease negotiations in the state....

December 12, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Hawaii’s economy continues to head toward a mild recession in 2026 driven, primarily, by the overall U.S. economy, President Donald Trump’s on-going tariffs, cuts in federal spendi...

December 12, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

It’s flu season and reported cases have been on the rise on Hawaii Island and statewide, officials say.

December 11, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

Karen Kikukawa grew up not knowing much about her father’s service during World War II.

December 10, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

A judge on Tuesday reduced bail for a probationer accused of two burglaries and felony theft allegedly committed in a posh gated resort and residential community in Kona.

December 10, 2025 | 7 MIN READ

The majority of people arrested by federal agents for violations of U.S. immigration law in Hawaii have no criminal record despite assertions by federal officials, immigration attorneys told a...

December 9, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

Reports of criminal offenses were up almost 6% in Hawaii County in 2024 over 2023.

December 9, 2025 | 6 MIN READ

With all the scams intended to separate people — especially the elderly — from their hard-earned money this holiday season, one that is on the rise is cryptocurrency ATM scams....

December 9, 2025 | 8 MIN READ

Some major changes are potentially afoot for Hawaii’s health care market in the face of labor demands and rising costs.