Power outages affected about 1,000 customers in the Kahala area, including the Kahala Mall, and 1,650 customers in Kaneohe this afternoon. Electricity is now restored to all but 650 Kaneohe customers Read more
Waikiki surfing luminary Rabbit Kekai, known as the father of modern “hotdog surfing” who as a beachboy worked closely with the late Olympic champion Duke Kahanamoku, died Friday morning at Leahi Hospital. He was 95. Read more
Legendary waterman Rabbit Kekai, 95, died this morning at Leahi Hospital on Oahu. Kekai was among the beach boys trained by legendary surfer Duke Kahanamoku, introducing the sport of surfing to countless residents and visitors. Read more
The Cathedral of St. Andrew was vandalized Tuesday night, prompting church officials to close the cathedral until further notice. Read more
A 26-year-old Schofield Barracks man is dead and a 50-year-old Waipahu man was taken to the hospital in serious condition after a crash Friday morning on Kunia Road. Read more
A 59-year-old man on a raft was a victim of a possible shark attack in South Maui on Tuesday afternoon, state officials said. Read more
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A 24-year-old man and a male juvenile were being held by authorities in the killing of a Maui artist. Read more
A 24-year-old man and a male juvenile were being held by authorities in the killing of a Maui artist. Read more
Hawaii island police are investigating two series of post office box break-ins at the Pahoa Post Office. Read more
An airline executive who was a pioneer in sports marketing and founded the Pan Am Clipper Club Yacht Series in Hawaii has died. Read more
The state Department of Agriculture has turned over to the federal government its report on workers sent to a Kauai hospital after entering a Syngenta Inc. cornfield sprayed with a powerful pesticide. Read more
Slack key guitarist Cyril Pahinui is recovering from lung surgery but said this month he plans to attend the annual Gabby Pahinui Waimanalo Kanikapila Festival, which is named for his late father. Read more
A Waianae woman thought an iguana was lurking outside her home. Read more
A snorkeler experienced a close call with a shark today in West Maui. Read more
Hawaii County police have closed one lane on Highway 19 in the Hamakua Coast area to clear a boulder from the roadway. Read more
The National Transportation Safety Board said it is nearing completion of a probe about the forced ocean ditching of a commercial flight off Molokai in which state Health Director Loretta Fuddy died after evacuating the airplane. Read more
State and federal officials are developing a plan to expand the use of poison to eradicate and control rats and mice in native wildlife areas in Hawaii and other places in the Pacific. Read more
The University of Hawaii-Manoa campus is now accredited internationally as an arboretum, a designation that recognizes its more than 500 species of trees as an important collection. Read more
Hundreds of plants, including trees, are on an interactive online map of the University of Hawaii-Manoa campus. Read more
Patricia H. Masumoto, a Maui artist whose Gallerie Ha in Wailuku became a center for poetry slams for youths, died at her home in Pukalani on Jan. 22, her family said. She was 76. Read more
A Hawaii island grand jury has indicted a former County Council candidate on a charge of voter fraud, the county prosecutor’s office said Wednesday. Read more
