Honolulu Habitat for Humanity is preparing to bid aloha to its ReStore shop in Palama. The warehouse store that sells donated goods is set to close March 18 so the nonprofit can focus entirely on building affordable housing. Read more
A 97-foot yacht ran aground in Honolua Bay on Maui on Monday morning. Read more
In an effort to discourage drunken driving and reduce traffic fatalities, advocates are pushing legislation that would lower the alcohol impairment threshold for Hawaii drivers. Read more
The Honolulu Police Department promoted 26 police officers — three lieutenants, four sergeants, four detectives and 15 corporals — along with seven civilians in a well-attended ceremony Thursday at the Neal Blaisdell Center. Read more
In accepting the key to the city, Kai quoted her mother as inspiration: “If you love Hawaii, you better do for Hawaii, and if you don’t do for Hawaii, shame on you.” Read more
Thirty years ago, Hawaii Supreme Court Associate Justice Steven Levinson wrote the decision that moved Hawaii, and the nation, closer to marriage equality: To deny same-sex couples the right to marry went against the state Constitution, Levinson wrote, and the state must allow it, without any compelling reason not to. Read more
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Property owners filed about 2,000 appeals disputing their new assessment valuations the City and County issued in December. Read more
An Oahu grand jury indicted a 46-year-old Waipahu man Tuesday on charges of second-degree attempted murder and second-degree assault for allegedly running over a woman pushing her baby in a stroller in the Mililani Walmart parking lot and then attacking her and a man who tried to intervene last week. Read more
An investigation into the cause of the fire is ongoing. Read more
The victim said he and a man he didn’t know got into an argument over parking that then turned physical. Read more
At this time, which side of the mountain the fuel spilled down remains unknown, an Air Force spokesperson said. Read more
A man murdered a woman in Waikele and then shot himself in the Ala Moana Hotel Thursday, police said. Read more
Three workers died on the job in Hawaii in 2022, according to data from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Read more
On the morning of the Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational, Christa Funk woke up at 4 a.m. in Kahuku and loaded her car with her camera gear. Read more
The contest — set to run for the first time since 2016, and a 10th time since launched in the mid-1980s — is expected to draw 30,000 to 40,000 spectators Sunday morning, officials said Friday at a news conference. Read more
The Maui County Council remained one member short as the Hawaii Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday in a lawsuit to invalidate the results of the race for the Wailuku-Waihee-Waikapu seat. Read more
Hundreds of people descended upon the grounds of the state Capitol for opening day at the Legislature Wednesday, many of them pushing for the change they want to see in the islands. Read more
The contaminated groundwater is not a source of drinking water nor a threat to nearby potable water sources, according to the state Department of Health. Read more
The City and County of Honolulu announced the purchase of 48 more gas-powered vans for TheHandi-Van, the city’s underresourced paratransit service, that should arrive in August. Read more
The elements are reminding Hawaii residents who’s in charge this week. Read more
“Mind your own business,” Jackson told a Honolulu Star-Advertiser reporter as a state harbors police officer patted him down, untucking his gray polo shirt from his faded bluejeans before ushering him into the back seat of an SUV. Read more
