As testing for COVID-19 ramps up across the state, health officials and medical providers are encouraging residents to follow proper screening protocols to prevent overtaxing limited health care resources. Read more
Singer Diana Ross’ three scheduled concerts in Hawaii have been canceled due to COVID-19 concerns. Read more
Hawaii public schools will remain closed for an additional week of spring break to allow school administrators and staff time to evaluate and respond to newly emerging recommendations for controlling the spread of COVID-19, Gov. David Ige announced Sunday. Read more
A Hawaii-based Marine is receiving an “other than honorable” discharge for posting racist and pro-Nazi material on social media. Read more
The body of missing hiker Noah “Kekai” Mina was located and recovered Wednesday, ending an emotional 10-day search that unfolded in the shadow of another Maui hiker’s unlikely return from the wilderness. Read more
The graduation of 69 Saint Francis School seniors Saturday night, attended by an estimated 1,000 family, friends and supporters, was at once the largest such ceremony in institutional memory and the most intimate, a rite of passage marking the end of both the students’ secondary education and the tiny Catholic school’s own 95-year existence. Read more
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A 65-year-old California man died Saturday morning following an apparent shark attack in waters off Kaanapali. Read more
More than two weeks after she disappeared while hiking, Haiku resident Amanda Eller was found alive Friday afternoon within the Makawao Forest Reserve. Read more
Eller, a 35-year-old physical therapist from Haiku, was last seen May 8. Read more
The 49-year-old motorcyclist who died Wednesday in a three-vehicle collision in Kona was a Hawaii County firefighter. Read more
A body was discovered in the remains of a Kau residence destroyed by fire on Thursday morning. Read more
The 37-year-old man shot during a standoff with police Thursday remains in critical condition at a local hospital, police said today. Read more
Fire investigators said spontaneous combustion of sanding dust caused a fire Wednesday morning at a Manoa residence. Read more
If you want to do business with Miller Industries, you’ll need to pick up the phone and have an actual conversation with an actual human being or, better, stop by the shop on Kalihi Street, where you can have that same actual conversation face to face with one of those human beings. Read more
The Department of Veterans Affairs will host a town hall and resource fair from 5-6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Harry & Jeannette Weinberg Hall at Keehi Lagoon Memorial Park. Read more
The president of East West Associates Inc. pleaded guilty today to one charge of willful failure to pay withholding taxes. Read more
There were any number of moments when Sue Shishido Saffery might have realized that her modest personal project had taken on a life of its own, but it may have been when a woman she had never met before in person asked her to walk by a house in Kaimuki and snap a photo for her. Read more
High winds helped topple a large tree onto moving traffic in the downtown area and may have contributed to isolated power outages across Oahu on Saturday, but the worst of the weekend’s anticipated extreme weather appears to be yet to come. Read more
A 66-year-old California man died today after being pulled from waters in Napili Bay. Read more
Three people were injured today when a disabled vehicle was struck from behind by another vehicle in Kapolei. Read more
When Carolina Veith first enrolled her children Vincent, 9, and Lucia, 7, at Mary, Star of the Sea School last year, she spent time observing the everyday life on campus to get a sense of what she and her children could expect. Read more
