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“Initial reports indicate inmates broke the fire sprinklers and have started a small fire in one module,” said Toni Schwartz, Public Information Officer at the Hawaiʻi Department of Public Safety

First Deputy Corporation Counsel Edward Kushi has taken over management of Corporation Counsel while department head Patrick Wong is on administrative leave.

A $257,000 project to repave two parking lots at Launiupoko Beach Park continues with work on the mauka side of the highway starting today.

The study lumped the Kahului-Wailuku-and-Lahaina areas into one category and said 45% of the homes purchased there in 2017 were bought as non-primary dwellings.

A 56-year-old female was pulled from the water by unknown witnesses. Fire officials say the female was having difficulty breathing while snorkeling.

Wong was arrested early Saturday, March 9, by police at a residence in Wailuku. He was charged with abuse of a household member and has since posted bail.

The Coast Guard and good Samaritans assisted the crew of the 63-foot catamaran Kaulana after it reportedly struck a rock off Mānele Bay, Saturday morning.

The DLNR Division of State Parks is hosting an open workshop meeting on Thursday March 14, 2019 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Velma McWayne Santos Community Center in Wailuku for attendees to discuss their insights, concerns and recommendations directly to project staff on improvements made to ʻĪao Valley State Monument.

The two-story, four-bedroom, 2.5 bathrooms home join’s NHOM’s growing inventory of homes that will remain affordable in perpetuity and never go to market price.

The state House advanced a bill which decriminalizes the possession of three or less grams of cannabis and instead establishes a $200 fine.

Little Fire Ants have been confirmed in a second Windward Oʻahu neighborhood. The two sites in Ahuimanu total about three acres.

Lau Ola LLC, dba Big Island Grown Dispensaries passed its final onsite inspection and will operate the company’s second retail center at a dispensary in Kamuela

Island Scuba & Surf School Operations Manager Madalyn Groulx organized cleanup after a winter storm swept trash and debris onto a Wailea reef.

An estimated 500 feet of heavy gauge line was removed from an entangled humpback whale off Maui.

A new study from financial technology company, SmartAsset, ranks the Waiheʻe-Waiehu area of Maui as the most affordable place to live in Hawaiʻi.

More than 15 soon-to-be released or furloughed inmates incarcerated at MCCC recently completed approximately 56 hours of workforce industry training at UHMC.

The legislation would create a partnership between the federal government and states to make debt-free college a reality for students within five years.

There is no tsunami threat to Hawaiʻi after a magnitude 6.3 earthquake reported south of the Kermadec Islands (northeast of New Zealand) this morning.

Alaska Airlines is launching a 3-day sale today, giving sun seekers the perfect excuse to book that well-deserved vacation to Hawai‘i.

The National Weather Service in Honolulu has issued a High Surf Advisory, which is in effect until 6 a.m. Thursday, March 7, 2019.