Hawai'i State News

The Hawai’i State Capitol was evacuated and the building was searched by deputies along with its Special Operations explosive detection K-9 units.

Cronobacter sakazakii bacteria can cause severe, life-threatening infections (sepsis) or meningitis (inflammation of the membranes protecting the brain and spine).

Two of the appointments – Deanna Sako as Managing Director and Diane Nakagawa as Finance Director – have received the necessary unanimous approval from the Hawaiʻi County Council. Aaron Brown’s appointment is not subject to Council approval.

“As we approach the challenges of 2024, we are humbled by the selfless nature of the Hawaiʻi Island community and their continued collaboration for a strong and vibrant future,” Mayor Mitch Roth said.

In 2022, Gov. David Ige signed into law House Bill 2171, which became Act 278, re-establishing the Hawai‘i Department of Public Safety as the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and transferring law enforcement functions to the new Department of Law Enforcement effective Jan. 1, 2024.

Maui County closed Baldwin Beach Park and Lower Pā’ia Park (Baby Beach) due to the shark encounter.

The uniforms are now part of the UH Historic Costume Collection that already has more than 10,000 items of dress related to the people and history of Hawaiʻi, including subcollections of Hawaiʻi, Asia, western and global dress.

The newly established Professor Barbara Barnard Smith Endowed Chair supports the university’s desire and commitment to revitalize its ethnomusicology program.

The fireworks were discovered Friday during a routine tariff inspection of a shipping container in transit from the mainland to Hawai‘i

The suspect is described as a male, approximately 5-feet-11 inches tall, wearing a gray hoodie, black pants, black shoes, and a disposable light blue face mask.

The single-vehicle collision occurred on the evening of Dec. 28, on Kilauea Avenue near the intersection with Mohouli Street in Hilo.

The last time parking rates for Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport and Hilo International Airport, as well as at Lῑhuʻe Airport on Kaua‘i and for Kahului Airport on Maui, were adjusted was in 2015.

So far this year, there have been 935 DUI arrests compared with 962 during the same period last year, a decrease of 2.8%. 

Committee members are appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the County Council.

He is described as having a fair complexion, 5 feet 7 inches tall, 170 pounds, with brown shoulder-length hair, and blue eyes.

Act 114 incrementally increases the minimum wage to $16 per hour Jan. 1, 2026, and to $18 per hour Jan. 1, 2028.

Detectives from the Area I Criminal Investigation Section are continuing this investigation, and have not yet identified a suspect or motive in this case; however, they continue to conduct interviews and follow-up on leads.

The most serious offenses, Sexual Assault in the Second Degree and Attempted Sexual Assault in the Second Degree, carries a penalty of either a ten-year prison term or five years probation and up to eighteen months in jail.

The State of Hawai‘i Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism (DBEDT) issued today the Hawai‘i Vacation Rental Performance Report for the month of November utilizing data compiled by Lighthouse Intelligence, Ltd.

PATH received just over $900,000 from the TAP grant to expand the HIBIKE system on Hawai‘i Island.