Hawai'i State News
Update: Police find runaway Kiana Gilliland in good health
Police ask anyone with information on her whereabouts to please call the police department’s non-emergency line at 808-935-3311.
Household Hazardous Waste Collection event in Hilo relocated
Acceptable household hazardous waste includes automotive fluids, used batteries, fluorescent bulbs, pesticides and more.
Coast Guard, partners join forces for humpback whale safety
Thousands of humpback whales seasonally use the waters around the Hawaiian Islands as their principal breeding and calving wintering grounds.
Major construction begins at Kīlauea summit in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
Contractors have fenced off Jaggar Museum, the former US Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory buildings at Uēkahuna and part of the parking lot.
Weekly DUI stats: 23 arrested on Big Island roads
So far this year, there have been 78 DUI arrests compared with 91 during the same period last year, a decrease of 14.3%.
Hawai‘i Department of Health: Quaker Oats granola bars potentially contaminated
The Department of Health continues to investigate if these recalled products have caused any illnesses in the State.
Waipi‘o Valley Road temporarily closing for fiber optic cable installation
The infrastructure upgrade aims to enhance communication capabilities and provide improved internet services to the residents and businesses in the area.
House Majority introduces bill package for 2024 Hawaiʻi Legislative Session
The nine-bill package is aimed at addressing several critical issues throughout the state, including affordable housing, homelessness, mental health licensure, electric vehicles and more.
Update: Wind advisory canceled for Big Island summits
Winds atop Maunakea and Mauna Loa have fallen below advisory criteria.
Hawai‘i AG prevails in class-action lawsuit involving state retiree health benefits
The lawsuit was brought by retired government employees who sought to recover hundreds of millions of dollars in claims relating to retiree health benefits provided by the Hawai‘i Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund.
Working Families Legislative Caucus sponsors several bills aimed at boosting economic justice
The Working Families Legislative Caucus, chaired by Big Island state Rep. Jeanné Kapela, is championing a bill package that includes measures to establish paid sick and family leave programs, strengthen access to the supplemental nutritional assistance program, tax capital gains at the same rate as ordinary income and create a state child tax credit.
State says ‘awa, also known as kava, is ‘generally recognized as safe’
Based on numerous scientific journals and publications provided to the Health Department and College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, the state concluded that the use of the noble variety of ‘awa root, mixed with water or coconut water, is safe and consistent with the substance and intent of federal regulations.
Hawai‘i State Senate to hold public hearing on vacation rental bill
The Feb. 2 hearing will be the first hearing on a Senate Bill about short-term vacation rentals following the Governor’s State of the State Address and the December 2023 federal court ruling in Hawaiʻi Legal Short-Term Rental Alliance v. City and County of Honolulu.
Update: High surf advisory canceled early Thursday morning
Surf heights have fallen below advisory thresholds.
Police renew request for public’s assistance locating runaway missing since July 2023
King Kehoe is known to use the Hele-On bus for transportation and frequents “the Lawn” in Kalapana, Kahena Beach, Pāhoa town, Hilo town, including the mall and Kailua-Kona.
Hawai‘i State Judiciary addressing period poverty with free menstrual products
Buildings on the Big Island, O‘ahu, Kaua‘i and Maui have free product dispensers.
Aloha Billy: Family, friends, community gather to celebrate life, legacy of former Hawai‘i County Mayor Billy Kenoi
There were no formal speakers, but there was plenty of laughter, hugs, music and food, with a few tears; it was almost like a family reunion of sorts, exactly how Kenoi’s youngest sister Kina Kenoi Sai said her brother would have wanted it.
Kona 13-year-old on newest season of Food Network’s ‘Kids Baking Championship’
The flavor fluency, scrumptious skill set and culinary creativity the Big Island’s Tasi Savage has nourished through the years at home now are being showcased in a much larger kitchen in front of a nationwide audience as she competes during the 12th season of the competition series.
Hawaiʻi Women’s Legislative Caucus presents bill package supports women, children, families
The package includes five bills and two resolutions.
U.S. ambassadors to Japan, Korea talk story with more than 100 UH students
The diplomats shared insights from their careers, delving into the partnership between the U.S., Japan and the Republic of Korea.
