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State roundup for May 23

Updated: May 23, 2013 12:05am

UH researchers studying sharks

HONOLULU (AP) — University of Hawaii researchers are using new technologies to study shark behavior.

Carl Meyer with the Hawaii Institute of Marine...

State roundup for May 18

Updated: May 18, 2013 12:06am

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Pacific Wings ceasing Hawaii operations

Updated: May 14, 2013 12:05am

HONOLULU (AP) — Pacific Wings, an airline serving five Hawaii destinations with a Cessna 208, is ceasing operations.

Pacific Wings will be shutting down its Hawaii operation in mid-June....

Missing Kauai hiker, 72, found alive

Updated: May 14, 2013 12:05am

KEKAHA, Kauai (AP) — A 72-year-old woman who was missing since setting off for a weekend Kauai hike was found Monday alive and in good condition, authorities said.

Pamela Wilcox Dohrman, of...

Man dies in Maui accident

Updated: May 12, 2013 12:05am

WAILUKU, Maui (AP) — A 66-year-old man has died in an accident on Maui.

Robert Keith Adams of Haliimaile man was killed Thursday morning when his SUV crossed the centerline in a passing zone...

Hawaii flags fly at half-staff for local airman

Updated: May 12, 2013 12:05am

HONOLULU (AP) — Flags in Hawaii will fly at half-staff to honor an airman from Kailua who was killed when his aircraft crashed in Afghanistan.

Gov. Neil Abercrombie ordered the national flag...

Web ticket sales begin for Honolulu-Sendai flights

Updated: May 12, 2013 12:05am

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaiian Airlines has started selling tickets online for an upcoming new service to Sendai, Japan.

The service three times a week will begin June 25. The flights will fly...

OHA awards $40K grant to group helping homeless

Updated: May 12, 2013 12:05am

OHA awards $40K grant to group helping homeless

HONOLULU (AP) — The Office of Hawaiian Affairs is awarding a nonprofit organization a $40,000 grant to help Native Hawaiian families with...

State growth forecast reduced

Updated: May 11, 2013 12:06am

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s economy will likely grow faster than the national average, but not as quickly as previously predicted for 2013 and 2014, state economists said Friday.

The state...

Honolulu mayor reveals plan to cut homelessness

Updated: May 11, 2013 12:06am

By ANITA HOFSCHNEIDER

Associated Press

HONOLULU — Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell announced a pilot project Thursday to address homelessness by providing housing for people within their...

Mechanic: Cable caused helicopter crash

Updated: May 11, 2013 12:06am

JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER

Associated Press

HONOLULU— A helicopter’s crash-landing in downtown Honolulu that badly damaged a parked car and left a cut on a passenger’s head could have...

Drop in Japanese yen could hurt Hawaii tourism

Updated: May 11, 2013 12:06am

Drop in Japanese yen could hurt Hawaii tourism

HONOLULU (AP) — A drop in the value of the yen could be bad news for Hawaii’s tourism industry.

That’s because the yen is weakening as...