Hawaii News

May 15, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

A settlement has been reached in the case of a house built on the wrong lot in Hawaiian Paradise Park.

May 15, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

The state’s biennium budget bill conveyed to Gov. Josh Green includes $2.5 million to fund the Puna Alternate Route Study.

May 14, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

Police are again renewing their request for any information about the disappearance of 34-year-old Kelly Gravitt of Pahoa.

May 14, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

A six-acre brush fire Sunday in Honokaa scorched six acres and threatened homes between Lehua and Mamane streets before firefighters extinguished it.

May 14, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

A water outage will affect Hilo International Airport and surrounding areas from 10 p.m. Friday to 4 a.m. Saturday.

May 14, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

Leeward areas of the Big Island already are showing the shift toward the summer wet season, but the windward side, which is entering the dry season, continues to be drier than normal.

May 13, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

The state Department of Transportation intends to use existing revenue streams to dramatically scale up an automated camera system to ticket drivers who speed or run red lights — even th...

May 13, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

A federal trial is set to start today for two Hilo attorneys accused of receiving Hawaii County affordable housing credits and land conveyances worth at least $10.98 million, with no intention...

May 13, 2025 | 9 MIN READ

The largest wave of displaced Maui fire survivors, who are losing their temporary hotel housing this month, will move into Ka La‘i Ola, a modular housing project mauka of the Lahaina Civ...

May 12, 2025 | 8 MIN READ

The year-old state Department of Law Enforcement would get new funding and an increased mandate to crack down on illegal fireworks under pending legislation, which has Pearl City resident Larr...

May 11, 2025 | 7 MIN READ

CORRECTION: A previous version of this story had an incorrect lease price. The Tribune-Herald regrets the error.

May 11, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

Hawaii will receive $700 million in a landmark settlement from pharmaceutical giants Bristol Myers Squibb and Sanofi following more than a decade of litigation over the blood thinner Plavix an...

May 10, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

University of Hawaii economists expect the state economy to begin gradually contracting later this year due to federal policy impacts hurting tourism, employment and personal income.

May 10, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Federal agents arrested 50 people this week on Oahu, Maui and Hawaii island for violating immigration laws due to convictions for crimes including murder, domestic violence and drug possession...

May 9, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

Nearly 100 unionized nurses at Queen’s North Hawaii Community Hospital in Waimea have given notice of plans to hold an informational picket next Saturday.

May 9, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

House Finance Chair Kyle Yamashita, who led the powerful House money committee for the last three Hawaii legislative sessions, has been replaced by Majority Caucus Leader Chris Todd of Hilo....