Hawaii News

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Chair Kyle Yamashita, who led the powerful House money committee for the last three Hawaii legislative sessions, has been replaced by Majority Caucus Leader Chris Todd of Hilo....

May 9, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

The Coast Guard medivaced the captain of a commercial fishing vessel 80 miles offshore Hilo to Hilo Benioff Medical Center on Friday.

May 9, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

After hearing hours of passionate testimony from community members, the Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) voted today to not accept the U.S. Army’s Final Environmental Impact St...

May 9, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Federal agents served search warrants, detained and arrested more than two dozen people in Kona on suspicion of immigration law violations, and detained a group of Maui teachers from the Phili...

May 8, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Federal agents served search warrants, detained and arrested more than two dozen people in Kona on suspicion of immigration law violations, and detained a group of Maui teachers from the Phili...

May 8, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

Some 37% of Hawaii businesses said tariffs make them “very concerned,” while another 40% are “somewhat concerned,” adding up to a whopping 77% of businesses feeling tar...

May 7, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

With statistics showing the state of Hawaii imports about 90% of the food its residents consume, a pair of bills with the goal of improving food security has made it through the Legislature an...

May 7, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

The U.S.-led trade war with China has delivered a hard initial blow to one of Hawaii’s largest companies, ocean cargo transportation firm Matson Inc.

May 7, 2025 | 6 MIN READ

The U.S. Department of Education said Native Hawaiian, American Indian and Alaska Native history will not be categorized as “diversity, equity and inclusion” or “critical rac...

May 6, 2025 | 1 MIN READ

Police are investigating a mobile home fire Sunday night in Captain Cook in which charred human remains were found. Four Hawaii Fire Department units responded to the 9:52 p.m. alarm with the...

May 6, 2025 | 6 MIN READ

Hawaii nonprofits stand to receive a lot more grant funding from the Legislature this year due to expectations of federal aid cuts by President Donald Trump.