Latest Hawaii Headlines
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It Will Take 5 Months to Transport Hawaii Wildfire Debris to Massive Landfill
Jun 10 2025 // Fifty trucks will spend five months hauling Lahaina wildfire debris to a landfill in the center of Maui starting next Monday, Maui County said. There’s enough debris to fill five football fields five stories high....
Hawaii Governor Signs Hotel Tax Bill to Help With Climate Change Through Mitigation
May 29 2025 // Hawaii’s governor signed legislation this week that boosts a tax imposed on hotel room and vacation rental stays in order to raise money to address eroding shorelines, wildfires and other consequences of climate...
Drug Companies Paying Hawaii $700 Million to Settle Plavix Blood Thinner Suit
May 12 2025 // Pharmaceutical companies have agreed to pay Hawaii $700 million to settle its lawsuit over the efficacy and safety of the blood thinner Plavix, the state attorney general’s office announced. A court ruling last year...
Tesla Driver Charged in California Attacks Arrested Again for Road Rage in Hawaii
May 12 2025 // A Tesla driver charged with attacking motorists’ vehicles with a pipe in the Los Angeles area has been arrested again for allegedly assaulting two women during a road rage incident in Honolulu. The recent arrest...
Hawaii Lawmakers Pass HECO Bill to Invest in Wildfire Mitigation
May 2 2025 // Hawaii lawmakers this week passed a bill intended to help shore up Hawaiian Electric Co.’s credit rating despite strong opposition from House and Senate committee chairs who helped vet the measure. The bill would...
Hawaii Plans to Increase Hotel Tax to Help It With Climate Change Mitigation
May 2 2025 // In a first-of-its kind move, Hawaii lawmakers are ready to hike a tax imposed on travelers staying in hotels, vacation rentals and other short-term accommodations and earmark the new money for programs to cope with a...
Hawaii Lawmakers Wrangle Bills to Rescue Utility Hit by Wildfire Suits
Apr 14 2025 // Hawaiian Electric Co. is making a final legislative push this month, asking lawmakers to help shore up its financial foundation, which crumbled after the 2023 Maui wildfire that killed 102 people and destroyed much of...
Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano Spews Fountains of Lava in Latest Eruption
Apr 10 2025 // Scientists were bracing for high lava fountains during the latest episode of an ongoing eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano. Lava fountains have reached heights of 1,000 feet (305 meters) during eruptive episodes in...
Hawaii Islands Sinking Faster in Some Areas, Increasing Flood Risk
Mar 24 2025 // Parts of Hawaii are sinking faster than others, according to a recent study led by researchers at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa, highlighting the flood risk to infrastructure, businesses and communities in low-lying...
Vortex Hurricane Insurance Now Available in Hawaii
Mar 18 2025 // Parametric hurricane coverage provider Vortex Weather has expanded its supplemental hurricane insurance solutions to Hawaii. Vortex’s parametric hurricane coverage provides automatic payouts based on National...
Explosion at Beachside Hawaii Resort Injured 7 People, Scattered Debris
Feb 25 2025 // A suspected gas explosion in the grill area of a Hawaii beachside resort has injured seven people, including three in critical condition, according to hotel management and police on Maui. The explosion last week left a...
Hawaii’s Kilauea Again Spewing Lava in Its 10th Episode
Feb 21 2025 // Kilauea volcano began shooting lava into the air once again on the Big Island of Hawaii. Kilauea, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, has been erupting on and off for nearly two months since it burst to life on...
Hawaii Lawmakers Seek Tougher Fireworks Enforcement Following Explosion
Feb 13 2025 // State senators have declined to move forward with a statewide ban on all fireworks, and instead are working to significantly strengthen law enforcement’s ability to investigate and prosecute fireworks cases. Within...
What’s Tying Up $4B Settlement for Hawaii Wildfire Victims
Feb 11 2025 // Hawaii’s Supreme Court heard arguments last week over insurance issues that are tying up a potential $4 billion settlement over Maui’s catastrophic 2023 wildfire, the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a...
Hawaii Wildfire Victims Spared From Testifying After Deal Over $4B Settlement
Jan 31 2025 // Lawyers representing victims of a deadly Hawaii wildfire reached a last-minute deal averting a trial that was scheduled to begin Wednesday over how to split a $4 billion settlement. The agreement means victims and...
Hawaii Fireworks Injuries Comparable to Those Seen on Battlefield, Doctor Says
Jan 22 2025 // Some wounds suffered by six Hawaii residents flown to Arizona for medical treatment after a deadly illegal fireworks explosion on New Year’s are comparable to battlefield injuries, the doctor overseeing their care...
Deadly Accident Has Hawaii Officials Asking to End Amateur Fireworks Shows
Jan 6 2025 // In recent years, occasions large and small — parties, Super Bowls, mixed martial arts fights, even Thanksgiving — have provided a reason for residents across Hawaii to set off illegal fireworks. The increasingly...
Rescuers Describe Scene at a Hawaii Home After Deadly Fireworks Blast
Jan 3 2025 // Emergency crews arrived to a chaotic and gruesome scene in a Honolulu neighborhood after a large New Year’s firework tipped over after being lit and ignited a fiery, shrapnel-studded blast that killed three people...
Safer Buildings Vs More Housing: How New Building Codes May Impact Hawaii
Nov 22 2024 // A month after wildfires ravaged Maui in August 2023, Gov. Josh Green issued an emergency proclamation to postpone the adoption of any new building codes that might exacerbate a housing shortage that had just gotten...
Hawaii Attorney General Probe into Deadly Wildfire Won’t Lead to Criminal Charges
Nov 4 2024 // An investigation by the Hawaii attorney general’s office into the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century, which destroyed most of the historic town of Lahaina, won’t lead to any criminal charges. Hawaii...
