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April 1, 2021 at 1:36 pm

Longtime AP Hawaii political reporter Bruce Dunford dies

HONOLULU (AP) — Bruce Dunford, whose exploits as a longtime Associated Press reporter prompted then-Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle to declare the day he retired “Bruce...

March 12, 2021 at 3:27 pm

Hawaii town blocked by landslide launches makeshift ferry

HONOLULU (AP) — Volunteers on Kauai’s north shore in Hawaii have launched a makeshift ferry service across a river after a landslide along a two-lane...

March 11, 2021 at 9:39 pm

Kauai community once again cut off by landslides after storm

HONOLULU (AP) — A community on the Hawaiian island of Kauai that was isolated by storm-triggered landslides three years ago was once again cut off...

March 10, 2021 at 4:52 pm

Hawaii’s rains, floods cited as examples of climate change VIEW

To better prepare for future disasters, it will be important for scientists to understand how weather was interacting with a warming climate to cause so...

March 8, 2021 at 6:30 pm

Town north of Honolulu evacuated as stream floods VIEW

The National Weather Service reported that 13.2 inches of rain fell in the Haiku area of Maui’s north coast between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m....

March 8, 2021 at 4:27 pm

Hawaii lawmakers considering nation’s highest income tax

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii is considering overtaking California as the state with the highest income tax rate in the nation, under legislation slated for a...

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February 1, 2021 at 3:19 pm

Hawaii GOP chair resigns after party tweets about QAnon

HONOLULU (AP) — The chairperson of the Hawaii Republican Party has resigned after a senior party member used an official Twitter account to send tweets...

January 7, 2021 at 4:02 pm

NTSB seeks flight instructor monitoring after deadly crash

HONOLULU (AP) — Federal safety investigators said Thursday that the pilot of a skydiving plane that crashed in 2019, killing all 11 people on board,...

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December 9, 2020 at 4:59 pm

Hawaii furloughs state workers amid pandemic budget crunch

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. David Ige on Wednesday announced plans to furlough more than 40,000 state workers to balance the budget as tax revenue...

December 8, 2020 at 12:31 pm

Hawaii certifies Biden’s win of state’s presidential vote

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii on Tuesday certified the results of its presidential vote after the state Supreme Court dismissed an elections complaint challenging the entirety...