CALEB JONES

Brett Walsh and Emma Yates, bottom right, tourists from Australia, sit on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Monday, May 23, 2022. A COVID surge is under way that is starting to cause disruptions as schools wrap up for the year and Americans prepare for summer vacations. Case counts are as high as they’ve been since mid-February and those figures are likely a major undercount because of unreported home tests and asymptomatic infections. But the beaches beckoned and visitors have flocked to Hawaii, especially in recent months. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones) HICJ206 HICJ206

May 24, 2022 at 3:06 pm

Pandemic-weary Americans plan for summer despite COVID surge VIEW

Surges in COVID cases are causing disruptions in many parts of the U.S., but as the school year wraps up and Americans prepare for their...

May 18, 2022 at 2:16 pm

Hawaii hurricane season forecasted to be slow with La Nina

Federal forecasters say Hawaii and the Central Pacific basin should expect two to four hurricanes, tropical depressions or tropical storms this year.

May 10, 2022 at 2:02 pm

Hawaii helicopter crash that killed 7 was ‘100% preventable’

Federal accident investigators are blaming a deadly Hawaii helicopter crash on the pilot’s decision to keep flying into worsening weather.

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Vasyl Prishchak, left, is interviewed by The Associated Press as his wife, Marina, right, and daughter, Ksenia, 5, sit next to him at their temporary home in Kailua, Hawaii, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. The Prishchak family travelled to Hawaii for a long-awaited vacation on Feb. 16 and planned to return to Ukraine on March 7. But a week into their vacation, Russia invaded their country, leaving the family in shocked disbelief with no access to family, friends, money or their home. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones) HICJ101 HICJ101

March 30, 2022 at 4:15 pm

Ukrainians stranded in Hawaii get help from canoe paddlers VIEW

A Ukrainian family who came to Hawaii for a long-awaited vacation ended up watching from the islands in shock as bombs started dropping on their...

January 6, 2022 at 3:02 pm

Monsanto pleads guilty to pesticide-related crimes in Hawaii

The Monsanto company pleaded guilty Thursday to illegally using and storing agricultural chemicals in Hawaii, and will pay $12 million in fines.

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December 21, 2021 at 12:09 pm

Endangered Hawaiian monk seal shot in head on Molokai

Federal officials say an endangered Hawaiian monk seal that was found dead on the island of Molokai last September was intentionally killed with a gun.

December 9, 2021 at 4:42 pm

Monsanto to plead guilty to illegal pesticide use in Hawaii

Monsanto says in court papers that it has agreed to plead guilty to illegally using and storing pesticides in Hawaii and will pay $12 million...

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December 8, 2021 at 10:08 pm