A Kekaha man was sentenced to 14 months and ordered to repay $1.4M after pleading guilty to falsely claiming Restaurant Revitalization Fund grants.

NOAA has named the University of Hawaiʻi the Pacific Reef Research Coordination Institute to coordinate coral science, restoration and training across the U.S. Pacific.

HPU researchers are building a field test to help hunters spot brucellosis in feral pigs. Kits could start reaching hunters this year and would pair safety gear with sample collection.

Flooding from Waiawa Stream destroyed tents and gear at Agape Christian Fellowship, putting the 20th summer of Camp Agape — a free program for kids of incarcerated parents — at risk.

A mid‑day outage on Monday knocked out power for thousands across East Oahu as HECO crews worked to isolate and repair a transmission‑line fault.

A shortage of residency training slots is pushing Hawaii medical graduates to the mainland, concentrating specialty care in Honolulu and straining neighbor‑island access.

Heavy rains at Waimea pushed roughly 140,000 gallons of treated wastewater toward Kīkīaola Harbor; authorities posted warnings and state testing is pending.

A bill advancing in the Legislature would phase in returns of hundreds of Hawaii prisoners now held in mainland private prisons, but corrections officials warn of space and cost hurdles. Lawmakers and advocates remain split on timing and planning.

AG Anne Lopez says SIPD has reviewed thousands of subpoenaed pages and conducted 18 interviews in the $35,000 probe. The department schedules its next public update for April 24.

The city will retire the DaBus2 app and move riders to the Transit app on April 15, 2026, consolidating bus, rail and bike‑share tools.

A legislative push to lapse unspent UH tuition into the state general fund has university leaders warning the change could unravel systemwide services and strain small campuses.

A two-alarm building fire on Oluolu Street in Waimānalo was extinguished early Thursday; no injuries were reported and a fire investigator was dispatched.

A 21-year-old Honolulu man is set to plead guilty to a federal possession charge after investigators traced exploitative material to multiple Kik accounts. Court records describe bond and travel limits.