Sen. Mazie Hirono joined a group of senators in a letter demanding federal agencies explain and pause enforcement actions aimed at immigrant children, and gave agencies until Feb. 26 to produce records. Lawmakers pointed to rising detention times and new data‑sharing and wellness‑check practices as proof of a troubling shift.

Federal filings show Heal America PAC raised nearly $488K in 2025, with major donations from a Hawaii resort investor, gambling interests and Turo.

A midday outage left thousands across Windward Oahu without power and snarled traffic from Kaneohe to Kahuku.

A $6.34M gift from the Hawai‘i Community Foundation will seed a rent‑to‑own pilot to help wildfire‑displaced Maui families transition from temporary housing to ownership. The pilot couples stabilized leases with counseling to build buyers’ readiness.

An injunction by a youth-sports group canceled Oahu’s flag-football season days before play began, affecting about 160 teams and hundreds of keiki.

A 93-year-old woman was struck while crossing a marked crosswalk in Liliha Wednesday morning and later died. Police say the driver stayed at the scene and investigators are probing the crash.

A six‑bedroom Kūkiʻo estate in Kona closed for $38.25M, the highest‑priced home sale on record inside the gated golf and beach community. The 7,876‑sq‑ft property sits on nearly an acre and overlooks Kua Bay.

Wind Advisory through 6 PM HST Tuesday; gusts to 55 mph with scattered showers and elevated surf.

A Honolulu man was sentenced to 10 years after pleading no contest in the Kahuku shooting that injured a 30-year-old woman.

After five decades, Jesse's Coffee Shop in Kalihi is closing as the Badua family retires. Regulars flocked to buy last batches of pandesal and pianomo.

Lawmakers are weighing bills to modernize co‑op law and seed cooperative grants across Hawaiʻi, a move supporters say could keep jobs and food systems local.

An unnamed Waianae man is accused of threatening to kill a federal officer and family during a warrant tied to drugs and guns, prosecutors say.

Police identified the two women who died in the Nov. 29 Hilo fire as Antoinette Amii, 72, and Neilla Lee, 56. Autopsies are complete and foul play is not suspected.