The convicted robber vanished from the open-camp prison in Central Oahu before dawn, prompting a three-agency search.

Kaumālapaʻu Harbor, Lānaʻi's sole lifeline for food and fuel, went inoperable Tuesday morning as Hurricane Lowell's swells pounded the coast.

Four West Maui schools closed as storm surge buried Honoapiʻilani Highway in rocks near Olowalu.

Dr. Gregory Yim faces two lawsuits alleging unnecessary breast exams, but Hawaiʻi's medical board has taken no action against him.

Jeremy Alexander Fleming faces manslaughter charges after a Tesla crossed into oncoming lanes near mile marker 46, killing a 55-year-old rider.

HPD's new drone program helped catch three suspects after tracking stolen AirPods to a Chevy Spark near Kalihi.

An elderly man went unresponsive on a catamaran tour near Ko Olina Marina, the area's second fatal snorkeling incident this month.

A family of four, including three juveniles, was inside the stalled car near the Waimalu exit when the motorcycle hit it.

The driver kept going west on Farrington Highway without stopping, HPD says. It's at least the third such crash on this Waianae corridor in under a year.

Tre' Evans-Dumaran was pulled 800 yards through a drain into the ocean. His mother says some crews still lack proper training.

A Kaimuki shooting sparked by an ex-girlfriend dispute left a man critically injured in 2024. Jurors cleared Jeremyal Leedy of murder but convicted him on gun and assault counts.

A second vehicle plowed into debris after the crash, but Honolulu police reported no injuries at the Waiawa overpass site.

FEMA money can now cover cracked walls and busted water-catchment tanks across South Kona, North Kona, and Kaʻū after May's magnitude 6.0 quake.