A Kahului shopper was badly injured in a Target parking-lot assault last Friday; police arrested a man with prior convictions and the victim faces surgery.

Gov. Green appoints Jay Carpio to Hawaii’s Board of Land and Natural Resources, highlighting his conservation experience and commitment to traditional resource management.

Honolulu firefighters responded to an intentionally set blaze in a Nuʻuanu building, quickly extinguishing it.

Honolulu hit by a string of machete robberies; a man robbed a Kunia Walmart, marking the third such event in two days. Police seek a suspect with a neck tattoo.

An armed man on Maui was shot by police after he opened fire and ignored their commands, with no officers injured. The suspect is in custody and the investigation is ongoing.

A SmileHub ranking puts Hawaiʻi 4th for cancer research output but 41st for funding — strong science, spotty resources. What that split means for patients and policy.

Maui County advanced an interim ban on new private pools in West Maui to reserve scarce water for rebuilding and housing.

Yuki Lei Sugimura, Maui County Council vice chair, launched a mayoral challenge to Richard Bissen, centering her campaign on infrastructure, permitting speed and fiscal caution.

Honolulu is set to experience weather changes, with light showers turning into a cold front next week, leading to cooler temperatures and increased precipitation, but no flooding threats.

Maui County finalized a $9.5M purchase of the Wailuku Executive Center to consolidate prosecutors into a single downtown office.

Locally owned Lotus Cafe opened a new Kailua Town location on Hekili Street, bringing its Kaimuki-style coffee and scratch-made menu to Windward Oahu.

The Hawai‘i School Facilities Authority is piloting MKThink’s cloud configurator to compress planning timelines and cut costs as it confronts thousands of aging school structures.

The University of Hawaiʻi says it engaged with threat actors to obtain a decryption tool after an August ransomware attack that exposed cancer‑study participant data.