State and nonprofit partners launched the 2026 Wildfire LOOKOUT campaign, warning that nearly all Hawaiian wildfires start from human activity and urging homeowners to create defensible space.

Hawaiʻi Island police found a decomposed body in a Waimea stream and have opened a coroner’s inquest as an autopsy is ordered. Detectives are asking for tips.

A second arson on Riley Street destroyed the only truck for a small Folsom car-hauler, leaving the owner and his family without their primary income.