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HONOLULU (AP) — It's looking like it'll be a below-normal hurricane season for the central Pacific.The National...
The National Weather Service in Honolulu said the wet season this year was anything but wet. Kevin Kodama, a senior hydrologi...
WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — Fire officials say an unauthorized cane fire in Paia has burned five acres, causing losses for H...
(KPUA - Ken Hupp) Hawaiian Airlines maintained its reputation as a perennial on-time performance leader by topping the other ...
(KPUA - Ken Hupp Hawaiian Airlines maintained its reputation as a perennial on-time performance leader by topping the other U...
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Authorities have identified a 68-year-old woman from Hawaii killed in a weekend crash in Henders...
PUNA, Hawaii (AP) — Firefighters pulled a swimmer from the surf on the southeast side of the Big Island.The Honolulu St...
HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Authorities say a 3-year-old boy died on the Big Island after he was run over by a pickup truck.Haw...
HILO, Hawaii (AP) — A 53-year-old woman who was using a walker died of injuries after being hit by a car.Hawaii News No...
SEATTLE (AP) — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says Japan has provided $5 million to help pay f...
KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) — The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for the Big Island.The watch wil...
The Island of Hawai`i remains under a Flash Flood Watch through this evening. County Civil Defense Chief Darrel Oliviera says...
The Island of Hawai`i remains under a Flash Flood Watch through this evening. Forecasters say moist and unstable conditions a...
A Monday morning fire did $150,000 damage and destroyed the kitchen at Banjy’s Paradise Bar and Grill on Melia Stre...
KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) — Big Island police say a Hakalua woman has died in a two-car collision in North Kohala.The Ha...
(Ken Hupp - KPUA) Former state and county lawmaker Helene Hale has died at the age of 94. Hale's career in public service...
HONOLULU (AP) — An earthquake rattled Hawaii Island early Saturday, but there were no reports of serious damage or inju...
LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — A man who fell off a zip line was taken to Maui Memorial hospital where he was in stable conditi...
(KPUA) County Civil Defense officials say the Hakalau siren north of mile marker 15 on Highway 19 and Chin Chuck Road will be...
One man was killed and another has been arrested following a fatal traffic accident early Sunday on 29th Avenue in Hawaiian B...
(Ken Hupp-KPUA) Fire investigators are trying to determine what caused the Friday night fire that did $30,000 damage to a...
WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — The Coast Guard has suspended the search for a small plane that went missing over the weekend.Ma...
VOLCANO, Hawaii (AP) — A small earthquake has struck the east coast of the Big Island of Hawaii but no damages or injur...
HILO, Hawaii (AP) — The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory says lava is flowing from the Kilauea Volcano on the Big Island an...
HONOLULU (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on a December 2009 helicopter crash on M...
(Ken Hupp - KPUA) Police are renewing their request for witnesses to an October 11th traffic accident in front of Hirano Stor...
(Ken Hupp - KPUA) 11 of the 13 tsunami warning sirens that were found to be defective during last week’s monthly test h...
(Ken Hupp - KPUA) American Red Cross volunteers from Hawai`i are being dispatched to assist victims of Hurricane Sandy in are...
(Ken Hupp - KPUA) Police have identified the woman found dead along Highway 11 in South Kona Tuesday as 30-year old Jasmin K....
(Ken Hupp - KPUA) Police are increasing DUI checkpoints and roving patrols this week in conjunction with Halloween. The effor...
(Ken Hupp - KPUA) Police are stepping up efforts to stem the rising death toll on Big Island Highways which has more than dou...
HILO, Hawaii (AP) — A volcano on the Big Island is putting on quite a show.Kilauea is actually erupting from two crater...
(Ken Hupp - KPUA) Police have identified one of the two men killed in Sunday night’s head on collision on Hawai`i Belt ...
(Ken Hupp - KPUA) There are signs to indicate that Kilauea Volcano may be headed for an explosive eruption. Scientists at the...
KONA, Hawaii (AP) — A 55-year-old Kona man has been killed in a collision.Police say Bryan Hanato was killed in a one-c...
HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Two people have been killed in a head-on collision on Highway 19 near Onomea on the Big Island.The ...
(Ken Hupp - KPUA) Police are investigating the reported weekend robbery of a Volcano man at a water spigot site in Kurtistown...
(Ken Hupp - KPUA) A 32-year-old Utah woman died Monday (October 8) in a motorcycle crash at the 28 mile marker on Akoni Pule ...
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaiian Airlines plans to use a bigger plane when it launches nonstop service between Honolulu and Auc...
(Ken Hupp - KPUA) An investigation is underway to determine what caused the fire that did $80,000 damage to a small room ...
(Ken Hupp - KPUA) Two people were rescued Sunday after a wave washed them into the ocean along the rocky coastline at Keokea ...
(Ken Hupp - KPUA) A 76-year-old Kapolei man has died from injuries he sustained in a motorcycle crash in North Kohala on Augu...
(Ken Hupp - KPUA) Police arrested 35 motorists for driving under the influence of alcohol, including six who were involved in...
(Ken Hupp - KPUA) Fire investigators are trying to determine the cause of a fire that consumed a house in Holualoa early Wedn...
(Ken Hupp - KPUA) Witnesses are being sought to a motorcycle/motor vehicle crash in North Kona that claimed the life of a Wai...
RED CROSS HURRICANE ISAAC RELIEFSince Hurricane Isaac struck the Gulf Coast, thousands of families have evacuated and turned ...
HONOLULU (AP) — Persistent drought conditions in parts of Hawaii are taking a toll on ranchers who can't grow enoug...
A 19-year-old Waikoloa man has died from injuries he sustained in a two-vehicle crash on Queen Ka`ahumanu Highway 200 feet so...
(Ken Hupp - KPUA) Fire investigators are looking into the cause of an early morning blaze at a house on Hawaiian homelands in...
(KEN HUPP - KPUA) A 25-year-old Hilo man has died from injuries he sustained in a one-vehicle crash July 23 on South Point Ro...
You can stick a fork in those two wildfires in Pahala that fire crews had been battling since they broke out on June 18th, be...
Firefighters are continuing to work around the clock in an effort to stop a wildfire that has scorched more than 4,000 acres ...
The National Weather Service has lifted the wind advisories and warnings that had been in effect for the Big Island on Monday...
Firefighters are still trying to contain multiple brushfires that broke out Monday afternoon in Pahala, which have burned ove...
A vehicle lost control at the Hilo Drag Strip Sunday afternoon sending one man to the hospital.Fire crews responded to the ra...
Big Island police have charged a 40-year-old Volcano woman who was arrested after a hit-and-run vehicle-bicycle crash in Hilo...
Officials say six people are hospitalized after a head-on crash on Farrington Highway on Saturday morning.Two males, ages 22 ...
HONOLULU (AP) — Repairs to the Hanawana Land Bridge on Maui are complete.The bridge was damaged during heavy rains in M...
During the week of March 12, 2012, through March 18, 2012, Big Island police arrested 27 motorists for drunk driving. Six of ...
Owners of Hawaii's popular zip lines won't be placed under state supervision — at least for now.The attractions...
Researchers are planning to sail from Japan to Hawaii to study debris dragged out to sea by tsunamis on March 11 last year.Th...
Tsunami waves generated by the magnitude-9 earthquake in Japan last March dragged 3 million to 4 million tons of debris into ...
A 56-year-old Hilo man who died Saturday after being struck while crossing Wailoa Bridge has been identified. The pedestrian ...
The Dept. of Water Supply announced that water will be temporarily turned off along Volcano Road between Mountain View Elemen...
HONOLULU (AP) — Mixed martial arts could be redefined as a full contact sport where the objective is to physically dama...
LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) — The widow of a Southern California man who died when his motorized hang glider crashed off Kauai i...
HONOLULU (AP) — Continuing vog has caused extensive damage to Big Island vegetable crops, like leafy greens, orchards, ...
During the week of January 9, 2012, through January 15, 2012, Big Island police arrested 27 motorists for drunk driving. Eigh...
A single family structure house in the Fern Forest subdivision was destroyed in a fire Saturday night. Multiple fire crews re...
A single family structure house in the Fern Forest subdivision was destroyed in a fire Saturday night. Multiple fire crews re...
A single family structure house in the Fern Forest subdivision was destroyed in a fire Saturday night. Multiple fire crews re...
HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama has left Hawaii and is bound for the Australian capital of Canberra.Obama left T...
HONOLULU (AP) — The Canadian couple who died in a helicopter crash on the Hawaiian island of Molokai was taking their f...
PUUNENE, Hawaii (AP) — The Army Corps of Engineers is looking to remove toxic chemicals found in a military landfill at...
WAIMEA, Hawaii (AP) — A series of earthquakes have struck the Big Island of Hawaii.The U.S. Geological Survey says a ma...
HILO, Hawaii (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating an incident involving a small plane that ...
NEW YORK (AP) — A magnitude-7.2 earthquake rattled Fiji in the Pacific Ocean on Friday morning, the U.S. Geological Sur...
Hawaii County officials from the waste water division responded to a sewage spill on Puueo and Wailuku Street intersection ...
HONOLULU (AP) — AT&T has upgraded its local wireless network since many Hawaii customers were unable to use their pho...
HONOLULU (AP) — A proposal to reduce wage loss compensation for disabled federal employees when they reach retirement a...
An 18-year-old Waimea man died Wednesday (July 13) from injuries he sustained in a one-vehicle crash on Saturday (July 9) o...
HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Rescuers on the Big Island have recovered the body of a man swept away in a flash flood. The Hawaii...
HONOLULU (AP) — Searches on the Big Island have been called off for a missing fisherman and a man swept away in flash f...
PUNA, Hawaii (AP) — Authorities on Hawaii's Big Island say a Northern California man is dead after he was swept off a...
About 1,550 pounds of packaged meals sold in Hawaii 7-Eleven stores are being recalled. The U.S. Department of Agriculture sa...
We always brace whenever there's a quake anywhere along the Pacific Rim. Today's powerful 7.8 magnitude shaker in New Zealand...
NEW YORK (AP) — A powerful magnitude-7.8 earthquake rattled New Zealand's remote Kermadec Islands in the Pacific Ocea...
HONOLULU (AP) — Rescuers searched by air and boat for about an hour for a missing man off Waikiki who turned out to b...
HONOLULU (AP) — Smoke in a University of Hawaii dorm building led to the evacuation of about 200 residents.Honolulu Fi...
MAKAWAO, Hawaii (AP) — Maui police say two people are dead after their car went off the road and slammed into a rock wa...
HONOLULU (AP) — A Delta Airlines flight from Honolulu to Los Angeles was delayed by several hours because an engine war...
HONOLULU (AP) — Federal and Honolulu fire investigators have been unable to determine the cause of the deadly bunker ...
HONOLULU (AP) — Tourism officials say the number of Japanese visitors to Hawaii declined only half as much as expecte...
A 36-year-old Honaunau man was killed Monday (June 27) from injuries he sustained in a one-vehicle crash at Keahole Interna...
During the week of June 20, 2011, through June 26, 2011, Big Island police arrested 22 motorists for drunk driving. Five of...
Big Island police are asking for the public's help in providing information about the identity of the driver of an all-purpos...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Earthquake Information Center says a major earthquake with a preliminary magnitude ...
During the week of June 13, 2011, through June 19, 2011, Big Island police arrested 29 motorists for drunk driving. Five of t...
During the week of June 6, 2011, through June 12, 2011, Big Island police arrested 21 motorists for drunk driving. Seven of...
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Lt. Gov Brian Schatz is warning residents to prepare for hurricane season.Schatz said June 1 mar...
An unidentified man was killed Friday (June 10) from injuries he sustained in a motor vehicle/pedestrian crash on the Hawai'i...
KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) — A Big Island emergency room was evacuated and closed for several hours after an apparent lea...
YO, ADRIAN! It's official.We now have our first hurricane of the season and his/her name is Adrian. It'sstrengthened to a pow...
A 44-year-old Hawai'i Army National Guardsman from Ewa Beach, Oahu, was critically injured in a Humvee crash on the old Saddl...
HILO, Hawaii (AP) — The body of a teenage kayaker who had been reported missing on the Big Island has been recovered.Ha...
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Budget Director Kalbert Young says the state will likely exhaust its hurricane relief savings to...
The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for Hawaii Islandeffective today through this evening.A flash flo...
HONOLULU (AP) A national study ranks Hawaii first in pedestrian deaths among older pedestrians. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser ...
Police traffic investigators have charged 52-year-old Fidel Jeronimo Bautista Jr. of Pahoa, with manslaughter, negligent ho...
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