A Circuit Court jury is ordering an Oahu, Hawaii, country club to pay a 79-year-old man more than $6 million for the broken back he suffered when he fell nearly 20 feet from the first tee of the club’s golf …
Officials in Hawaii are making plans to spend $100,000 for marine debris clean-up. That figure includes $50,000 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and a $50,000 matching grant from the state Department of Land and Natural Resources. NOAA provided …
Business owners are looking ahead, after a fire in Hanamaulu caused an estimated $1.3 million in damage. The Garden Island reports two police officers were treated for smoke inhalation Friday afternoon, when fire destroyed the Hanamaulu Trading Company. The 116-year-old …
A historic Waikiki hotel is partially charred after an intentionally set fire singed one of its exterior walls before dawn. Honolulu Fire Capt. Terry Seelig said Wednesday the fire was set inside a large trash bin next to the iconic …
Honolulu residents can adopt a tsunami siren in their neighborhood. It’s part of a program from the Hawaiian city and county’s emergency management department aimed in part at getting citizens to take ownership of the system. The department’s John Cummings …
Hawaii will conduct roof inspections at state facilities following a collapse at a high school auditorium. The Farrington High School auditorium roof collapsed on Friday amid heavy rains. Officials say there had been no reports of major problems. No one …
Removing a boat that was crushing protected corals in Oahu’s Kaneohe Bay turned out to be a tricky process that took days, the salvage company operator said Wednesday. If not for the corals that were being crushed by the 40-foot …
The U.S. Commerce Department says it will grant Hawaii $1.3 million to upgrade its disaster preparedness system and build new tsunami warning sirens. U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank said in a Friday statement that the money is meant to help …
It’s been 20 years since Hurricane Iniki left no part of Kauai untouched, destroying thousands of homes and killing six people. Tuesday marks the anniversary of the 1992 hurricane that caused $2.5 billion in damage. While it devastated the island …
An online car insurance shopping site ranks Hawaii as having the third cheapest rates in the nation. According to CarInsuranceQuotes.com, motorists in the Aloha State pay a median annual car insurance policy cost of $1,244. That’s 1.634 percent of household …