Latest Hawaii Headlines
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Tropical Storm Drenches Hawaii With Rain
Sep 13 2018 // A gradually weakening tropical storm hit Hawaii on Wednesday, soaking a part of Maui and sending gusts of wind that toppled trees and cancelled flights at a number of airports in the state. Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa urged...
$2M Settlement for Injured Pedestrian in Hawaii
Sep 4 2018 // Officials in Honolulu, Hawaii have agreed to a $2 million settlement to a woman who was hit by a car while crossing a street in 2014. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported the city approved the payment last month to Mariah...
A.M. Best: Insurers Equipped to Handle Hurricane Lane Losses
Aug 29 2018 // A.M. Best is expecting Hurricane Lane to be considered more of a flood event than a wind event. As a result, the storm that buffeted Hawaii should bring a potential triggering of the National Flood Insurance...
Storm Passes Through Hawaii After Massive Rains
Aug 27 2018 // A once-powerful hurricane twisted and drifted away from Hawaii, leaving behind heavily saturated ground on the Big Island and many residents on other islands relieved it didn’t wreak more havoc. Firefighters on the...
Rains from Hurricane Pummel Hawaii, Causing Floods and Landslides
Aug 24 2018 // Hurricane Lane has brought record rainfall to Hawaii, where flooding threatens $8 billion of homes and few can remember such torrential downpours. In 12 hours, 16.48 inches of rain fell on the Big Island of Hawaii and...
As Hurricane Lane Neared Hawaii FEMA Promises to Do Better
Aug 24 2018 // As a Category 4 hurricane roared toward Hawaii, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said it’s learned the lessons of last year’s devastation of Puerto Rico and is vowing a better response. Calling 2017...
Hawaii’s Big Island Feels Effects of Approaching Hurricane Lane
Aug 23 2018 // As emergency shelters opened, rain began to pour and cellphone alerts went out, the approaching hurricane started to feel real for Hawaii residents. Hurricane Lane was forecast to continue i Hurricane Lane was forecast to...
Hurricane Lane Threatens 48K Hawaii Homes with Reconstruction Value of $8B
Aug 22 2018 // A new analysis shows 48,617 homes in Hawaii with a total reconstruction cost value of roughly $8 billion are at extreme-to-very high risk of hurricane-driven flood damage from Hurricane Lane. The CoreLogic analysis issued...
Hurricane Lane Weakening as it Approaches Hawaii, But Still Strong
Aug 22 2018 // Hurricane Lane has weakened as it approaches Hawaii but was still expected to pack a wallop, forecasters said Wednesday, as people hurried to buy water and other supplies and the Navy moved its ships to safety. The...
Hawaii Bracing for Blow from Hurricane Lane
Aug 22 2018 // Hawaii is bracing for a grazing blow from Category 5 Hurricane Lane, now packing 160-mile-per-hour winds, enough to collapse frame buildings, cause power outages that could last weeks or months and snap trees off at the...
Hawaii to Allow Rideshare Operators at Honolulu Airport
Aug 17 2018 // Hawaii will allow ridesharing services to operate at the Honolulu airport on a permanent basis after changes were approved to administration rules. Uber and Lyft, which the state refers to as transportation network...
Hawaii’s Big Island to Seek $550M for Volcano Disaster Recovery
Aug 13 2018 // Big Island Mayor Harry Kim is planning to ask the Hawaii Legislature for $550 million for disaster recovery following the effects of the Kilauea volcano eruption. Kim said he discussed a conceptual plan with Gov. David Ige...
Hawaii Officials Worry Earthquakes from Eruption Could Damage Roads
Aug 6 2018 // Officials on Hawaii’s Big Island, where the Kilauea volcano has been spewing huge amounts of lava for months, are bracing for the possibility that frequent earthquakes will cut off a major highway. Emergency...
Hawaii Jury Sides with Couple in Disability Discrimination Suit
Jul 23 2018 // A jury in Hawaii has sided with a Maui couple in a $1.9 million disability discrimination lawsuit against their condo association which fined them thousands of dollars for uncarpeted floors and attempted to sell their unit...
Toyota Launching App-Controlled Car-Sharing in Hawaii
Jul 16 2018 // Toyota Motor Corp. launched a Honolulu, Hawaii car-sharing service that enables customers to use smartphones to unlock and start cars for rent by the hour or day. It’s the latest service offered by an automaker that...
Former Hawaii Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud
Jul 16 2018 // A former Honolulu, Hawaii, police officer suspected of staging a home burglary pleaded guilty to two charges of insurance fraud related to the incident. Travis E. Copeland faces up to five years in prison for each count....
Hawaii Schools Settle Suit Involving Teacher Recording Students for $5M
Jul 10 2018 // Kamehameha Schools in Hawaii has agreed to pay $5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by families of four former students whose teacher is accused of secretly recording them showering in his faculty apartment. The lawsuit...
Former Hawaii Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud
Jul 2 2018 // A former Honolulu, Hawaii police officer suspected of staging a home burglary pleaded guilty to two charges of insurance fraud related to the incident. Travis E. Copeland pleaded guilty last week and faces up to five years...
Trump Administration Approves Disaster Assistance for Hawaii After Floods
Jun 29 2018 // President Donald Trump’s administration has approved federal disaster assistance for individuals affected by flooding on two Hawaii islands in April. People on Kauai and Oahu may apply for grants to cover damage to...
‘Stable’ Flow Lets Some Hawaii Lava Evacuees Return to Homes
Jun 13 2018 // Officials on Hawaii’s Big Island let some people back into their homes and scaled down emergency operations this week as lava flowed into the ocean on a path that wasn’t threatening new...
