Latest Hawaii Headlines
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Scientists Say Eruption of Hawaii Volcano Continues to Ease
Dec 13 2022 // The eruption of the Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island continues to ease, scientists said, reinforcing an earlier pronouncement that the mountain’s first flare-up in nearly 40 years might soon...
Lava on Hawaii’s Big Island Could Block Main Highway, Interrupt Businesses
Dec 5 2022 // Many people on the Big Island of Hawaii are bracing for major upheaval if lava from Mauna Loa volcano slides across a key highway and blocks the quickest route connecting two sides of the island. The molten rock could make...
Hawaii Volcano Eruption Has Some on Alert, Draws Onlookers
Dec 1 2022 // The first eruption in 38 years of the world’s largest active volcano is attracting onlookers to a national park for “spectacular” views of the event, and it’s also dredging up bad memories among...
What Hazards Are Posed by Hawaii’s Mauna Loa?
Nov 30 2022 // Lava is shooting 100 feet to 200 feet into the air as Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, erupts for the first time in nearly 40 years. For now, lava is not threatening any homes or...
Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Erupts, Sending Ash Nearby
Nov 29 2022 // Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, has started to erupt for the first time in nearly four decades, prompting volcanic ash and debris to fall nearby, authorities said. The eruption began...
5.0 Quake Confirmed During Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Volcano Unrest
Oct 17 2022 // A magnitude 5.0 earthquake was the strongest of a series of temblors that struck Friday on Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano on the planet that scientists say is in a “state of heightened...
Hawaii Volcano Unrest, But No Signs of Imminent Eruption
Oct 11 2022 // Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano on the planet, is in a “state of heightened unrest,” but is not erupting and there are no signs of an imminent eruption, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said in an...
Fatal Hawaii Ambulance Fire Linked to Oxygen Device
Sep 22 2022 // Preliminary findings from an investigation into an ambulance fire that killed a patient and injured a paramedic last month show the blaze originated in an oxygen device that is routinely used, officials in Hawaii said. The...
Hawaii Food Distributor Settling Racism Lawsuit
Aug 26 2022 // A Hawaii food distribution company has agreed to pay $90,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging a Black employee was subjected to racial slurs and racist references to slavery, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
Noguchi & Associates, ori-gen to Establish Hawaii Division
Jun 24 2022 // Noguchi & Associates is partnering with ori-gen Agency Insurance Services to launch a Hawaii-based division. The new ori-gen Hawaii division will be led by Noguchi & Associates’ President Mitchell Noguchi....
Investigation Set After Six Hurt in Hawaii Helicopter Crash
Jun 17 2022 // A federal aviation accident investigator will be sent to Hawaii to investigate after a tour helicopter crashed on a remote Big Island lava field of jagged rocks, injuring all six people on board and forcing rescuers to fly...
Hawaii Youth File Lawsuit over Transportation Climate Harms
Jun 3 2022 // Fourteen Hawaii children and teenagers filed a lawsuit Wednesday, alleging the state is violating the state constitution by operating a transportation system that harms the climate and infringes upon the plaintiffs’...
Hawaii Hurricane Season Forecasted to be Slow With La Nina
May 20 2022 // Hawaii and the Central Pacific basin should expect two to four hurricanes, tropical depressions or tropical storms this year, federal forecasters said. The annual National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration outlook...
Deadly Hawaii Helicopter Crash Was ‘100% Preventable’
May 12 2022 // Federal investigators blamed a deadly 2019 helicopter crash in Hawaii on the pilot’s decision to keep flying into worsening weather, and in a report this week they accused regulators of lax oversight of air tours...
Agency Says Hawaii Helicopter Nose Dived Before Crash Killed Four
Mar 21 2022 // The National Transportation Safety Board ruled that a helicopter that crashed in Hawaii last month and killed all four people on board nose-dived from 200 feet above ground after it unexpectedly stopped while making a...
Agency Says Hawaii Helicopter Nose Dived Before Crash Killed Four
Mar 11 2022 // The National Transportation Safety Board ruled that a helicopter that crashed in Hawaii last month and killed all four people on board nose-dived from 200 feet above ground after it unexpectedly stopped while making a...
Hawaii Lifting COVID-19 Travel Quarantine Rules
Mar 3 2022 // Hawaii plans to lift its COVID-19 quarantine requirement for travelers this month, meaning that starting on March 26 those arriving from other places in the U.S. won’t have to show proof of vaccination or a negative...
Monsanto Pleads Guilty to Pesticide-Related Crimes in Hawaii, to Pay $12M in Fines
Jan 10 2022 // The Monsanto Co. pleaded guilty to illegally using and storing agricultural chemicals in Hawaii, and will pay $12 million in fines. Monsanto, now owned by German pharmaceutical company Bayer, agreed to plead guilty to the...
Earthquake Confirmed in Submerged Volcano South of Hawaii
Dec 28 2021 // A magnitude-4.9 earthquake struck a submerged volcano south of Hawaii’s Big Island last week, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory confirmed. said the temblor hit at 1:32 a.m. about 26 miles southeast of Naalehu, at a...
Hawaii Recouping from Large Storm Amid Lingering Flood Threats
Dec 8 2021 // A slow-moving storm that knocked out power, swamped dozens of homes and sent creeks and streams surging had mostly passed over Hawaii on Tuesday, though the threat of flooding lingered in some already-drenched...
