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The state has issued more than 30 information requests totaling nearly 200 questions to Hawaiian Electric as part of an ongoing investigation into the Aug. 8, 2023, Lahaina wildfire, which killed 102 people and caused more than $5.5 billion in damage. The PUC “has been and remains committed ” to investigating the tragic wildfire, according to a statement to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser about a ...

A 44-year-old homeless man was indicted for murder by an Oahu grand jury this morning in connection with the shooting death of his 50-year-old girlfriend.

Oct 16, 2024 3 views By: Peter Boylan, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser Source: Honolulu Star-Advertiser

A 44-year-old homeless man was indicted on a charge of murder by an Oahu grand jury Tuesday after his 50-year-old girlfriend's bullet-riddled body was found Sept. 13 in a Manoa storm drain.

The leader of a heavily armed Honolulu drug trafficking organization Opens in a new tab that marketed deadly fentanyl-laced mixes of opioids, heroin and methamphetamine will serve 30 years in federal prison.

Honolulu police are looking for whoever opened fire at a Dodge Charger at 11:58 a.m. today as it drove near 606 North Kukui Street in Kalihi, according to HPD Maj. Joseph Trinidad.

A 52-year-old caterer from New York City pleaded guilty Wednesday to sexually assaulting a man sitting next to him on a Hawaiian Airlines Flight to Honolulu in August 2023.

Detractors show up every day at Honolulu Hale and Kapolei Hale to vote in person and to loudly complain about Hawaii's mail-in ballot process, which voters overwhelmingly prefer.

No criminal charges will result from the state investigation into the wildfires that leveled Lahaina, killed 102 people and destroyed Maui's visitor industry, according to state Attorney General Anne E. Lopez.

A Honolulu man and two others face federal charges in connection with a six-year scheme starting in 2018 to provide more than 200 fraudulent visa application recommendations for citizens of Afghanistan to live in the U.S. — accepting $500 each, and emeralds in one instance.