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Parker Ranch sued over farmland wildfire
Fourteen Hawaiian homesteaders filed a lawsuit Thursday against Parker Ranch Inc. and its contractor seeking damages, which include $40 million just to replace topsoil on 500 acres of pastureland damaged by the massive 2021 Waimea fire — said to be the largest wildfire in state history. → Read More
Judges OK holds on Hawaii pretrial detainees
Prosecutors statewide are taking a new tack in navigating uncharted waters to prevent a wave of pretrial detainees from being released when their cases involving serious crimes are dismissed due to a recent Hawaii Supreme Court ruling. → Read More
Details emerge about beating death of Philippine Consulate secretary
The disturbing details of the beating death of Teresita Canilao, better known as “Tessie,” who served as secretary since the 1980s to numerous consuls general at the Philippine Consulate of Honolulu, were revealed Monday in court documents. → Read More
Trial again delayed for Salt Lake man accused of kidnapping wife
Trial has been postponed until Dec. 12 for a 55-year-old man indicted in the 2021 weeklong kidnapping and beating of his wife in their Salt Lake apartment. → Read More
Judge allows murder suspect to travel to Las Vegas
A Circuit Court judge has granted Ray T.K. Sheldon, awaiting a murder trial in the shooting death of a 31-year-old man, permission to travel to Las Vegas this week. → Read More
Waimanalo home of dead girl sold, in escrow
The chain-link fence near the blue house in Waimanalo where 6-year-old Isabella Kalua, born Ariel Sellers, lived and where authorities say she died last year after repeated abuse, was once a growing memorial covered with stuffed animals, flowers, balloons and signs for months after her disappearance. → Read More
Tripler agrees to $15 million settlement for child who suffered brain damage during birth
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Mililani woman sues ex-employer in breast-pump use incident
A 33-year-old Mililani woman has sued her former employer and supervisor for allegedly being denied the right to use a breast pump at work to express milk for her then 4-month-old son. → Read More
Former Kauai County councilman sentenced to 20 years in prison
Former Kauai County Councilman Arthur Brun will spend 20 years in federal prison without the possibility of parole for 10 charges related to his role as head of a drug trafficking ring. → Read More
Man, 25, faces life in prison in shooting death at Kapiolani game room
An Oahu grand jury indicted a 25-year-old man Wednesday on charges of second-degree murder and various firearms offenses in connection with the May 18 shooting death of 33-year-old Bryson Okada at an illegal Kapiolani-area game room on Kona Street. → Read More
Man, 25, faces life in prison in shooting death at Kapiolani game room
An Oahu grand jury indicted a 25-year-old man today on charges of second-degree murder and various firearms offenses in the May 18 shooting death of 33-year-old Bryson Okada at an illegal Kapiolani area game room on Kona Street. → Read More
Witness details brutal attack on downtown Honolulu security guard
A downtown attorney who witnessed the fatal bludgeoning of a 58-year-old security guard May 3 at Fort Street Mall testified this week that the attacker “took a full swing” at the side of the victim’s head and face with a metal water bottle. → Read More
Man, 26, charged with luring girl, 13, online for sex
An Oahu grand jury Wednesday indicted a 26-year-old man accused of luring a 13-year-old Wahiawa girl into a sexual relationship by posing online as a 13-year-old boy. → Read More
Man, 28, who refused to wear mask, convicted of felony for punching Waikiki security guard, 71
An Oahu Circuit Court jury on Tuesday found a 28-year-old man, who refused to wear a mask at a COVID-19 testing site, guilty of second-degree assault in the beating of a 71-year-old security guard. → Read More
Firefighting offers recruits a path to serve the community
At age 28, Reis Yonehiro was pursuing carpentry, which he loved, and busing tables, but he found himself at a crossroads after returning from one of his missions that took him overseas to help youth in impoverished areas of the world — China, Fiji and even the projects in urban areas of the U.S. mainland. → Read More
Eddieson Reyes found guilty in Oahu road rage fatal shooting
A 38-year-old man, accused of fatally shooting 19-year-old Triston Billimon the night of June 18 in a road rage incident near the Likelike offramp in Kalihi, was found guilty of second-degree murder. → Read More
Judge finds Oahu man guilty of murder in 2021 road rage case
An Oahu Circuit Court judge today found a 38-year-old man guilty of second-degree murder in a June 18, 2021, road rage case. → Read More
David A. Miller, Hawaii architect admired for projects, leadership, dies at 79
Over his 50-year career, Honolulu architect David A. Miller left an indelible mark across the islands with projects ranging from Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa to the Pacific Aviation Museum, one of his personal favorites. → Read More
High-priced electric bicycles, dirt bikes coveted by Hawaii thieves
Thieves have been targeting highly coveted e-bikes and electric dirt bikes in a series of recent break-ins at local shops. → Read More
Merrie Monarch kicks off with craft fair
The most celebrated annual hula competition hasn’t had a live audience in Hilo since 2019, but that changes today. → Read More