Hawaii Tribune-Herald

12/20/2024

Gov. Josh Green in June signed Act 46 into law, which he billed as “the largest income tax cut in state history.” Each year until 2031, the new tax plan will eliminate the lowest tax brackets, reduce the tax rates for all brackets, and increase the standard income tax deduction.

12/20/2024

A judge on Thursday ruled probable cause exists to continue holding a 36-year-old Volcano man who allegedly escaped with two others Dec. 13 from Hawaii Community Correctional Center’s Hale Nani Facility.

12/20/2024

Corrections officials, dignitaries and other prominent community members gathered Thursday at Hawaii Community Correctional Center’s main Hilo campus to dedicate the brand-new Kamana Housing Unit.

12/20/2024

Police said Joseph Fernandez was located Wednesday night at a residence on Hawaii Boulevard in the Hawaiian Ocean View Estates subdivision, where he was arrested without incident.

12/19/2024

Thousands of Amazon.com workers will walk off the job on Thursday morning, in the crucial final days of the holiday season, after union officials said the retailer failed to come to the bargaining table to negotiate contracts. The strike is a challenge to Amazon’s operations as it races to fulfill...

12/19/2024

In a stark acknowledgment of the increasing seriousness of bird flu’s spread, California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared on Wednesday that the outbreak of infections among the state’s dairy cattle constituted an emergency.

12/19/2024

Big Island midwives and the Hawaii County Council are urging the state to remove a requirement that midwives must have a license in order to practice.

12/19/2024

Three inmates who reportedly escaped Friday in a stolen car from Hawaii Community Correctional Center’s Hale Nani Facility remained at large as of late Wednesday afternoon.

12/19/2024

In this Tribune-Herald file photo from June 7, grass and brush is overgrown around the house that was mistakenly built on the wrong lot in Hawaiian Paradise Park.

12/18/2024

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/12/18/hawaii-news/hvo-reports-increase-in-seismic-activity-at-kilauea/

Between last Saturday and today, HVO has observed several “modest upticks” in seismicity between the volcano’s summit, ranging from one to several hours long.

12/18/2024

Between last Saturday and today, HVO has observed several “modest upticks” in seismicity between the volcano’s summit, ranging from one to several hours long.

12/18/2024

Kilauea Visitor Center in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park will close Sunday, Feb. 17, 2025 at 5 p.m. for extensive renovations that could take up to two years to complete.

12/18/2024

A major unknown is if the Hawaii Supreme Court rules in favor of lawyers representing insurance companies opposed to terms of the Maui settlement.

12/18/2024

Located on Kuawa Street — a short road connecting Manono Street and Mamalahoa Highway — the “Ponahawai Short-Term Shelter at Kuawa” was a camp set up on an empty lot leased from a private owner to shelter occupants of a previous temporary shelter that stood on Ponahawai Street in downtown Hi...

12/18/2024

The Pacific Tsunami Museum is in dire financial straits, and its organizers hope the community will step up and help it navigate out of troubled waters.

12/18/2024

The reshuffled Hawaii County Council hopes to improve its relationships with the new county administration to get things done faster.

12/18/2024

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/12/17/hawaii-news/dot-plane-crashes-near-honolulu-airport/

GEORGE F. LEE / Honolulu Star-Advertiser Honolulu firefighters investigate a damaged cargo building after a plane crashed into the structure near Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu, according to the state Department of Transportation.

12/18/2024

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/12/17/hawaii-news/dot-plane-crashes-near-honolulu-airport/

A plane has crashed near Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu, according to the the state Department of Transportation.