Rising Sea Level Threatens Waikiki Beach’s Existence
Hawaii’s iconic Waikiki Beach could soon be underwater as rising sea levels caused by climate change overtake its white sand beaches and bustling city streets.
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Ancestral Land Grab
A family’s dispute with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg over ancestral land plots on Kauai took a new turn Wednesday, with two members of the family claiming Zuckerberg has been colluding with a third family member who managed to convince a judge to auction off the parcels to the highest bidder.
Read moreMaui Water-Pollution Case Faces Supreme Court Resolution
The U.S. Supreme Court took up an appeal by Maui on Tuesday over the island’s history of discharging wastewater into the Pacific Ocean without a permit.
Read moreWorld’s Oldest Known Wild Bird Hatches Chick on Midway Atoll
The oldest known wild bird in the world has become a mother again at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. wildlife officials said.
Read moreEndangered Seabirds Thought Gone From Oahu Found Again
Biologists are hopeful about the future of two endemic and endangered Hawaiian seabird species after a survey team found evidence of their existence on Oahu, where the birds were thought to have disappeared.
Read moreHawaii Sovereignty Group Attempts Takeover of State Office
Five members of a group pushing for Hawaiian sovereignty group were arrested after a hours-long seizure of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Thursday, and are accused of assaulting staff and prompting a building evacuation and lockdown by Honolulu police.
Read moreVolcanic Eruptions
Customers claim in a federal class action Lloyd’s of London profits unjustly by misrepresenting policies it sold to victims of volcanic eruptions in Hawaii.
Read moreClues Sought for Decline in Hawaii Humpback Whale Sightings
Researchers are gathering to compare clues on the reasons behind a significant decline in the number of sightings of North Pacific humpback whales in their traditional breeding grounds in waters around Hawaii.
Read moreHawaii Volcanoes Park to Reopen After Monthslong Eruption
The recent eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has quieted to the point that federal officials are ready to allow people back to the dramatically changed summit crater, which has quadrupled in size, lost all of its lava and collapsed downward so far that the Empire State Building could now fit inside.
Read moreHawaiian Coral Considered for Federal Protection
Hawaiian cauliflower coral is one step closer to federal protection under the Endangered Species Act, according to the initial review released Wednesday by the National Marine Fisheries Service of a petition sponsored by the Center for Biological Diversity.
Read moreMaui Hunkers Down as Tropical Storm Olivia Approaches Hawaii
Maui hunkered down for heavy rains and powerful winds as a gradually weakening tropical storm barreled toward Hawaii, while Honolulu hoped it would be spared the worst.
Read moreJudge Appoints Trustee for Hawaiian Princess’s Millions
A Hawaii judge on Monday made First Hawaiian Bank the new trustee of the estate of Hawaiian princess and sugar cane heiress Abigail Kawananakoa, after finding the 92-year old lacks the mental capacity to oversee the $220 million trust.
Read moreTropical Storm Olivia Approaches Hawaii With Wind, Rain
Hawaii officials urged residents and visitors to be prepared as a strong tropical storm approached the island state.
Olivia was a few hundred miles east of Hilo late Monday with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (115 kph). It was downgraded from a hurricane earlier in the day after wind shear weakened the storm.
Bogus Lawmaking
The League of Woman Voters sued Hawaii on Wednesday, challenging as unconstitutional its “gut and replace” lawmaking, in which bills are stripped of all content late in the legislative process, and “replaced with an entirely different topic that has no rational connection to the original bill.”
Read moreWith No Place to Run, People in Hawaii Brace for Hurricane
Hawaii residents emptied store shelves Wednesday, claimed the last sheets of plywood to board up windows and drained gas pumps as Hurricane Lane churned toward the state.
Read moreScientists Downgrade Alert Level for Hawaii Volcano
Slowing activity at Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has prompted scientists on Friday to downgrade their alert level for the mountain.
Read moreHawaii Democrats Stick With Tried-and-True in Primary Vote
HONOLULU (CN) – Former “blue dog” Democrat and U.S. Rep. Ed Case outran a crowded field in Hawaii’s First District
Read moreBronx’s New Political Star Stumps for Ing Ahead of Hawaii Vote
HONOLULU (CN) – New York political upstart and lightning rod Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez came to Honolulu on Thursday night to support
Read moreHawaiian Killer Whales Granted Critical Habitat Protection
The federal government has officially listed the coastal areas surrounding the Hawaiian Islands as a protected, critical habitat for the endangered population of false killer whales living there.
Read moreSell Me a Bridge
In a $2.6 million securities fraud, Modha Interactive and its married owners took money, and skimmed it, for a bogus “quantum transducer” they claim will “revolutionize” mobile phones, the SEC says in federal court.
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