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 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 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 moreA 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 moreHawaii 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.
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 moreHawaii 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 moreSlowing activity at Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has prompted scientists on Friday to downgrade their alert level for the mountain.
Read moreHONOLULU (CN) – Former “blue dog” Democrat and U.S. Rep. Ed Case outran a crowded field in Hawaii’s First District
Read moreHONOLULU (CN) – New York political upstart and lightning rod Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez came to Honolulu on Thursday night to support
Read moreThe 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 moreIn 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.
Read moreHawaii became the first state in the nation to ban some sunscreens containing ingredients shown to be damaging to key marine habitats.
Read moreAs the Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump’s so-called travel ban 5-4 Tuesday, Justice Sonia Sotomayor skewered the majority for turning a blind eye to what she called clear discrimination against Muslims.
Read moreHawaii became the first state Wednesday to ban a dangerous pesticide that is said to cause disabilities and behavioral problems in children.
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Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano shows no signs of slowing its flow of lava, which destroyed hundreds more homes overnight Monday.
Read moreDuring intermittent explosions at Kilauea’s summit, including one late Thursday, ash shoots high into the sky and drifts down onto the small, rural campus and nearby areas.
Read moreHawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupted from its summit before dawn Thursday, shooting a dusty plume of ash about 30,000 feet (9,100 meters) into the sky.
Read moreSpewing ash as far as 18 miles away, an increase in intensity of volcanic ash production at Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano caused the U.S. Geological Survey to upgrade its Aviation Warning Code from orange to red on Tuesday afternoon.
Read moreIf Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano blows its top in the coming days or weeks, as experts fear, it could hurl ash and boulders the size of refrigerators miles into the air, shutting down airline traffic and endangering lives in all directions, scientists said Thursday.
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