The Latest Breaking News from Hawaii

Hawaii: The Rainbow Capital Of The World

Discover why Hawaii is known as the 'rainbow capital of the world' and the cultural significance of rainbows in Native Hawaiian tradition.

Top News · Feb 10, 2025

The science behind the rainbow capital of the world

Rainbows represent divine or supernatural power

The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2025

Jim Becker, AP reporter who covered Jackie Robinson and an underdog Hawaii football team, dies at 98

Journalist Jim Becker has died at 98

The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2025

Gigantic lava fountains more than 250 feet high return to Hawaii volcano

Volcanic eruptions come with threats from hazardous haze and glass fibers

The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2025

Hawaii volcano produces tall lava fountaining in latest episode of Kilauea eruption

A tall fountain of lava is spewing from a volcano on Hawaii's Big Island

The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2025

Hikers arrested for allegedly trekking Hawaii's illegal 'stairway to heaven' and throwing a railing off the route

The Haiku stairs, which have been closed for decades, cut a path through O'ahu's Ko'olau mountain range

Advnture · Feb 4, 2025

Unfavourable surf means Pipe Pro remains on hold

Hawaii's Pipe Pro, the first round of the World Surf Tour, will stay on hold for at least one more day because of unfavourable conditions.

AAP · Feb 1, 2025

Years before we learned of Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, Majima's voice actor pitched a JRPG about the fan-favorite anti-hero and was told "that's not going to happen"

"I remember being disappointed"

GamesRadar · Jan 31, 2025

Grim memories resurface after Hawaii 1977 cold case arrest

Dawn Momohara had been sexually assaulted and strangled, police said

The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2025

Hawaiian surfing on hold as major storm approaches

The season-opening Pipe Pro has been put on hold with a major storm forecast to hit Hawaii's North Shore.

AAP · Jan 30, 2025