The Latest Breaking News from Hawaii

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green Backtracks on YIMBY Emergency Order

In the face of lawsuits and accusations of attempted "genocide," Green is restoring many homebuilding regulations he suspended in July.

Reason · Sep 18, 2023

Death toll from Maui wildfires drops from 115 to 97 with 31 people still missing

Genetic testing caused the death toll to drop, Hawaii Governor Josh Green explained

The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2023

Hawaii's spirit of aloha helps restore a wildfire-damaged community

Native Hawaiians say the aloha spirit is unique — and it's helping them recover.

WEKU · Sep 16, 2023

Hawaii health officials warn volcanic smog known as vog has returned during latest eruption

Health officials are warning the public about air-quality hazards from the latest eruption of a Hawaii volcano

The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2023

OLD White House faces backlash for Pearl Harbor analogy when asked why Biden didn’t visit 9/11 sites

After asking why the president did not plan on visiting the 9/11 memorial sites, the White House allegedly responded that 22 years after the Pearl Harbor attack, ‘US Presidents were not still going to visit Hawaii’

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2023

White House faces backlash for Pearl Harbor analogy when asked why Biden didn’t visit 9/11 sites

After asking why the president did not plan on visiting the 9/11 memorial sites, the White House allegedly responded that 22 years after the Pearl Harbor attack, ‘US Presidents were not still going to visit Hawaii’

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2023

US sets record for billion-dollar weather disasters in a year -- and there's still 4 months to go

The deadly firestorm in Hawaii and Hurricane Idalia’s watery storm surge helped push the United States to an annual record for the number of weather disasters that cost at least $1 billion

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2023

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts for the third time this year

Eruption does not pose threat to human life, said Hawaii officials

Evening Standard · Sep 11, 2023

Watch live: Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts for third time this year

Watch live as Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts for the third time this year on Monday, 11 September.

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2023

Lahaina's fire-stricken Filipino residents are key to tourism and local culture. Will they stay?

Filipinos began arriving in Hawaii more than a century ago to work on sugarcane and pineapple plantations to support their families back home

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2023