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January 25, 2023

Hawaii lifeguard wins prestigious surfing event while on break: 'It’s f---ing crazy'

Luke Shepardson took a break from rescuing folks in the rough waters to win The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational on Sunday in Hawaii.

January 25, 2023

Native Hawaii man who spent 20 years in prison exonerated of murder charge of white female

Native Hawaiian Ian Schweitzer who was sentenced for the 1991 murder and sexual assault of a white female visitor in one of the state’s biggest murder cases has been released.

January 24, 2023

Judge to consider freedom for Native HI man convicted of sexually assaulting, murdering white female visitor

Attorneys are asking a judge to dismiss the conviction of a Native Hawaiian man who was sentenced for kidnapping, sexually assaulting, and murdering a white woman due to new evidence.

January 23, 2023

Jury found man guilty of 2017 Hawaii vacation rental murder, kidnapping

A jury found a man guilty on Friday in the 2017 murder of a woman who was cleaning a Hawaii vacation rental home. The man also kidnapped the woman's 8 year old daughter.

January 23, 2023

Native Hawaiians flock to Las Vegas, Sacramento to find more affordable living

Hawaiian residents are leaving the islands to live in more affordable U.S. cities, after the median price for a single-family home in Honolulu increased to over $1 million.

January 19, 2023

Hawaii woman sentenced to 2 years for lobbying scheme

A Hawaii woman did disclose to the former Trump team that her lobbying efforts were done on behalf of a Malaysian fugitive charged with conspiring to launder billions of dollars.

January 18, 2023

US Coast Guard tracking Russian 'intelligence gathering ship' off Hawaii coast

The Coast Guard has been tracking a Russian vessel "believed to be an intelligence gathering ship" off the coast of Hawaii in recent weeks, officials said Wednesday.

January 18, 2023

Hawaii to make universal preschool available for children ages 3 to 4 within 10 years

Hawaii announced a plan to make universal preschool available by 2032. Currently, only half of the state’s 35,000 kids ages 3 and 4 are attending pre-K.

January 18, 2023

Search continues for missing Hawaii fisherman who went overboard in ocean

Hawaii fisherman Mark Knittle, 63, went missing after going overboard in the deep ocean. Rescue teams continued to search for a third day.

January 17, 2023

Hawaii fisherman missing, went overboard after hooking tuna and telling friend: 'The fish is huge'

A search is underway for a 63-year-old fisherman who went overboard about four miles off the coast of Hawaii on Sunday morning after hooking a massive ahi.