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- Hawaii legislative bills advance to unmask ICE agents
by none on February 5, 2026 at 10:05 amThe first of several Hawaii legislative bills that would unmask federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents was met with concerns Tuesday from the Honolulu Police Department and state Department of Law Enforcement that backup officers from their departments also could be identified while supporting local undercover operations.
- UH report confirms 2025 was isle’s second-driest year on recordby John Burnett on February 5, 2026 at 10:05 am
A study released Wednesday by the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program found that Hawaii Island experienced its second-driest year in 106 years, with 2010 the only year that was drier.
- Private-sector construction workers in Hawaii seek taxpayer supportby none on February 5, 2026 at 10:05 am
Private-sector construction workers in Hawaii are seeking public financial benefits at the Legislature this year, including a paid holiday and retroactive hazard pay.
- Hawaii man sentenced to life for trying to kill Trumpby Reuters on February 4, 2026 at 3:50 pm
FORT PIERCE, Florida — Ryan Routh, the man accused of hiding in the bushes of a Florida golf course with a semi-automatic rifle to try to assassinate Donald Trump less than two months before the 2024 U.S. election that returned him to the presidency, was sentenced by a judge today to life in prison.
- Tephra cleaup continues: Kilauea volcano’s recent episode made a mess of thingsby John Burnett on February 4, 2026 at 10:05 am
A week-and-a-half after episode 41 of Kilauea’s yearlong summit eruption deposited tephra — lightweight volcanic glass debris — over a sizable area surrounding Halema‘uma‘u crater, residents of Volcano are still digging out.
- Group outlines spending plan for new climate change taxby none on February 4, 2026 at 10:05 am
The new Green Fee Advisory Council had to choose from among more than $2 billion worth of funding requests to help Hawaii respond to climate change, but will only have $100 million or so annually to recommend through the first statewide tax of its kind in the country, which has been collecting revenue since Jan. 1.
- Police ID women killed in Hilo fireby none on February 4, 2026 at 10:05 am
Hawaii Island police have identified the two women who died in the Nov. 29, 2025, structure fire at the former Puueo Poi factory building on Kekuanaoa Street in Hilo.
- Spittlebug threatens Hawaii Island’s cattle industryby none on February 3, 2026 at 10:05 am
The two-lined spittlebug arrived on Hawaii Island in 2016.
- Big Island man sentenced to nearly six years in prison for housing credits scamby John Burnett on February 3, 2026 at 10:05 am
The first of four Big Island men convicted of a scam involving Hawaii County affordable housing credits was sentenced Friday in federal court.
- Hilo man accused of hitting his father with a hammerby John Burnett on February 3, 2026 at 10:05 am
A 48-year-old Hilo man is facing an attempted second-degree murder charge for allegedly hitting his 68-year-old father in the head with a hammer.