All the headlines from our Hawaii Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 19 2015 // A Hawaii couple is suing United Airlines, claiming a fallen serving cart caused $75,000 in damages.Peter and Misty Tampon filed a federal lawsuit last week against the airline, according to KHON-TV. The pair claims that...
Jul 23 2015 // Kauai police say they have issued 539 tickets to people using cellphones while driving, an offense that can come with a pricey $300 fine for first-time law-breakers.Hawaii officials are cracking down on the use of...
Jun 8 2015 // A federal agency says workplace safety violations led to the deaths of two workers at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii last December.Hawaii News Now reported that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed fines...
May 11 2015 // The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory says a magnitude-4.5 earthquake jolted the Big Island of Hawaii. The observatory says the quake struck at 2:18 a.m. Saturday. It was centered about five miles north of the small town of...
May 11 2015 // A federal court jury has awarded more than $500,000 to 15 Kauai residents who say they can’t enjoy their homes because of red dust from test fields operated by DuPont Pioneer.The seven-member jury on Friday awarded...
Apr 28 2015 // An apparent cyberattack Sunday temporarily disrupted the main website of Thirty Meter Telescope, the organization trying to construct one of the world’s largest telescopes near the summit of Mauna Kea on...
Apr 9 2015 // No two states are the same. What passes for polite in New England may be considered downright abrasive in the Pacific Northwest. What a Californian finds politically correct, a midwesterner might find utterly confusing.It...
Apr 8 2015 // A retired soldier’s lawsuit over swallowing needles in a fast-food burger is settling for $50,000.Retired Army sergeant Clark Bartholomew filed the lawsuit in 2011 saying he was injured by needles in a Burger King...
Apr 3 2015 // On the heels of last week’s cross-industry compromise on insurance requirements for ride-sharing drivers, and with some legislative sessions drawing to a close, it’s a good time to take a look at where...
Mar 13 2015 // Palomar Specialty Insurance Co. has partnered with TriCoast Insurance Services, LLC to offer a residential windstorm-hurricane insurance product in Hawaii. The product is a stand-alone hurricane coverage that will be...
Mar 9 2015 // Hawaii-based Island Insurance Company Ltd. has named Michael A. Onofrietti senior vice president of actuarial services, product development and management. Onofrietti, who previously held the title of vice president, will...
Mar 9 2015 // Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Aegis Specialty Insurance Services has named Brian Weaver vice president of sales.Weaver has more than 34 years of insurance sales experience. Most recently, Weaver was vice president of sales for...
Feb 23 2015 // Two university of Hawaii researchers say climate change is affecting rainfall on Hawaii Island.The researchers say heavy rainstorms are occurring more often on the Big Island. Ying Chen and Pao-Shin Chu reported their...
Feb 17 2015 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. has named four executives as partners: Kim Armanasco and Michelle Droz from the San Francisco office, Jared Pelissier of the Southern California office, and Brad...
Feb 10 2015 // Two university of Hawaii researchers say climate change is affecting rainfall on Hawaii Island.The researchers say heavy rainstorms are occurring more often on the Big Island. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Ying...
Feb 4 2015 // United Insurance Holdings Corp., a Florida-based property and casualty insurance holding company, has closed its acquisition of Family Security Holdings LLC (FSH) and its subsidiaries, which have operations in Hawaii and...
Dec 17 2014 // Lava from a volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island is on course to reach a shopping center with a gas station and a supermarket in seven to 10 days, officials said.Lava is about 1 mile from the shopping center in the small...
Dec 16 2014 // United Insurance Holdings Corp. (UPC Insurance) said it plans to acquire Family Security Holdings LLC for $9 million.The transaction is expected to close by Jan. 31, 2015. FSH is an insurance holding company with two...
Dec 8 2014 // The maker of Truvia Natural Sweetener will pay $6.1 million to settle a class-action lawsuit initiated by a Hawaii woman.Kailua-Kona resident Denise Howerton was the first to sue Cargill, which manufactures the product...
Dec 8 2014 // Hawaii-based insurance firm Risk Solution Partners has merged with Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. RSP will operate as a subsidiary of Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. under the Risk Solution Partners name. The merger enables...