All the headlines from our Hawaii Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 16 2012 // Hawaii will pay $15.4 million to settle a lawsuit involving two hikers who fell to their deaths on Kauai in 2006.The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported the out-of-court settlement is subject to approval by the state...
Apr 11 2012 // Workers’ advocates claim injured Hawaii employees can’t get fair evaluations from doctors hired by employers or insurers.The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported critics say the system is unfair by allowing...
Apr 2 2012 // Investigators have determined that a fire that killed a 97-year-old Pearl City, Hawaii woman early Friday morning was intentionally set, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported.The woman who died in the blaze has been...
Mar 23 2012 // Hawaii will pay $15.4 million to settle a lawsuit involving two hikers who fell to their deaths on Kauai in 2006.The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Monday the out-of-court settlement is subject to approval by the state...
Mar 15 2012 // Hawaii is adding more money to an electric vehicle rebate program and extending the deadline for the rebates.State officials said Tuesday that because of an increase in demand for electrical vehicles, $350,000 is being...
Mar 15 2012 // Hawaii Civil Defense officials are still compiling damage totals from recent days of wild weather, but preliminary figures show the state will likely qualify for federal disaster assistance.Heavy rains flooded roads,...
Mar 8 2012 // Hawaii’s governor declared a disaster for two islands on Tuesday after three days of relentless rains caused flooding and a sewage spill on Kauai, where officials were dealing with tree-blocked roads, closed schools...
Mar 8 2012 // Hawaii’s governor declared a disaster for two islands on Tuesday after three days of relentless rains caused flooding and a sewage spill on Kauai, where officials were dealing with tree-blocked roads, closed schools...
Mar 6 2012 // Officials say a flow of lava has destroyed the last home in a sparsely populated neighborhood in Hawaii’s Puna district, near Hilo.The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported the neighborhood’s last resident, Jack...
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Feb 29 2012 // Tsunamis generated by the magnitude-9 earthquake in Japan last March dragged 3 million to 4 million tons of debris into the ocean after tearing up Japanese harbors and homes.Scientists believe ocean currents are carrying...
Feb 27 2012 // Bullying, abuse and verbal harassment in the workplace may cause employees physical and psychological harm.That’s part of the rationale behind a proposal in Hawaii to make abusive conduct against an employee an...
Feb 17 2012 // The family of a Hawaii inmate stabbed to death at a private prison in Arizona sued the state of Hawaii and prison operator Corrections Corporation of America on Wednesday.The legal action came after two gang members...
Feb 16 2012 // Hawaii State Senate defeated a bill its opponents said would have effectively removed the state from active involvement in building design and construction standards. The Senate voted down Senate Bill 2692, which would...
Feb 13 2012 // Continuing vog has caused extensive damage to Big Island vegetable crops, like leafy greens, orchards, flowers and ranch grasses.In response, U.S. Department of Agriculture has renewed a disaster declaration for Hawaii...
Feb 7 2012 // Two Legislative committees will begin looking into a proposed $200 million real estate deal that will settle the Office of Hawaiian Affairs ceded lands claims with the state.In November, Gov. Neil Abercrombie and OHA...
Feb 6 2012 // Web search giant Google Inc. has been granted tentative approval from the Department of Labor to form a captive insurance company in Hawaii to cover employee benefits for thousands of the Mountain View, Calif.-based web...
Jan 25 2012 // A magnitude-4.7 earthquake and several small aftershocks shook Hawaii’s Big Island on Sunday, but there were no reports of injury or damage.The quake struck beneath the south flank of Kilauea volcano in Hawaii...
Jan 18 2012 // Web search giant Google Inc. has been granted tentative approval from the Department of Labor to form a captive insurance company in Hawaii to cover employee benefits for thousands of the Mountain View, Calif.-based web...
Jan 9 2012 // The Hawaii Supreme Court has ruled the “known or obvious danger” defense is no longer viable under state law as a complete bar to an injured plaintiff’s premises liability claim.Michele R. Steigman sought...