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Contractor Error Blamed for Hawaii Toxic Foam Spill

May 8 2023 // An investigation found that a spill of about 1,300 gallons of fire suppressant at a fuel facility in Hawaii was caused by a maintenance contractor improperly installing an air vacuum valve, U.S. military officials...

Hawaii Officers, Sued Charged in Alleged Crash Coverup

Mar 20 2023 // Honolulu prosecutors filed charges against four police officers alleging a cover-up in connection with a high-speed car chase that they say resulted in a crash and a traumatic brain injury to the driver of another...

Hawaii Businessman Sued for $2M After Grounding Luxury Yacht

Mar 17 2023 // A business owner whose luxury yacht ran aground and leaked diesel fuel into waters off the Hawaiian island of Maui last month is being sued for more than $2 million in damages by a trust that sold him the vessel.The...

Scientists: Hawaii’s Kilauea Not Erupting, Reversing Warning

Mar 14 2023 // Hawaii’s second–largest volcano is not erupting, scientists said in an update to a previous warning.The U.S. Geological Survey said in a statement that seismic activity beneath the summit of Kilauea “has...

ALKEME Acquires ACW Group in Hawaii

Feb 23 2023 // ALKEME acquired the ACW Group in Honolulu, Hawaii. ACW Group is headquartered out of Oahu, with California offices in San Francisco and La Quinta. It was established in 2009 by Russell Akamine, Kirk Christman and Jeffrey...

NTSB Findings on Hawaii Airlines Turbulence That inured Passengers

Jan 17 2023 // A cloud shot up vertically like a plume of smoke in a matter of seconds before a Hawaiian Airlines flight last month hit severe turbulence and 25 people on board were injured, according to a preliminary report by the...

Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano Erupts Again, Summit Crater Glows

Jan 9 2023 // Hawaii’s Kilauea began erupting inside its summit crater, the U.S. Geological Survey said, less than one month after the volcano and its larger neighbor Mauna Loa stopped releasing lava.The Hawaiian Volcano...

Report: California, Hawaii Had Among Nation’s Worst Ranked Roads

Dec 20 2022 // California’s expansive road system was among the nation’s worst ranked, according to a report from a research firm out on Tuesday. Hawaii’s roads were ranked as the nation’s worst.ConsumerAffairs, a...

11 Seriously Injured by Turbulence on Hawaii Flight

Dec 20 2022 // Severe turbulence rocked a flight from Phoenix to Honolulu Sunday, seriously injuring 11 people in what an Hawaiian Airlines official called an isolated and unusual event.Jon Snook, the airline’s chief operating...

Scientists Say Eruption of Hawaii Volcano Continues to Ease

Dec 13 2022 // The eruption of the Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island continues to ease, scientists said, reinforcing an earlier pronouncement that the mountain’s first flare-up in nearly 40 years might soon...

Lava on Hawaii’s Big Island Could Block Main Highway, Interrupt Businesses

Dec 5 2022 // Many people on the Big Island of Hawaii are bracing for major upheaval if lava from Mauna Loa volcano slides across a key highway and blocks the quickest route connecting two sides of the island.The molten rock could make...

Hawaii Volcano Eruption Has Some on Alert, Draws Onlookers

Dec 1 2022 // The first eruption in 38 years of the world’s largest active volcano is attracting onlookers to a national park for “spectacular” views of the event, and it’s also dredging up bad memories among...

What Hazards Are Posed by Hawaii’s Mauna Loa?

Nov 30 2022 // Lava is shooting 100 feet to 200 feet into the air as Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, erupts for the first time in nearly 40 years.For now, lava is not threatening any homes or...

Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Erupts, Sending Ash Nearby

Nov 29 2022 // Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, has started to erupt for the first time in nearly four decades, prompting volcanic ash and debris to fall nearby, authorities said.The eruption began late...

5.0 Quake Confirmed During Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Volcano Unrest

Oct 17 2022 // A magnitude 5.0 earthquake was the strongest of a series of temblors that struck Friday on Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano on the planet that scientists say is in a “state of heightened...

Hawaii Volcano Unrest, But No Signs of Imminent Eruption

Oct 11 2022 // Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano on the planet, is in a “state of heightened unrest,” but is not erupting and there are no signs of an imminent eruption, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said in an...

Fatal Hawaii Ambulance Fire Linked to Oxygen Device

Sep 22 2022 // Preliminary findings from an investigation into an ambulance fire that killed a patient and injured a paramedic last month show the blaze originated in an oxygen device that is routinely used, officials in Hawaii said.The...

Hawaii Food Distributor Settling Racism Lawsuit

Aug 26 2022 // A Hawaii food distribution company has agreed to pay $90,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging a Black employee was subjected to racial slurs and racist references to slavery, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

Noguchi & Associates, ori-gen to Establish Hawaii Division

Jun 24 2022 // Noguchi & Associates is partnering with ori-gen Agency Insurance Services to launch a Hawaii-based division. The new ori-gen Hawaii division will be led by Noguchi & Associates’ President Mitchell Noguchi....

Investigation Set After Six Hurt in Hawaii Helicopter Crash

Jun 17 2022 // A federal aviation accident investigator will be sent to Hawaii to investigate after a tour helicopter crashed on a remote Big Island lava field of jagged rocks, injuring all six people on board and forcing rescuers to fly...