WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — Maui Electric Company is asking the state Public Utilities Commission to allow the utility to pass the cost — $155,000 — for 1.4 gigawatt hours of solar power that was produced but not used on to customers.

The Maui News

HONOLULU (AP) — A recent report says Hawaii consumers are buying fewer new vehicles.

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports a quarterly study by Hawaii Auto Outlook shows that ...

HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Two beach parks on the Big Island could reopen this summer after being closed in 2017 because of contamination, officials said.

Lead was found at Hakalau and Kolekole beach parks, which are located in gulches under state Highway 19 north of Hilo, the Hawaii ...

KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) — A Big Island man has been ordered to pay more than $800,000 after he was convicted of hitting a runner while driving under the influence twice within a 24-hour period.

A judge determined Nicholas Martin, 70, was responsible for Robert LaMarca’s medical expenses ...

HONOLULU (AP) — A new report from Hawaii’s largest homeless service provider says the number of people travelling to Oahu and then becoming homeless is growing.

Hawaii News Now

HONOLULU (AP) — Jack Purchase scored 23 points and hit five of Hawaii’s 13 3-pointers and the Rainbow Warriors never trailed in their 87-64 win over UC Riverside on Saturday night.

Purchase, who shot 8 of 12 from the field, came in tied with Zane Johnson atop the program’s career list for ...

WAILUA, Hawaii (AP) — Kauai police have opened a homicide investigation after finding the bodies of a recently married couple on separate beaches.

It’s not clear how the two died.

Tia Obrero of Koloa was found on Kitchens Beach at around 6 a.m. Thursday. Preliminary evidence ...

LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) — Kauai officials are suing the owners of a vacation home, claiming they are violating county zoning ordinances for using the property as a short-term rental.

The Kauai County Planning Department filed the lawsuit last week, seeking to compel Greg and Joanne Allen to pay ...

WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — Two environmental groups are suing Maui officials over plans to replace about 4,800 streetlights with LED fixtures, claiming the new lights would threaten seabirds and sea turtles.

Environmental law organization Earthjustice filed the lawsuit this week on behalf of ...

HONOLULU (AP) _ Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. (HE) on Friday reported fourth-quarter net income of $50 million.

On a per-share basis, the Honolulu-based company said it had profit of 45 cents.

The the parent of Hawaii’s largest electricity generator posted revenue of $761.7 ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Drew Buggs registered 17 points and eight assists as Hawaii rolled past Cal Poly 75-54 on Thursday night.

Dawson Carper had 15 points for Hawaii (15-9, 6-4 Big West Conference). Zigmars Raimo added 10 points. Jack Purchase had eight rebounds for the hosts.

Cal Poly ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Two new cases of rat lungworm disease contracted in Hawaii have been confirmed, the state Department of Health said.

An adult vacationing on the northern side of the Big Island contracted the disease in December, marking the state’s ninth case of 2018, health officials ...

HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Strong winds from a winter storm caused minor damage to at least two observatories on Hawaii’s tallest peak, officials said.

The Big Island summit of Mauna Kea recorded wind gusts of 191 mph (307 kph) late Sunday, the Hawaii Tribune-Herald

HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaii pain doctor and his former prosecutor sister were released on bond Wednesday while awaiting trial on charges they dealt opioids.

Dr. Rudolph Puana and his sister, former Honolulu deputy prosecutor Katherine Kealoha, stood side by side as they pleaded not guilty to ...

HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on arraignment for a Hawaii pain doctor and his former prosecutor sister accused of dealing drugs (all times local):

2:15 p.m.

A U.S. judge is allowing the release on bond of a Hawaii pain doctor accused of dealing opioids with his sister, a former Honolulu ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The chief executive of Southwest Airlines says the Dallas-based carrier is considering adding nonstop flights between Las Vegas and Hawaii.

Southwest CEO Gary Kelly says launching flights to Hawaii from four California cities is the airline’s priority this year, but adding ...

HONOLULU (AP) — The owner of a 25-story office building in downtown Honolulu plans to convert the tower into about 500 apartments with moderately priced rent.

Douglas Emmett Inc. announced the plans Tuesday, saying the changes would occur over multiple years as current tenants move out, ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Southern Airways has acquired Mokulele Airlines, adding flights in Hawaii and California to the commuter airline’s portfolio.

The airline announced Tuesday that it bought Hawaii’s second-largest carrier in a deal that closed last week, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser

HONOLULU (AP) — The oldest known wild bird in the world has become a mother again at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. wildlife officials said.

The Laysan albatross named Wisdom hatched a chick earlier this month at the remote atoll northwest of Hawaii, the Honolulu ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Buildings at a shopping mall on Oahu have been renamed in the Hawaiian language amid a growing trend of Hawaii businesses adopting Hawaiian names.

The Pearlridge Shopping Center has adopted the name Wai Makai for its complex formerly known as Downtown after more than 20 ...

HILO, Hawaii (AP) — The number of bankruptcy filings in Hawaii increased by more than 40 percent to 149 cases last month, marking the highest level for January in seven years, according to U.S. Bankruptcy Court records.

Last year’s 1,490 bankruptcy cases brought an end to the state’s ...

HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaii jury has convicted a 59-year-old man on a lesser charge in the death of a former Honolulu sportscaster.

Mark Coleman was found guilty last week of second-degree assault against John Noland, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser

HONOLULU (AP) — A strong storm hitting Hawaii has knocked out power, brought down tree branches, flooded coastal roads — and even brought snow.

Snow is not unheard of in mountainous parts of the tropical island chain, but officials say the coating at 6,200 feet (1,900 meters) at a state ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Officials are warning about severe surf and winds in Hawaii as a winter storm hits that state.

The National Weather Service said gusts hit 40 mph (64 kph) in some areas, and authorities said residents on the islands’ north shores should be prepared for coastal flooding. ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii lawmakers have advanced a measure that would allow judges to prohibit people convicted of drunken driving from purchasing or publicly consuming alcohol for three years after their conviction.

The measure, introduced by House Judiciary Chairman Chris Lee, has yet to ...

HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Opponents of a proposed spaceport on the Big Island attended an open house this week as part of the project’s environmental assessment process.

The Hawaii Tribune-Herald

IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Elston Jones had 10 points and 10 rebounds to lead UC Irvine to a 67-56 win over Hawaii on Saturday night, the Anteaters’ seventh straight victory.

Max Hazzard had 13 points for UC Irvine (21-5, 9-1 Big West Conference). Jonathan Galloway added 13 rebounds. Eyassu ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii officials plan to auction a 140-year-old ship after repeated attempts to deliver it to its Scottish homeland failed.

The Falls of Clyde, the last surviving ship of a fleet named after Scottish waterfalls, will be on sale for the next three weeks, the Honolulu ...

WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — Maui officials have agreed to pay $350,000 to a retired police captain who claimed in a federal lawsuit that she faced sex discrimination when she was passed over for a promotion.

The lawsuit filed in July 2016 was dismissed late last month after Mollie Klingman ...

HILO, Hawaii (AP) — A Hawaii court has ordered the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism to follow the state law requiring all new single-family homes to have solar water heaters.

First Circuit Court Judge Jeffrey Crabtree ruled this week that the law allows the ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Brocke Stepteau scored 23 points with five 3-pointers and Zigmars Raimo scored 14 with 10 rebounds and Hawaii beat Long Beach State 77-70 on Thursday night.

The Rainbow Warriors have won three of their last four.

Stepteau made a pair of foul shots and ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii does not have an accurate count of legally owned and registered guns, and there is no reliable way to find out how many are in the state, according to a state study.

The Hawaii Legislative Reference Bureau study shows an average of 32 percent of all murders in the ...

HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaii pidgin adjective for the phrase “messed up” has been listed in the Oxford English Dictionary.

The word hammajang was among the more than 600 new words and phrases added to the dictionary in December, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser

KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) — A Big Island man convicted in the 2016 rape of a woman has been sentenced to up to 20 years in prison.

Samuel Latrik, 19, was sentenced Monday in 3rd Circuit Court after pleading guilty in November to charges that included sexual assault, assault and kidnapping, ...

LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) — Female employees of a Kauai resort have added claims of sexual harassment and retaliation to their class-action lawsuit filed after a male co-worker was accused of recording women in the employee locker room.

Attorneys for the employees have filed an amended complaint ...

DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines has completed a test flight from Oakland, California, to Honolulu to demonstrate to federal aviation officials that it should be authorized to begin scheduled flights from the U.S. mainland to Hawaii.

In a statement, the Dallas-based airline said the ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Scientists in California are introducing a scale to measure “atmospheric rivers,” the weather phenomenon that can dump massive quantities of Pacific Ocean water on the U.S. West Coast, carrying it through the air from as far away as Hawaii.

The Scripps Institution of ...

HONOLULU (AP) — The number of people using a hygiene center in Honolulu has steadily increased during closely one month of operation.

Daily users of the Punawai Rest Stop have grown from the eight people recorded on the facility’s first day last month to 174 last week, the Honolulu ...

HILO, Hawaii (AP) — A public meeting has been scheduled for the satellite launch facility proposed by the Alaska-owned aerospace corporation for a site on the east side of the Big Island.

The meeting Wednesday in Hilo is part of the ongoing environmental assessment process for the project ...

HANALEI, Hawaii (AP) — Officials in Hawaii say a surfer has been bitten by a shark off Hanalei.

A statement released by the Kauai Fire Department says a man was surfing off Hanalei on Monday when he was apparently bitten by a tiger shark.

The man sustained lacerations to his leg and ...