HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu’s second-highest-ranking prosecutor is taking a leave of absence after receiving a subject letter linked to an ongoing federal corruption investigation.

The grand jury investigation has already resulted in corruption-related charges against a retired Honolulu ...

HILO, Hawaii (AP) — A former attorney convicted of killing his mother on the Big Island delivered a bizarre, rambling statement to the court during sentencing, telling the judge he had “attained immortality” and is the Antichrist.

Sean Alan Rutledge, 43, was sentenced this week to life in ...

HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on man facing trial for escaping from a Hawaii psychiatric facility (all times local):

5 p.m.

A nearly 1,600-page report by the Hawaii attorney general’s office provides no new significant details into how a man committed to a psychiatric hospital was able ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Ed Case, who is returning to Congress next month, is supporting Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s bid to be speaker of the U.S. House.

The Hawaii Democrat

HILO, Hawaii (AP) — The operators of a Hawaii geothermal power plant have started restoring road access to the property cut off by lava from the Kilauea volcano eruption.

Big Island Mayor Harry Kim authorized a vegetation removal and grading permit for Puna Geothermal Venture to clear lava ...

HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on an investigation into a Hawaii man’s escape from a psychiatric hospital (all times local):

12:10 p.m.

Hawaii’s health director says employees of a state psychiatric hospital were complacent about a man who was there for more than 40 years before he ...

HILO, Hawaii (AP) — The University of Hawaii at Hilo has been cleared to launch a four-year degree program in aeronautical science.

The university’s board of regents approved last month the provisional Bachelor of Science in two new concentrations: Commercial professional pilot training ...

KAIILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) — Hawaii Gov. David Ige has proposed building a $35 million regional biocontrol facility to research ways to control invasive species that threaten the state’s economy and natural environment.

Ige advocated for a biocontrol facility while addressing the Western ...

PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — The Latest on a fatal Big Island police shooting (all times local):

4:20 p.m.

The woman shot and killed by Big Island police has been identified.

Police say 30-year-old Tori Kaneshiro of Pahoa was pronounced dead after an officer fired his gun when she ...

PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — Big Island police shot and killed a woman who refused to let go of a rifle.

Hawaii County police Maj. Sam Thomas says officers were checking on a car parked on a Hawaiian Beaches road with hazard lights flashing Tuesday morning.

Thomas says the officers ...

KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) — The Hawaii Department of Education is looking for a vendor to provide beef to schools as it continues efforts to locally source food for student lunches.

The department’s School Food Services Branch issued a request for proposals last month, seeking a vendor of ...

HONOLULU (AP) — The 2016 Disney film “Moana” re-recorded in the Hawaiian language will be given to every accredited school across Hawaii.

The Hawaiian-language version of the animated film premiered in Hawaii over the summer following a yearlong effort by University of Hawaii faculty and ...

LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) — Rescuers over the weekend called off their search for a California woman swept out to sea from a picturesque but dangerous spot on Kauai’s north shore.

The Garden Island newspaper

LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) — Rescuers have called off their search for a California woman swept out to sea from a picturesque but dangerous spot on Kauai’s north shore.

The Garden Island newspaper

WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — A judge convicted a Maui man guilty of robbery, assault and other charges after a trial where a boy testified about how a stranger at school grabbed his iPad and choked him.

Nicholas Slot, 34, was found guilty last week, the Maui News reported.

The boy, now 12, ...

HONOLULU (AP) — The world’s oldest known wild seabird has laid another egg.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the Laysan albatross named Wisdom appeared at her nest site at Midway Atoll National Wildlife refuge last month.

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser

HONOLULU (AP) — Eddie Stansberry hit 5 of 10 from 3-point range and finished with 19 points, Drew Buggs had 16 points and seven assists, and Hawaii beat Division II Hawaii Hilo 82-75 Saturday night.

Zigmars Raimo scored 13 on 6-of-8 shooting, Brocke Stepteau added 11 points and Jack ...

WAKEFIELD, R.I. (AP) — A piece of a battleship destroyed during the Pearl Harbor attack of World War II is coming to Rhode Island.

The Providence Journal

HONOLULU (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii has filed a federal class-action lawsuit on behalf of two female high school athletes, claiming they are being unequally treated based on their gender.

The lawsuit filed Thursday against the state Department of Education and the ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Opponents of a giant telescope planned for Hawaii’s tallest mountain have vowed to keep fighting even after the legal battle over the $1.4 billion project appears to have ended.

Dozens of University of Hawaii faculty, staff and students rallied at the Honolulu campus ...

PHOENIX (AP) — Veterans groups, citizens and Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey will gather at the state Capitol to commemorate the 77th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

The Arizona Department of Veterans’ Services is hosting the state’s Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ...

HILO, Hawaii (AP) — The Hawaii Board of Geographic Names has begun taking recommendations to name the Big Island’s new 60-foot (18-meter) lava cone.

The state board is planning to take suggestions from the public and Hawaiian cultural practitioners to find a moniker for fissure 8, which ...

WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — A Maui man convicted of attacking his roommate with a baseball bat has been sentenced to four years of probation and 200 hours of community service.

Charles Ribbel was sentenced last week after pleading no contest to charges of burglary, assault, terroristic ...

HONOLULU (AP) — The death of a former Jacksonville Jaguars offensive lineman last month has been ruled an accident, Hawaii authorities said.

The Honolulu Medical Examiner’s office has determined that the cause of death for 38-year-old Vince Manuwai was acute ecstasy intoxication.

The ...

HILO, Hawaii (AP) — The Hawaii Supreme Court is letting stand its decision that upholds the construction permit for a giant telescope planned for the state’s tallest mountain.

The court filed an order last week denying opponents’ motion for it to reconsider the ruling on the telescope ...

LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) — A fungal pathogen that kills trees native to Hawaii has been discovered in two more areas on Kauai.

Three more trees have tested positive for rapid ohia death after it was found for the first time on the island in 14 trees in the Moloaa Forest Reserve in early May, The ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. David Ige has been sworn in for a second term during a ceremony at the Hawaii State Capitol in Honolulu.

HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Hawaii officials are trying to come up with solutions for feral pig problems at some Big Island state parks.

Officials have been working with surrounding land owners and other agencies on finding solutions, said Dean Takabayashi, the Hawaii island superintendent for the ...

HONOLULU (AP) — A preschool in Hawaii is taking a closer look at its snack policy after three children took sips of Pine-Sol.

Officials say a classroom assistant at a Honolulu preschool mistook the household cleaner for apple juice. Paramedics were called to the Kilohana United Methodist ...

HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaiian Airlines plane bound for Sydney returned to Honolulu after takeoff on Sunday because of a possible mechanical problem.

An airline spokeswoman says the flight was diverted just over an hour after takeoff due to a possible problem with one of its three hydraulic ...