U.S. prosecutors who introduced Russian spy intrigue into the case of a couple accused of living for decades in Hawaii under identities stolen from dead babies are now saying they don’t want jurors to hear about photographs showing them wearing foreign uniforms. A U.S. judge granted the request last week, ruling that the uniforms are…
Police Say 5 People Shot, 2 Dead at Cockfight in Honolulu
April 16, 2023
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Two victims died after five people were shot during an altercation at a late-night cockfight Friday in Honolulu, police said. Honolulu police responded to a call about shots fired just past midnight Friday and were searching Saturday for a suspect believed to be in his 20s who allegedly shot the others who were attending the…
Resort Famous for Elvis’s ‘Blue Hawaii’ Movie Will Be Rebuilt
HONOLULU—Demolition will soon begin on a resort once favored by Elvis Presley and other Hollywood royalty before it was heavily damaged by a hurricane three decades ago. The Coco Palms Resort on the island of Kauai will be torn down for a new 350-room hotel, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported. The resort is best known in…
‘Try Slow’ on the North Shore of Kauai, Where Regenerative Tourism Is the Way
April 13, 2023
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By Samantha Dunn From The Orange County Register I don’t want to be an invasive species. I kept thinking this as I made my way up old stone steps into the lushness of Kauai’s Limahuli Garden and Preserve. Never have I experienced so many shades and forms of the color green, all in one place….
Man, 58, Attacked by Shark While Surfing Off Honolulu
HONOLULU—A surfer was in serious condition after being bitten in the leg by a shark Sunday morning off Honolulu, authorities said. The 58-year-old man was attacked shortly before 7 a.m. near Kewalo Basin, according to Honolulu Emergency Medical Services. Paramedics responded and “administered life-saving treatment to a patient who was surfing and suffered shark bite…
Dirty Money: Former Lawmaker Gets 2 Years for Cesspool Bribes
April 9, 2023
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HONOLULU—A former Hawaii lawmaker was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison in a federal corruption case that’s drawn attention to a perennial problem in the islands: the tens of thousands of cesspools that release 50 million gallons of raw sewage into the state’s pristine waters every day. Cesspools—in-ground pits that collect sewage from houses…
Hawaii Considers Tourism Fee for State Parks, Trails
April 6, 2023
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Hawaii lawmakers are weighing up a tourism fee for state parks and trails to fund the protection of its unique natural environment. Under the legislation, SB304 SD2, relating to “visitor impact fees,” the state could establish a program within the Department of Land and Natural Resources, to collect a fee from visitors aged 15 or over if…
Hawaii Authorities Say 33 Swimmers Were Harassing Dolphins
HONOLULU—Hawaii authorities said they have referred 33 people to U.S. law enforcement after the group allegedly harassed a pod of wild dolphins in waters off the Big Island. It’s against federal law to swim within 50 yards of spinner dolphins in Hawaii’s nearshore waters. The prohibition went into effect in 2021 amid concerns that so…
Eruption at Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano Stops After 61 Days
HONOLULU—The latest eruption at Kilauea’s summit on Hawaii’s has paused after 61 days of volcanic activity. U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists said Tuesday lava was no longer flowing on the crater floor of Halemaumau, where all recent volcanic activity had been confined, Hawaii News Now reported. No significant changes have been observed along…
China Lasers Hawaii, Prepares for War
February 17, 2023
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Originally published by Gatestone Institute Commentary On Jan. 28, the Subaru-Asahi Star Camera, which livestreams images from the Subaru Telescope on Hawaii’s Mauna Kea, caught images of a shower of green laser beams lasting just seconds. The beams were not, as originally thought, from a NASA satellite. They could have come from only one source:…
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