Saturday, November 16, 2024

Judge rejects charges for Hawaii officers in teen's killing

HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaii judge on Wednesday rejected murder and attempted murder charges against three Honolulu police officers in the fatal shooting of a teenager, preventing the case from going to trial.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Judge rejects charges for Hawaii officers in teen's killing

HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaii judge on Wednesday rejected murder and attempted murder charges against three Honolulu police officers in the fatal shooting of a teenager, preventing the case from going to trial.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Judge rejects charges for Hawaii officers in teen's killing

HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaii judge on Wednesday rejected murder and attempted murder charges against three Honolulu police officers in the fatal shooting of a teenager, preventing the case from going to trial.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Judge rejects charges for Hawaii officers in teen's killing

HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaii judge on Wednesday rejected murder and attempted murder charges against three Honolulu police officers in the fatal shooting of a teenager, preventing the case from going to trial.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Families urge using new DNA tech to ID Pearl Harbor unknowns

HONOLULU (AP) — William Edward Mann enlisted in the Navy after graduating from high school in rural Washington state. A guitar player, he picked up the ukulele while stationed in Hawaii.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Families urge using new DNA tech to ID Pearl Harbor unknowns

HONOLULU (AP) — William Edward Mann enlisted in the Navy after graduating from high school in rural Washington state. A guitar player, he picked up the ukulele while stationed in Hawaii.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Families urge using new DNA tech to ID Pearl Harbor unknowns

HONOLULU (AP) — William Edward Mann enlisted in the Navy after graduating from high school in rural Washington state. A guitar player, he picked up the ukulele while stationed in Hawaii.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Families urge using new DNA tech to ID Pearl Harbor unknowns

HONOLULU (AP) — William Edward Mann enlisted in the Navy after graduating from high school in rural Washington state. A guitar player, he picked up the ukulele while stationed in Hawaii.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

NTSB seeks flight instructor monitoring after deadly crash

HONOLULU (AP) — Federal safety investigators said Thursday that the pilot of a skydiving plane that crashed in 2019, killing all 11 people on board, had not received training to become a competent pilot.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

NTSB seeks flight instructor monitoring after deadly crash

HONOLULU (AP) — Federal safety investigators said Thursday that the pilot of a skydiving plane that crashed in 2019, killing all 11 people on board, had not received training to become a competent pilot.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Tourism leads to less pessimistic tax forecast for Hawaii

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii's Council on Revenues on Thursday offered a less pessimistic outlook for state tax revenue for the current fiscal year given the way the tourism industry has recovered under the state's COVID-19 testing program for travelers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Tourism leads to less pessimistic tax forecast for Hawaii

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii's Council on Revenues on Thursday offered a less pessimistic outlook for state tax revenue for the current fiscal year given the way the tourism industry has recovered under the state's COVID-19 testing program for travelers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

NTSB seeks flight instructor monitoring after deadly crash

HONOLULU (AP) — Federal safety investigators said Thursday that the pilot of a skydiving plane that crashed in 2019, killing all 11 people on board, had not received training to become a competent pilot.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Judge drops case against victim of former prosecutor Kealoha

HONOLULU (AP) — A U.S. judge on Monday dismissed a case against a victim of a former Honolulu prosecutor recently sentenced for obstructing justice and bank fraud.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Judge drops case against victim of former prosecutor Kealoha

HONOLULU (AP) — A U.S. judge on Monday dismissed a case against a victim of a former Honolulu prosecutor recently sentenced for obstructing justice and bank fraud.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Prosecutors ask judge to drop case against Kealoha victim

HONOLULU (AP) — U.S. prosecutors on Monday asked a judge to dismiss a case against a victim of a former Honolulu prosecutor recently sentenced for obstructing justice and bank fraud.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Hawaii delays state furloughs after virus relief bill passes

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. David Ige on Wednesday said the passage of a new coronavirus relief bill by the U.S. Congress this week has prompted him to delay the implementation of state worker furloughs previously due to begin on Jan. 1.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Hawaii delays state furloughs after virus relief bill passes

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. David Ige on Wednesday said the passage of a new coronavirus relief bill by the U.S. Congress this week has prompted him to delay the implementation of state worker furloughs previously due to begin on Jan. 1.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Hawaii delays state furloughs after virus relief bill passes

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. David Ige on Wednesday said the passage of a new coronavirus relief bill by the U.S. Congress this week has prompted him to delay the implementation of state worker furloughs previously due to begin on Jan. 1.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Lava lake forms as Hawaii volcano erupts after 2-year break

HONOLULU (AP) — Lava was rising more than 3 feet (1 meter) per hour in the deep crater of a Hawaii volcano that began erupting over the weekend after a two-year break, scientists said Tuesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Lava lake forms as Hawaii volcano erupts after 2-year break

HONOLULU (AP) — Lava was rising more than 3 feet (1 meter) per hour in the deep crater of a Hawaii volcano that began erupting over the weekend after a two-year break, scientists said Tuesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Hawaii hopes to avoid furloughs thanks to virus relief bill

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii's governor and legislative leaders expressed hope Monday that a new coronavirus relief package being voted on in the U.S. Congress will allow the state to either delay or avoid furloughing state employees.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Hawaii hopes to avoid furloughs thanks to virus relief bill

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii's governor and legislative leaders expressed hope Monday that a new coronavirus relief package being voted on in the U.S. Congress will allow the state to either delay or avoid furloughing state employees.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Hawaii teachers face furloughs as pandemic hits tax revenue

HONOLULU (AP) — The Hawaii state Department of Education plans to furlough public school teachers a total of six days through June as part of Gov. David Ige's effort to cut spending to cope with a pandemic-induced plunge in state tax revenue.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Hawaii expects 81,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses by end of month

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii is expected to receive enough first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine for 81,000 people by the end of the month, officials said Thursday. The first shipments could arrive as early as next week.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Hawaii expects 81,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses by end of month

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii is expected to receive enough first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine for 81,000 people by the end of the month, officials said Thursday. The first shipments could arrive as early as next week.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Hawaii furloughs state workers amid pandemic budget crunch

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. David Ige on Wednesday announced plans to furlough more than 40,000 state workers to balance the budget as tax revenue takes a hit during the coronavirus pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Hawaii furloughs state workers amid pandemic budget crunch

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. David Ige on Wednesday announced plans to furlough more than 40,000 state workers to balance the budget as tax revenue takes a hit during the coronavirus pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Hawaii certifies Biden's win of state's presidential vote

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii on Tuesday certified the results of its presidential vote after the state Supreme Court dismissed an elections complaint challenging the entirety of the Nov. 3 general election in the islands.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Hawaii certifies Biden's win of state's presidential vote

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii on Tuesday certified the results of its presidential vote after the state Supreme Court dismissed an elections complaint challenging the entirety of the Nov. 3 general election in the islands.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Hawaii's top court rejects complaint challenging Nov. 3 vote

HONOLULU (AP) — The Hawaii Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed an elections complaint challenging the entirety of the Nov. 3 general election in the islands, clearing the way for the results of the state's presidential vote to be certified.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Pearl Harbor dead remembered in ceremony shrunk by pandemic

HONOLULU (AP) — U.S. servicemen and women and National Park Service officials gathered at Pearl Harbor on Monday to remember those killed in the attack — but elderly survivors stayed home to pay their respects from afar to avoid health risks from the coronavirus pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Pearl Harbor ceremony to honor those killed in 1941 attack

HONOLULU (AP) — Officials were scheduled to gather in Pearl Harbor on Monday to remember those killed in the 1941 Japanese attack, though public health measures adopted because of the coronavirus pandemic mean no survivors will be present.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Survivors remember Pearl Harbor at home this year amid virus

HONOLULU (AP) — Navy sailor Mickey Ganitch was getting ready to play in a Pearl Harbor football game as the sun came up on Dec. 7, 1941. Instead, he spent the morning — still wearing his football padding and brown team shirt — scanning the sky as Japanese planes rained …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Hawaii Supreme Court dismisses election challenge suit

HONOLULU (AP) — The Hawaii Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a lawsuit contesting the state's presidential election filed by a woman who said she ran for president as an independent yet she wasn't on the ballot.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Hawaii's Kauai mandates quarantine regardless of virus test

HONOLULU (AP) — Travelers to the Hawaiian island of Kauai will have to spend 14 days in quarantine regardless of whether they obtain a negative COVID-19 test, Hawaii Gov. David Ige said Friday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Lawsuits hold up Hawaii election certification

HONOLULU (AP) — Certification of Hawaii's presidential vote was being held up Wednesday by two lawsuits, including one filed by a woman who said she ran for president as an independent but wasn’t on the ballot.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Lots of finger pointing as Honolulu rail runs out of money

WAIPAHU, Hawaii (AP) — Susan Galicha can see Honolulu’s rail cars being tested on elevated tracks just minutes from her home. Yet the Waikiki hotel housekeeper may never get to ride them to work and avoid the city’s horrendous traffic jams because the city doesn’t have enough money to finish …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Long wait for Hawaii vote spurs call for more voter centers

HONOLULU (AP) — Voter advocates say Hawaii should set up more voter service centers after a last-minute surge of interest led to hours-long lines for in-person voting on Election Day even as the state switched to a vote-by-mail system for casting ballots.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Hawaii Democrat Kahele wins to succeed Gabbard in US House

HONOLULU (AP) — Democratic state Sen. Kai Kahele won the Hawaii House seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard on Tuesday as Joe Biden easily won the deep blue state’s four presidential electoral college votes.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Democrat Kahele wins Gabbard’s Hawaii House seat

HONOLULU (AP) — Democrat Kai Kahele has won the Hawaii House seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Races for Congress top Hawaii's ballot on Election Day

HONOLULU (AP) — Races for two U.S. House seats top the ballot on Tuesday in Hawaii.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Test to allow Japanese visitors to bypass Hawaii quarantine

HONOLULU (AP) — Starting next week, Hawaii will begin allowing visitors from Japan to bypass the state's 14-day quarantine requirement if they test negative for COVID-19.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Test to allow Japanese visitors to bypass Hawaii quarantine

HONOLULU (AP) — Starting next week, Hawaii will begin allowing visitors from Japan to bypass the state's 14-day quarantine requirement if they test negative for COVID-19.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Lives Lost: Hawaii football coach who prepped kids for life

HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu football coach Willie Talamoa bought his players cleats, drove them to practice and often stayed late to talk with those having trouble in school.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Lives Lost: Hawaii football coach who prepped kids for life

HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu football coach Willie Talamoa bought his players cleats, drove them to practice and often stayed late to talk with those having trouble in school.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Lives Lost: Hawaii football coach who prepped kids for life

HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu football coach Willie Talamoa bought his players cleats, drove them to practice and often stayed late to talk with those having trouble in school.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

FROM THE AP: Maui braces for impact as Hurricane Douglas nears Hawaii

HONOLULU — Hawaii prepared for the onslaught of Hurricane Douglas on Sunday, with predictions of high winds, rain and storm surge.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Pandemic job losses hit tourism-dependent states hardest

The coronavirus pandemic has been particularly brutal to the tourism-dependent economies of Nevada and Hawaii
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Hawaii governor orders quarantine for travel between islands

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. David Ige further tightened travel restrictions to limit the spread of the coronavirus on Monday by ordering people moving between islands to adhere to a 14-day self-quarantine.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Travelers landing in Hawaii find tough quarantine rules

HONOLULU (AP) — Travelers landing in Hawaii Thursday found a new requirement that they hole up in hotel rooms or their homes for 14 days to fight the spread of the coronavirus.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Hawaii governor issues stay-at-home order to slow virus

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. David Ige on Monday ordered people across the state to stay at home to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, unless they work in selected businesses or operations deemed essential like health care facilities and grocery stores.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Hawaii reports first cases of virus spreading in community

HONOLULU (AP) — Two people who haven't traveled outside Hawaii and haven't had any contact with people who have traveled tested positive for the coronavirus, authorities said Friday as they announced the number of people with the disease has risen to 37.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Lawsuit takes issue with helicopter tours over national parks

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii residents and an organization representing federal workers sued the Federal Aviation Administration Wednesday to force it to do something about tour helicopters buzzing their communities and national parks around the U.S.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Lawsuit takes issue with helicopter tours over national parks

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii residents and an organization representing federal workers sued the Federal Aviation Administration Wednesday to force it to do something about tour helicopters buzzing their communities and national parks around the U.S.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Hawaii targets waterfall trespassers

HAUULA, Hawaii - The managers of Hawaii's state parks are turning to social media to counter online photos and statements encouraging people to visit a waterfall where a landslide killed eight people more than 15 years ago.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

A disservice to those who served?

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Hawaii hit by winds, rain as hurricane veers west

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS AGO

First Hawaii, then the moon

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Survivors of attack gather, honor those killed

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Trade winds drop; Hawaii gets muggy

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Oracle CEO buys airline serving Hawaiian island

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Survivor helps identify Pearl Harbor dead

HONOLULU - Ray Emory could not accept that more than one quarter of the 2,400 Americans who died at Pearl Harbor were buried, unidentified, in a volcanic crater.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Tsunami debris still adrift

HONOLULU - Lumber, boats and other debris ripped from Japanese coastal towns by tsunamis last year have spread across some 3,000 miles of the North Pacific, where they could wash ashore on remote islands north of Hawaii this winter.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Hawaiian monk seal sent to Waikiki to save species

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

'Your chance to thank them'

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - In wheelchairs and on walkers, the old veterans came Wednesday to remember the day 70 years ago when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. But FDR's "date that will live in infamy" is becoming a more distant memory.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

He will never forget

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Tsunami spares US, takes aim at Japan

HONOLULU - With a rapt world watching the drama unfold on live television, a tsunami raced across a quarter of the globe on Saturday and set off fears of a repeat of the carnage that caught the world off guard in Asia in 2004.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO