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Bikinis, Surfboards And Battle-Axes? Hawaii Loosens Long-Strict Weapons Laws After Court Ruling Mengshin Lin/AP/2024

Bikinis, Surfboards And Battle-Axes? Hawaii Loosens Long-Strict Weapons Laws After Court Ruling

The new law lets some connect with Native Hawaiian and other cultures through traditional weapons. It’s also generating concern about increased use of weapons.

Honolulu EMS Sued For Wrongful Death Over Kailua Ambulance Fire Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Honolulu EMS Sued For Wrongful Death Over Kailua Ambulance Fire

Family of the 91-year-old patient who died in 2022 after the ambulance in which he was riding burst into flames accused Honolulu EMS of wrongful death and negligence.

Overdoses Kill More People Than Ever. Advocates Want To Be There For Those Who Survive Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Overdoses Kill More People Than Ever. Advocates Want To Be There For Those Who Survive

Hawaii Health & Harm Reduction Center is pursuing a formal partnership with Honolulu EMS that would allow its outreach workers to reach more patients.

Suspect Used Batteries, Shrapnel And A Pipe To Make Explosives Found On Maui, Investigators Say FBI

Suspect Used Batteries, Shrapnel And A Pipe To Make Explosives Found On Maui, Investigators Say

Authorities arrested 47-year-old Robert Dumaran after multiple homemade bombs detonated on Maui roads.

Kirstin Downey: 30 Years Ago, The Cry For Justice For Dana Ireland Was Unstoppable Screenshot/Newspapers.com

Kirstin Downey: 30 Years Ago, The Cry For Justice For Dana Ireland Was Unstoppable

Her parents, activists, the public and the media kept the pressure on authorities to solve the Big Island’s high-profile murder case.

FBI Investigating Homemade Bomb That Exploded On A Maui Highway FBI

FBI Investigating Homemade Bomb That Exploded On A Maui Highway

Several improvised explosive devices have recently been found on roads between Kahului and Kula.

Big Island Police Didn’t Have Probable Cause To Arrest Suspect For Dana Ireland’s Murder, Chief Says Hawaii Police Department

Big Island Police Didn’t Have Probable Cause To Arrest Suspect For Dana Ireland’s Murder, Chief Says

The suspect, Albert Lauro Jr., committed suicide after he was determined to be the source of semen and other DNA found on Ireland’s body and around the crime scene in 1991.

The Miske Criminal Enterprise May Be Gone But Other Powerful Crime Networks Remain David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

The Miske Criminal Enterprise May Be Gone But Other Powerful Crime Networks Remain

Federal prosecutors say the community is safer because of Michael Miske’s racketeering conviction, but other groups are still at work in Hawaii’s criminal underworld.

Authorities Believe They Finally Figured Out Who Murdered Dana Ireland 30 Years Ago. Then He Killed Himself Screenshot: Honolulu Star-Bulletin

Authorities Believe They Finally Figured Out Who Murdered Dana Ireland 30 Years Ago. Then He Killed Himself

Attorneys for two brothers wrongly convicted in the case say Big Island police mishandled the recent investigation into the new suspect.

Honolulu Prosecutor’s Tenacious Push For A Different Kind Of Probation Has Failed To Win Over Critics — So Far Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Honolulu Prosecutor’s Tenacious Push For A Different Kind Of Probation Has Failed To Win Over Critics — So Far

Steve Alm, running uncontested for reelection, swears by the HOPE probation model, which ensures predictable and immediate sanctions for violators, but studies have produced varying results.