Hawaii

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green, who is also a physician, was one of the people who stopped to help when his security detail spotted a vehicle upside down in a lava field Thursday while he was on his way to a Big Island event.

The U.S. military is proposing an October start date for a plan to drain a World War II-era fuel tank facility that poisoned 6,000 people when it leaked jet fuel into Pearl Harbor’s drinking water 18 months ago.

A San Diego-bound flight returned to Hawaii on Sunday over an issue with a window in the flight deck.

The firefighting foam liquid concentrate was spilled in November at the Red Hill Bulk Storage Facility near Pearl Harbor.

A search of the couple’s home in a Honolulu suburb turned up Polaroids of them wearing jackets that appear to be authentic KGB uniforms, an invisible ink kit, documents with coded language and maps showing military bases, prosecutors said at the time.

The birth this week of an endangered seal at Hawaii’s most popular tourism hubs highlights the tension between protecting the islands’ fragile ecosystems and maintaining access to the pristine white-sand beaches that attract millions of visitors each year.

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.

Taking care of Hawaii’s unique natural environment takes time, people and money. Now Hawaii wants tourists to help pay for it as more tourists choose hiking over golf, with social media driving them to increasingly remote places.

Swimming within 50 yards of Hawaii’s spinner dolphins in nearshore waters has been against federal law since 2021.

A large group of swimmers reportedly pursued a pod of dolphins in Hōnaunau Bay

Hawaii officials have cited a Maui man seen on video snorkeling for allegedly harassing a humpback whale and pod of dolphins.

Elizabeth Webster and her husband, Alexander Burckle, said they had to swim about half a mile to shore, according to a federal lawsuit.

Photographers seeking a sabbatical in the sun might have found their dream job.

A whale that washed ashore in Hawaii over the weekend likely died in part because it ate large volumes of fishing traps, fishing nets, plastic bags and other marine debris, scientists said Thursday, highlighting the threat to wildlife from the millions of tons of plastic that ends up in oceans every year.

A camera atop Hawaii’s tallest mountain has captured what looks like a spiral swirling through the night sky.

The casket bearing the 96-year-old heiress long considered the last Hawaiian princess is on public display in the downtown Honolulu palace.

One of the world’s most prestigious and storied surfing contests went forward in Hawaii for the first time in seven years.

Rescuers searched for a third day Tuesday for a Hawaii fisherman who went overboard from a boat after hooking a tuna over the weekend, authorities said.

The captain of the plane told investigators flight conditions were smooth with clear skies when the cloud shot up in front of the plane and there was no time to change course.

Kilauea is one of the world’s most active volcanoes.