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- Papakea Resort is seen on Monday, June 24, 2024, in Lahaina, Hawaii. The mayor of Maui County in Hawaii wants to stop owners of thousands of vacation properties from renting to visitors. Instead, he wants the units rented long-term to people who live on Maui to address a chronic housing shortage that intensified after last August’s deadly wildfire. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)
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The Lahaina fire worsened Maui's housing shortage. Now officials eye limiting tourist Airbnb rentals
By AUDREY MCAVOY - Associated Press
Mon,06/24/24-11:55PM , 273 Reads
HONOLULU (AP) — Alicia Humiston bought her condo in Lahaina after she visited Maui and fell for its rainforests, lava fields and the whales that gather offshore. She travels there about three times a year and rents out her unit for short periods when she's not in Hawaii.
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- People sit on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Aug. 24, 2021. Honolulu police recently got some attention on social media for recommending that beachgoers not leave their valuables unattended and instead put them in a waterproof bag and take them into the ocean. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, File)
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Don't take all your cash with you to the beach and other tips to avoid theft during a Hawaii holiday
By AUDREY MCAVOY - Associated Press
Sat,06/15/24-11:04PM , 687 Reads
HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu police recently received some attention on social media for recommending beachgoers not leave their valuables unattended and instead take those items with them into the ocean in a waterproof bag.
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Hawaii court orders drug companies to pay $916 million in Plavix blood thinner lawsuit
By AUDREY MCAVOY - Associated Press
Tue,05/21/24-11:28PM , 266 Reads
HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaii court has ordered the manufacturers and distributors of the blood thinner Plavix to pay the state a combined $916 million after finding the companies failed to disclose the efficacy and safety of the medication, the state attorney general said Tues
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- Wilfred Ikemoto holds a photo of his older brother, Haruyuki Ikemoto, and the Purple Heart medal posthumously awarded to him, in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Friday, May 10, 2024. The families of five Hawaii men who served in a unit of Japanese-language linguists during World War II received posthumous Purple Heart medals on behalf of their loved ones on Friday, nearly eight decades after the soldiers died in a plane crash in the final days of the conflict. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)
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WWII soldiers posthumously receive Purple Heart medals 79 years after fatal plane crash
By AUDREY MCAVOY - Associated Press
Fri,05/10/24-8:47PM , 483 Reads
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — The families of five Hawaii men who served in a unit of Japanese-language linguists during World War II received posthumous Purple Heart medals on behalf of their loved ones on Friday, nearly eight decades after the soldiers died in a plane crash in the final days of the conflict.
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