HPR News Staff

A little more than 2 million acres have been designated a Sentinel Landscape, which opens up access to tens of millions of federal dollars for land conservation projects.

A jury announced not guilty verdicts Friday in a yearslong bribery case against Honolulu's former top prosecutor and five people associated with the engineering and architectural firm Mitsunaga & Associates.

The state Department of Health said heavy rain resulted in stormwater runoff entering into coastal waters.

Prosecutors allege that Mitsunaga & Associates employees conspired to bribe then-Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Keith Kaneshiro with campaign donations in exchange for Kaneshiro's prosecution of a former company employee.

The man, who is the son of a Honolulu Police Department officer, attempted to rob a group of teenagers when the fatal shooting broke out.

The Marriott’s Maui Ocean Club is caring for more than 100 trees at its Mana‘olana Garden, in partnership with the nonprofit Treecovery. The ultimate goal is to replant the trees throughout Lahaina — free of cost to residents.

The Friends of Haʻikū Stairs argued in court last week that the removal would cause irreparable damage. A judge has denied the group's request, moving the demolition forward. The city said that workers are not expected to fly any of the stair modules off the mountain for at least a few days because of current weather conditions.

Hawai‘i has seen an uptick in its nursing workforce, according to a 2023 Nursing Workforce Supply Report released this week.

Postal workers will be picking up donated food while delivering mail at residences across the state and nation.

The DOJ said it would decide within 90 days of the two airlines declaring substantial compliance with the DOJ's second and presumably final document request. On Tuesday, both airlines did that in filings to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which effectively sets Aug. 5 as the deadline for the DOJ to decide on the merger.