Developers rebuilding a storied, hurricane-ravaged Hawaii hotel with a Hollywood connection were looking forward to the Coco Palms’ rebirth when two men showed up last year, claiming to own the property because they descend from King Kaumualii, the last ruler of Kauai. The men set up camp in tents and at the old tennis pro […]
False missile alert panics residents of Hawaii
A missile alert was accidentally sent out on Saturday in Hawaii — and the message caused mass panic and havoc throughout the islands. Hawaii’s Emergency Management Agency has apologized for the error and blamed it on an emergency worker hitting the wrong template during a routine drill. The fallout for the agency has been horrendous. […]
[Health alert] Flu is widespread, appears to be peaking
Flu is now widespread in every state except Hawaii, but the good news is the flu season appears to be peaking. U.S. health officials on Friday said plenty of people are getting sick, and the flu has hit epidemic levels — just as it does most winters. But an update from the Centers for Disease […]
Lifelong best friends discover they’re actually brothers (surprise!)
Two Hawaii men who grew up as best friends recently learned that they’re actually brothers and revealed the surprise to family and friends over the holidays. Alan Robinson and Walter Macfarlane have been friends for 60 years. Born in Hawaii 15 months apart, they met in the sixth grade and played football together at a […]
“A date which will live in infamy”–remembering Pearl Harbor
Survivors gathered Thursday at the site of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor to remember fellow servicemen killed in the early morning raid 76 years ago, paying homage to the thousands who died with a solemn ceremony marking the surprise bombing that plunged the U.S. into World War II. About 20 survivors attended the event […]
This woman aims for a Guinness World Record in…WHAT!?
A Hawaii woman is waiting to hear back from Guinness World Records to find out if the 5-pound (2.3-kilogram) avocado she snagged is the world’s largest. Pamela Wang of the Big Island found the avocado Sunday while on a walk, West Hawaii Today reported . “I see avocados every day and I pick up avocados […]
N. Korean missile testing prompted THIS action (wow)
Just days after North Korea tested its most powerful missile yet, Hawaii is dusting off a relic not heard on the islands since the end of the Cold War. The monthly test of Hawaii’s siren warning system for tsunamis and other natural disasters will have an added tone when it sounds Friday — one designed […]
“The Andy Griffith Show” TV star dies at age 87
Jim Nabors, the shy Alabaman whose down-home comedy made him a TV star as Gomer Pyle and whose surprisingly operatic voice kept him a favorite in Las Vegas and other showplaces, died Thursday. He was 87. Nabors, who underwent a liver transplant in 1994 after contracting hepatitis B, died peacefully at his home in Hawaii […]
Scary! Insane amount of patients have fled from Hawaii psych hospital
More than a dozen escapes have occurred over the past eight years at a Hawaii psychiatric hospital where a patient described as dangerous walked off the grounds and made it to California before he was captured this week. Many of the 17 escapes between 2010 and this year happened when a patient broke “curfew” and […]
5 missing after Army helicopter goes down off Hawaii
U.S. Coast Guard and military crews are searching the ocean off Hawaii for five crewmembers of an Army helicopter that went down during a training exercise, authorities said Wednesday. Officials at Wheeler Army Airfield near Honolulu reported losing communications around 10 p.m. Tuesday with the crew of a UH-60 Black Hawk, the Coast Guard said […]
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