Hawaii News

The 8-show residency was scheduled to begin Jan. 22 at the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, but was indefinitely postponed as the 77-year-old Santana recovers.

As a fresh start to the new year, Hawaiʻi State Federal Credit Union has several upcoming free online eudcation opportunities to get your questions answered and support your financial goals.

Panel discussions will be aimed at collaboration to develop a process to build up and support the next generation of teachers. This year’s summit will also feature national board certified teacher Carla Warren, senior partner with the National Center for Grow Your Own, who will share information about nationwide trends in teacher cultivation and lessons for Hawaiʻi.

Before we get too far into 2025 and the headlines start rolling in about the people, research and work at the 10 campuses of the statewide University of Hawai‘i system, let’s review the top headlines from last year. University of Hawai‘i News posted nearly 1,500 stories in a very eventful 2024.

People around the world greet the New Year with fireworks and other celebrations. Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park visitors got to greet 2025 with displays of lava fountaining from the southwest part of Kaluapele, the summit caldera of Kīlauea volcano.

U.S. Reps. Ed Case and Jill Tokuda as well as U.S. Sens. Mazie Hirono and Brian Schatz were sworn in Friday and will again represent Hawaiʻi for the next two years in the 119th Congress.

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reported lava fountaining and flow activity within Halemaʻumaʻu Crater ceased at about 8:40 p.m. Friday. Lava continued to slowly move, with crustal overturns expected in the hours following the pause in eruptive activity.

Staff from several state and federal agencies, with assistance from others, are working to tow the whale remains offhsore, as requested by Native Hawaiian cultural practitioners.

American Savings Bank will continue its full range of banking and financial services under the existing brand and name after the sale of 90.1% of common stock from Hawaiian Electric Industries to individual investors.

Phase 1 seed funding totaling $400,000 from the Hawaiʻi Film and Creative Industries Development Fund will be used to support local filmmakers, media makers and content creators with the goal of growing Hawai‘i-made media content to be licensed and distributed worldwide.

Firefighters responded to the conflagration at the Kai Olino affordable housing project shortly after midnight on Wednesday.

Aria Labrador entered the world on the night of Jan. 1.

After an explosion caused by illegal fireworks killed 3 and injured dozens more in Aliamanu on Oʻahu, officials begin discussing ways to stop the systemic issue once and for all.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation reported a 10% increase in traffic fatalities in 2024 with 51 from the City and County of Honolulu, 29 from Hawaiʻi Island, 14 from Maui County and 8 from Kauaʻi County.

There were 770,940 visitors to the Hawaiian Islands in November of this year, which is an increase of 5.3% compared to the same month in 2023.

Gov. Josh Green signed an executive order protecting primary caregivers cultivating cannabis for patients within the bounds of the law that exists as of Dec. 31, 2024.

The newsite posted nearly 1,500 stories this year, many of which involved people with connection to the university system making headlines, including Miss Aloha Hula winners, a Waiākea High Schoo grad, an auditioner on ‘The Voice’ and someone who once had a date with Marcia Brady.

According to University of Hawai‘i, six ʻalae ʻula (Hawaiian moorhen) chicks hatched in the loʻi in December. The parents had shown up a couple of months earlier.

The Hawai‘i Nurses Association, which represents the Wilcox nurses, began negotiations with Wilcox Medical Center on May 6. Their contract expired on Aug. 31.

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reported the earthquake was part of the ongoing swarm of deep seismicity that has been happening beneath the area of the Kaʻū community since 2019. It had no apparent impact on either Kīlauea of Mauna Loa volcanoes.