Hawaii

A 100-year-old survivor of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor has died.

After receiving nearly $50,000 in donations to find Hannah Kobayashi, her family announced Wednesday they will honor any claim for a refund following her appearance.

Two survivors of the bombing — each 100 or older — are planning to return to Pearl Harbor on Saturday to observe the 83rd anniversary of the attack that thrust the U.S. into World War II.

Police say a 30-year-old woman from Hawaii who was reported missing in Los Angeles three weeks ago voluntarily traveled to Mexico.

After four days stuck alone on a cliff in West Oahu, a baby goat was carried down by hikers and brought to an animal sanctuary.

Snow has fallen on Hawaii’s tallest peak, briefly turning the mountaintop into a winter wonderland. The summit area of Mauna Kea on the Big Island got about 2 inches of white powder this week.

A Hawaii teen was stranded at sea in his kayak for hours until an off duty lifeguard spotted him.

The Aug. 8, 2023, blaze — the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century — emerged in the afternoon in the same area as the blaze that began early that morning.

The two are survived by their 18-month-old son, who was not with them at the time.

Investigators reviewing the emergency response to last year’s devastating wildfire on Maui say in a new report they found no evidence Hawaii officials made preparations for it, despite days of warnings that “critical fire weather” was about to arrive.

Police say three people were killed and two others injured in a shooting at a home stemming from a dispute between neighbors in Hawaii on Saturday night.

Countless lives were forever changed after the deadly wildfire tore through the town of Lahaina in Hawaii. NBC 7’s Dana Williams takes a look at how the aid from San Diegans is still making an impact.

Dozens of Maui surfers, canoe paddlers and boat riders made their way into the ocean off Lahaina, Hawaii, on Thursday to remember the 102 people killed when the nation’s deadliest wildfire in more than a century destroyed the historic town one year ago.

Thousands of displaced residents on Maui have faced a year of anxious uncertainty since the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century devastated Lahaina.

The parties in lawsuits seeking damages for last year’s Maui wildfires have reached a $4 billion global settlement, a court filing said Friday.

A helicopter has crashed into the ocean off the Hawaiian island of Kauai, leaving one person dead and two others missing.

A professional surfer and longtime lifeguard, who appeared in 2011’s “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie, died after he was attacked by a shark while surfing in Hawaii.

U.S. officials are fining two Hawaii residents $20,000 for their part in the fatal mauling of a female Hawaiian monk seal pup by unleashed dogs.

One expert called the early morning activity “sneaky.” No communities were threatened.

Kīlauea, Hawaii’s second-largest volcano, erupted Monday morning.