Hawaii
Honolulu, HAWAII — The family of a teenager shot in West Oahu believes they’re witnessing the miracle they’ve been praying for.
It’s been a week since 17-year old Richianna DeGuzman was shot in the head in Maili and she remains on life support at the Queens Medical Center.
In the meantime,...
HONOLULU (AP) — Two Native Hawaiian men wouldn’t have brutally beat a man if he wasn’t white, a federal judge said Thursday in sentencing them to yearslong prison terms for a hate crime in a case that reflects Hawaii’s nuanced and complicated relationship with race.
A jury convicted Kaulana Alo-...
Congratulations Teine o le Moli o le Ava cricket team for their win against the Toa o Le Vasa team. Moli o le Ava scored 101 points with only 6 outs during Manuali’i Samoan Cricket League play this past Saturday in the State of Hawaii where male and female cricket teams are vying for the...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Hawaii dispensaries reported about $50 million in sales in 2021, but a report by the Tax Working Group of the Dual Use of Cannabis Task Force estimates that is only about 20% of sales statewide.
The report comes as Hawaii’s eight legal dispensaries of medical marijuana have...
Honolulu, HAWAII — The Hawaii state Department of Health reported Tuesday four additional monkeypox cases in Hawaii, bringing the total number in an ongoing outbreak to 16.
The additional cases include an Oahu resident with a history of travel outside Hawaii, an Oahu resident whose case is linked...
Saute Sapolu has become a controversial cultural figure as he resides in his car and a minimalist structure in the parking lot of Maunalua Bay in Hawaii Kai, Hawaii. Previously the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources confiscated Saute's personal belongings and self made Fale. Saute...
Honolulu, HAWAII — The state has tentatively agreed to pay $40,000 to settle a lawsuit over an attack involving alleged gang members at the state’s largest jail after staff left doors and gates open in the facility, giving a group of inmates an opportunity to move between floors and use clubs and...
HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu police were searching for two men suspected of killing a man whose body was found encased in concrete in a bathtub in one of Hawaii’s most exclusive, gated communities.
Police, investigating a missing person’s case, entered a Hawaii Loa Ridge home Tuesday where they...
Honolulu, HAWAII — The coronavirus Omicron variant has been diagnosed in a patient in Hawaii, State Epidemiologist Dr. Sarah Kemble said.
The Hawaii Department of Health’s (DOH) State Laboratories Division (SLD) confirmed the Omicron diagnosis in an unvaccinated an Oahu resident who had previously...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In an advisory for its upcoming return to commercial service, Hawaiian Airlines’ local office says the airline will begin regular service between Honolulu and Pago Pago on Sept. 13th and Sept. 27th. In preparation for the resumption of air service, the Honolulu-based...


![This photo provided by Kawena Alo-Kaonohi shows a view looking down into Kahakuloa village in Wailuku, Hawaii, Jan. 18, 2020. Kaulana Alo-Kaonohi and Levi Aki Jr. were sentenced Thursday for a federal hate crime in the 2014 brutal beating of a white man who tried to move into their remote, traditional fishing village. [Courtesy of Kawena Alo-Kaonohi via AP] Kahakuloa village](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/kahakuloa_village_web_0.jpg?itok=CYn3t9b0)

![Green Aloha is the only medical marijuana dispensary on Kauai. The report says Hawaii’s existing, flawed regulatory structure has created an “oligopolistic market” on each island. [photo Allan Parachini/ Civil Beat/2020] Green Aloha is the only medical marijuana dispensary on Kauai.](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/only-dispensary-on-kauai-is-green-aloha-in-kapaa-640x583.jpg?itok=UQDKTc6B)


![According to court records, the attack left Faatalale Auelua “covered in blood from head to toe,” but he survived. [SN file photo] Oahu Community Correctional Facility](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/oahu_community_correctional_facilityweb.jpg?itok=4C8N2ng4)


![Prior to departure and if you are an adult — age 18 and older — the traveler will need to create an online user account and register with the state of Hawaii Safe Travel Hawaii program at [travel.hawaii.gov/#/registration]. Hawaiian Airlines plane on HNL reef runway](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/hawaiian_plane_on_hnl_reef_runway_4.jpg?itok=k687XGl5)