Oct 2, 2024 · A fallen Hawaiian Electric Co. power line set dry grass on fire on the morning of Aug. 8, 2023, producing a smoldering ember that made its way to a nearby gully, flared up in hurricane-driven ...

Jan 1, 2025 · The deadly explosion of illegal aerial fireworks during a New Year’s Eve celebration in Honolulu Wednesday prompted official vows to crack down on the fiery displays and pleas for people to stop ...

Jan 3, 2025 · Hawaiʻiʻs thirst for illegal fireworks displays are a perennial problem for lawmakers, resulting in dozens of bills introduced by the Legislature that donʻt pass.. In the last two sessions, 30 ...

Jan 1, 2025 · A 2023 Civil Beat investigation found that authorities often failed to track the origins of illegal caches or build bigger legal cases.

Maui County set up an overflow area in the lobby of the county office building to accommodate all the people who wanted to watch or testify at the Maui Planning Commission meeting on June 23 that ...

Jan 3, 2025 · Jordan said he was at the party earlier New Year’s Eve but left after 11 p.m. He said many of the kids, between the ages of 4 and 14, are neighborhood friends who play basketball and football ...

Dec 27, 2024 · Gov. Josh Green addressed the instability in the immigrant community when he announced his budget proposal last week. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)

Jan 7, 2025 · A task force that began its work long before the recent tragedy in Salt Lake also recommends a unified fireworks permitting system in Hawaiʻi and $2 million for a new firearms and explosives lab.

Read articles on the fallout of the 2024 New Year's Eve fireworks explosion in Āliamanu/Salt Lake; fireworks laws; and much more on illegal fireworks.

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