Hawaii

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.

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.

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.

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When Winfrey and Johnson launched the People’s Fund for Maui, they committed $10 million and asked others to join them.

An acute housing shortage hitting fire survivors on the Hawaiian island of Maui is squeezing out residents even as they try to overcome the loss of loved ones, their homes and their community.

Honolulu police say they are investigating what appears to be the murder-suicide of a family, including three children, at a Manoa home. Lt. Deena Thoemmes said during a news conference Sunday afternoon that a preliminary investigation shows the husband fatally stabbed his wife and three children.

The Hawaii Senate says it is advancing a bill targeting Trump’s spot on the 2024 ballot.

An eyewitness told NBC News an enormous shark pulled the surfer into the water on Paia Bay.

A Hawaii official says landing gear from a U.S. Navy jet pulverized coral when it landed in a bay after overshooting a military runway.