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Hilo 15-year-old arrested for burglary, property crime at two school campuses
Family members turned him in after identifying him on social media posts. Two Hilo teens arrested for burglary, property crime at two school campuses. Family members turned him in after identifying him on social media posts.
$4B settlement reached in Maui wildfire lawsuits, Honolulu crime boss Miske found guilty of murder, racketeering, some Hawaii flights grounded in communications outage, more news from all the Hawaiian Islands
$4 billion proposed settlement reached over Maui wildfire lawsuits. Report: Key Defendants Have Agreed To Settle Maui Wildfire Claims For $4 Billion. Hawaiian Electric Industries, the state of Hawaii, Maui County and Charter Communications have agreed to pay $4 billion to settle several hundred lawsuits filed on behalf of thousands of victims of Aug. 8’s Lahaina wildfires, Bloomberg News has reported, citing anonymous sources. Civil Beat. KITV4. Bloomberg. Reuters.
Social Finance launches Hawaiʻi Renewable Learning Fund
Social Finance has announced the launch of the Hawaiʻi Renewable Learning Fund, a sustainable tool that will offer zero-interest higher education loans to local students. The fund, with support from the Honolulu-based Harold K.L. Castle Foundation and other donors, launched a $2.5 million pilot program in partnership with the College of Engineering at the University of Hawai’i. The goal of the fund is to enable low-income students to enroll in and graduate from high-quality certificate and degree programs. It also will help build a pipeline of local skilled talent to fill in-demand jobs across the state. Students who secure positions earning more than $50,000 after graduation will repay their loans back into the fund to support future students.
Danielle “Duckie” Irwin to represent Hawaii at Mrs. Pacific Islands
HONOLULU (HI Now) - Danielle “Duckie” Irwin, the president of nonprofit Makaha Learning Center and Chief Strategy Officer for Hawaii Unified Industries, was recently announced as Mrs. Pacific Islands 2024. “Duckie” Irwin will be the proud Hawaii representative at Mrs. International World’s in Kingsport, Tennessee in late July.
Update: Missing Kailua-Kona man found
7:26 a.m. Saturday update: Missing Kailua-Kona man, Anthony Wright, has been located. Original post: Hawai‘i Island police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a Kailua-Kona man who was reported as missing. Anthony Wright, 21, was last seen in the Kailua-Kona area on Wednesday at approximately 4 p.m....
Suspected serial bank robber killed by police had dozens of prior convictions
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The suspected bank robber who was fatally shot by police early Friday following a barricade in Waikiki had 41 convictions, 27 for felony crimes. That’s according to a Honolulu Police Department spokesperson. Police had been searching for Eric J. Walsh — and officers went to Waikiki...
Hawaiʻi County Sees Minimal Interruption From Crowdstrike Outage
ISLAND OF HAWAIʻI - A preliminary investigation determined that only certain systems within the Hawaiʻi Police Department were affected by the global computer outage. (BIVN) – The County of Hawaiʻi announced on Friday that a preliminary investigation into the impacts of the CrowdStrike computer outage revealed minimal interruption to Big Island government services.
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