Hawaii

About 8,000 people landed in Hawaii on the first day of a pre-travel testing program that allowed travelers to come to the islands without quarantining for two weeks if they could produce a negative coronavirus test

United Airlines will offer some Hawaii-bound customers rapid-response coronavirus tests at the airport, an effort to get around quarantine requirements and eventually, open up more destinations to travelers during the pandemic.

Hawaii Gov. David Ige said Wednesday that starting Oct. 15, travelers arriving from out of state may bypass a 14-day quarantine requirement if they test negative for COVID-19.

Hurricane Douglas joined a long list of hurricanes that have come near the Hawaiian Islands but didn’t cause major damage

Hurricane Douglas came within “razor thin” distance of the Hawaiian Islands but spared the state the worst of the strong winds, storm surge and flooding officials had warned about.

A Los Angeles flight attendant has died from complications of COVID-19 and sixteen of his Hawaiian Airlines colleagues are sick from the virus.  An investigation is now underway into the cluster of cases possibly linked to an in-person training session in Hawaii. Friends said Jeff Kurtzman loved air travel and adventure and that he was grateful his job as...

The first hurricane to threaten the United States since the start of the coronavirus pandemic is presenting new challenges to Hawaii officials long accustomed to tropical storms. For example, how do you secure enough shelter space when people have to stay at least 6 feet (1.8 meters) apart from one another? What happens when someone shows up at a shelter…

A Hawaiian Airlines in-person training session may be a link to all of the cases, including the one that lead to the death of Jeff Kurtzman. Hetty Chang reports for NBC LA at 11 p.m. Thursday July 23, 2020.

A U.S. judge sentenced a former Honolulu police officer Wednesday to four years in prison for forcing a homeless man to lick a public urinal, telling him to imagine someone doing that to his two young daughters.

A U.S. judge will not stop Hawaii from enforcing a quarantine on arriving travelers, saying in a ruling that the emergency mandate is reasonable during the public health crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. A group of Hawaii, California and Nevada residents tried to stop the quarantine by filing a lawsuit alleging it is unfair and unnecessary. It violates...

Twenty-one travelers arrested on suspicion of violating Hawaii’s coronavirus quarantine order have agreed to leave the state because of threats, a member of the group said Monday. Kendra Carter said some of the harassment involved death threats. “People started rolling up to our house calling us all types of names. Telling us to starve and a whole bunch of...

Joe Biden has won the presidential primary in Hawaii

Dr. Stephen Leatherman, aka Dr. Beach, released his annual ranking of beaches in the U.S. Hawaii took the crown last year, but this year, the best beach is on the East Coast.

The Bronx man arrived in Honolulu on Monday, and authorities became aware of his social media posts showing him sunbathing, with a surfboard, and walking around the area at night

An Associated Press analysis shows that some of the least-populated states with relatively few coronavirus cases received an out-sized proportion of the $150 billion in federal money that was designed to address virus-related expenses.

When a curfew goes into effect each night for a county in Hawaii, the mayor gets bored.

More than one-third of Hawaii’s labor force has filed unemployment claims, according to the latest state data as the islands effectively shut down large sectors of the economy to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

A 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck in the northern Pacific and forecasters said tsunami waves were possible for the nearest shores

Bail will remain at $5 million for a mother arrested in Hawaii over the disappearance of her two Idaho children.