Bail increased to $100K for suspect in brutal attack
Updated: 3 hours agoProsecutors have increased the charges for a 24-year-old man accused of trying to gouge out another man’s eyes.
Waikiki shoreline holds up against pounding surf
Updated: 14 mins agoIt’s being called an epic southern storm and it’s generating some of the best surf seen on Oahu’s south shore in 30 years, but is all that pounding surf having an effect on erosion at Waikiki Beach?
NFL discussing possible move for Pro Bowl in 2015
Updated: 1 min agoThe Pro Bowl could be moving to the mainland in 2015. On Tuesday, National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell discussed possible changes to the Pro Bowl format.
Locally made ‘Snapzoom’ turns smartphone into telephoto lens
Updated: 39 mins agoTaking pictures with a smartphone that allows you to zoom in and enlarge distant objects just got easier. Two Honolulu men have partnered to create a universal smartphone camera adaptor called the Snapzoom.
Search for Okla. tornado survivors nearly complete
Updated: 33 mins agoHelmeted rescue workers raced Tuesday to complete the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb where a mammoth tornado destroyed countless homes, cleared lots down to bare red earth and claimed 24 lives.
Man arrested in connection with Big Island murder
Updated: 2 hours agoBig Island Police are investigating a shooting in the Puna area that left one person dead.
High surf continues for all south shores
Updated: 3 mins agoThe National Weather Service says a high surf advisory remains in effect for south-facing shores of all islands.
Fire destroys structure on Big Island
Updated: 31 mins agoThe Hawaii Fire Department says a wooden structure caught fire just before 10 a.m. Tuesday in Hawaiian acres.
Hawaii state library patron database being consolidated
Updated: 4 hours agoThe Hawaii State Public Library System’s (HSPLS) patron database will undergo a purge of inactive accounts on Monday, June 3.
Power of Moore tornado dwarfs Hiroshima bomb
Updated: 4 hours agoWind, humidity and rainfall combined precisely to create the massive killer tornado in Moore, Okla. And when they did, the awesome amount of energy released over that city dwarfed the power of the atomic bomb that leveled Hiroshima.