This is a sort-of-seasonal note, targeted this time to my shirttail relatives who just moved here from Hawaii. And my in-laws, who moved back from Texas.

of unused fireworks from the scene of the blast, authorities said Thursday. Police arrested two couples on Wednesday and one couple last Friday, said Honolulu police homicide Lt. Deena Thoemmes said.

One address on shipping documents in a seizure at Honolulu Harbor is the first in a chain of clues that lead across the ...

Ewa Senator Kurt Favella’s bills were aggressive — asking for searches at our ports for illegal fireworks to an outright ban on aerials. None of them made the cut.

The legislative session is at its halfway point. Thursday is the key deadline, called "crossover," for bills to pass out of ...

AN EXPLOSION at a fireworks market in Tultepec outside Mexico City has killed at least 31 people. About 60 people were taken to hospital after being hurt in the blast at the San Pablito open-air ...

To honor Hawaiʻi’s "Star of Gladness," festivities across Oʻahu this week will reflect on the double-hulled canoe's ...

Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber ... can receive up to $50,000 in each of two years to pay off their student debts. Fireworks-related bills that crossed over and remain alive include ...