Lines snaked outside of Kapolei Hale like the queue for a concert. Voters waited in the rain long into the night outside of Honolulu Hale to cast their ballots. The voter service center in Wailuku also saw long lines.

In an SEC filing, the utility lays out terms of its part in a $4 billion joint agreement over blazes in 2023 that killed 102 people.

Hawaiian Electric Industries formalized a $2 billion agreement to settle damage claims from a wildfire that razed the historic town of Lahaina and killed more than 100 people.

A 61-year-old surfer swam back to shore with help after a shark bit off his leg below the knee, Hawaii rescuers reported. The shark bite took place at Waiehu Beach Park on Maui at a surf spot known as “Sand Piles” at about 7:05 a.m. Friday, Nov. 1, the County of Maui said in a news release.

A 61-year-old surfer in Hawaii managed to begin swimming toward shore after a shark bit off a portion of his leg near a beach on Maui, witnesses and authorities say. The shark attack happened Friday around 7 a.m. local time in the waters near Waiehu Beach ...