HPR continues to track the local impact of federal funding freezes. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote speaks to a Hawaiʻi Island group that has had its funding for a wildfire prevention project pulled.

The eruption began at 10:16 a.m. when molten rock broke through the surface inside Halemaʻumaʻu Crater. Within 30 minutes, a vent blasted lava 330 feet (100 meters) high, according to the Hawaiian ...

If California's efforts replicate Hawaii's, the road to recovery will be long indeed. In August 2023, wildfires devastated the island of Maui ... "Time is a big factor in rebuilding.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Wildfire wreckage is shown in Lahaina, Hawaii, Aug. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File) Nora Bulosan ...

“I clung to the fragile hope that maybe they had made it off the island, that they were safe,” he said. Nora Bulosan, right, and Hannah Tomas, Lahaina, Hawaii residents who survived the fire ...

Josh Green is urging the state Legislature to appropriate almost $2 billion over the next five years to help reduce and respond to future natural disaster damage in Hawaii. Read more ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Lawyers representing victims of a deadly Hawaii wildfire reached a last-minute ... hope that maybe they had made it off the island, that they were safe,” he said.

Scot Matayoshi added the Hawaii Ant Lab could have done the same ... has effective data about the locations and scope of Big Island fire ant infestations, and called the $1.1 million Terminix ...

Many people refer to the Big Island in terms of its Leeward (or western Kona side) and its Windward (or eastern Hilo side), but there are other major designations. Areas like Kau, Puna ...

Reginald Kaleilehua Tolentino Jr., 51, was driving the Kia sedan with his 55-year-old wife and passenger, Colette Marie ...