After Hawaii’s Governor David Ige issued a mandatory evacuation order, 1700 people were evacuated late Thursday from the vicinity of the big island’s largest volcano. Within 2 hours, the US geological survey reported that this most recent eruption of the Kilauea volcano ceased activity at approximately 6:30 PM HST. But, on Friday morning reported that the eruption of lava […]
Hawaii Governor David Ige said human error was behind the false incoming-missile alert Saturday that sent Hawaiians into a panic. Ige told CNN television that “it was a mistake made during a standard procedure at the changeover of a shift, and an employee pushed the wrong button.” The warning from Hawaii’s Emergency Management Agency went […]
It took less than an hour for the video to go viral; less than 2 days for federal, state, and local authorities to make an arrest; and less than 15 months to resolve the case and send the guilty party to jail. On July 26, Shylo Akuna was sentenced to 4 years in prison after […]
HONOLULU — Responders are continuing the search for five missing Army aviators from a downed Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter approximately two miles west of Ka’ena Point, Oahu, Wednesday. Searching are: HC-130 Hercules airplane aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point Coast Guard Cutter […]