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The chair of the Maui County Arborist Committee says about half of the tree's branches have died. But thanks to the efforts of arborists and volunteers, parts of the sprawling, 60-foot tree are healthy and growing back. -
A court filing says the parties in lawsuits seeking damages for last year's Maui wildfires have reached a $4 billion global settlement. In the spring, a judge appointed mediators and ordered all parties to participate in settlement talks. -
Nearly a year after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century destroyed their historic Maui town, there's a bright spot for 13 recent Lahainaluna High School graduates who are receiving scholarships that will cover the cost of attending an out-of-state college. -
Gov. Josh Green says the parties in Lahaina wildfire lawsuits against Hawaiʻi, Maui County and utilities are close to a global settlement of claims that will be worth a little over $4 billion. -
Officials say a man who was identified as a possible new suspect in the 1991 killing and sexual assault of a Virginia woman who was visiting Hawaiʻi killed himself last week after police took a DNA swab from him. -
The U.S. military is celebrating an all-Japanese U.S. Army unit that was key in liberating Italy's central Tuscan region from Nazi-Fascist forces in July 1944, even while their family members were interned at home as enemies of the state following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. -
Kauaʻi firefighters continue to watch an area that experienced a fast-moving brush fire in Hanapēpē, prompting evacuation orders for nearby residents. -
Former President Donald Trump has appeared triumphantly at the Republican National Convention’s opening night with a bandage over his right ear. Delegates cheered wildly when he was seen onscreen two days after being injured when a would-be assassin opened fire at his rally in Pennsylvania. -
Authorities have suspended the search for a tour helicopter pilot and one of his passengers. The helicopter was carrying the pilot and a couple from Kentucky when it crashed into the ocean off Kauaʻi last week.
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The helicopter was part of Aliʻi Kauai Air Tours and Charters. One person’s body was recovered Thursday, but crews continue to search for two people.
