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The decisions by UNLV and Air Force to remain in the conference, the addition of UTEP and making Hawaiʻi a full member will give the Mountain West the minimum eight full-time programs beginning in 2026 to remain in good standing with the NCAA as an FBS conference. -
Authorities say staff at the Halawa Correctional Facility outside Honolulu found 59-year-old Raita Fukusaku bleeding on the floor of his cell early Monday. -
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved a one-year extension of housing help for Maui wildfire survivors. Housing has been a major challenge in recovering from the August 2023 Lahaina wildfire. -
A new study finds that unemployment and poverty are up and incomes are down among Maui wildfire survivors more than a year after a deadly blaze wiped out historic Lahaina. -
The wildfire that killed at least 102 people on Maui last year erupted from an earlier brushfire that firefighters believed they had extinguished, officials said Wednesday as they presented their findings on the cause. -
The seven remaining Mountain West schools signed a memorandum of understanding to stay, including Air Force, Hawaiʻi, Nevada, New Mexico, San Jose State, UNLV and Wyoming. -
The Hawaiʻi Supreme Court will consider questions about issues that threaten to thwart a $4 billion settlement in last year's devastating Maui wildfires. A Maui judge last month agreed to ask the state high court questions about how insurance companies can go about recouping money paid to policyholders. -
Prosecutors are declining to charge a Hawaiʻi man who was arrested on suspicion of murder after shooting a neighbor who opened fire at a gathering where three women were killed. Police say prosecutors aren't charging him because of issues of "self-defense and defense of others." -
Alaska Airlines closed its $1 billion purchase of Hawaiian Airlines on Wednesday, a day after the federal government removed the last major regulatory obstacle to the deal. -
The Transportation Department said Tuesday that as a condition, the airlines are promising to maintain some current service, including routes between Hawaiʻi and the mainland U.S. where they don't have much competition.
