Federal agents find hundreds of pounds of illegal fireworks every year in mail headed for Hawaiʻi addresses, and packages are regularly seized and destroyed. Yet the senders of those packages, and the ...

The biggest thing that hurts public trust is, ‘How can it be this bad,’ Right? ‘How is it possible? Who is involved?’ And ...

The year-old state Department of Law Enforcement would get new funding and an increased mandate to crack down on illegal ...

Deputy Attorney General Tricia Nakamatsu joins producer/host Coralie Chun Matayoshi to discuss key bills passed this ...

Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort is returning the Friday night fireworks to its normal start time of 7:45 p.m.

Tourists — and local residents — who book hotel rooms and cruise ship cabins will begin providing $90 million to $100 million ...

Hawaii lawmakers have bolstered the state fireworks provisions with a handful of successful bills, and not a moment too soon.

Bruce Albrecht, director of operations at Hawaii Explosives & Pyrotechnics, Inc., spoke to The Conversation’s Catherine Cruz ...

He said he has zero tolerance for any officer or firefighter involved in — or who tolerates — Hawaii’s illegal, multimillion- dollar fireworks trade. “To me it’s offensive to be a first ...