MAUI — Police detectives are reviewing surveillance videos of vehicles that were seen entering and leaving the main entrance of the gated Kapalua community where a fire Saturday evening gutted a six-bedroom house, the Maui News reported. The fire, reported at 5:42 p.m. More »

An autopsy has determined that a 28-year-old Hilo man who was involved in a head-on collision with another vehicle Saturday died of natural causes, and not from injuries sustained in the collision. Kimo K. Elderts was involved in the two-vehicle crash on Queen Ka'ahumanu Highway, three-tenths of a mile south of the 71-mile marker, shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday. More »

PUHI, Kaua'i — A two-year, $39 million project to widen Kaumuali'i Highway from Lihu'e to Puhi to four lanes was kicked off with a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday. Contractor Kiewit Pacific Co. will build Kaua'i's first Portland Cement concrete highway on the two-mile stretch of road from the Anonui Road intersection, west of the Kaua'i Community College, to the Lihu'e mill bridge. More »