Hawaii

While the geothermal industry in the U.K. is nascent, it is more developed elsewhere.

Hawaii is a tourism-dependent state, but visits have dropped almost 90% as the pandemic has nearly frozen leisure travel. A temporary residency program called Movers and Shakas is trying to change that by giving contest winners a ticket to move and work from the island. Co-founder Richard Matsui talked to LX News about the new initiative that he hopes will...

People are lining up to try to get a look at Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano on the Big Island, which erupted Sunday night and spewed ash and steam into the atmosphere

The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island erupted on Sunday night. 

The small, tight-knit community of about 72,000 people on Hawaii’s rural island of Kauai spent the first seven months of the pandemic mostly sheltered from the viral storm

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A couple in Hawaii is facing reckless endangerment charges after boarding a flight with their 4-year-old despite having tested positive for COVID-19, police said.

Software engineer Raymond Berger begins his work day at 5 a.m., before the sun comes up over Hawaii.

Massachusetts is now requiring people arriving in the state from Vermont to quarantine for two weeks. The Department of Public Health announced the addition to the list of high-risk states on Friday as coronavirus cases continue to surge nationwide. The change went into effect at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 28. To be included on Massachusetts’ list of low-risk states for…

Starting Saturday, Massachusetts will start requiring that people arriving in the state from Vermont stay in quarantine for two weeks, the Department of Public Health has announced. It leaves Hawaii as the only state that Massachusetts considers low-enough risk for quarantine-free travel. The change goes into effect Saturday morning after midnight. Travelers who don’t meet one of the exceptions...

Massachusetts is now requiring that people arriving in the state from New Hampshire and Maine stay in quarantine for two weeks. The Department of Public Health announced the addition to the list of high-risk states on Friday as coronavirus cases continue to surge in many parts across the region. Travelers from states that aren’t on the low-risk list must...

Starting Saturday, Massachusetts will start requiring that people arriving in the state from New Hampshire and Maine stay in quarantine for two weeks, the Department of Public Health has announced. It leaves just Hawaii and Vermont as the two states that Massachusetts considers low-enough risk for quarantine-free travel. The change goes into effect Saturday morning after midnight. Travelers who...

About 8,000 people landed in Hawaii on the first day of a pre-travel testing program that allowed travelers to come to the islands without quarantining for two weeks if they could produce a negative coronavirus test

United Airlines will offer some Hawaii-bound customers rapid-response coronavirus tests at the airport, an effort to get around quarantine requirements and eventually, open up more destinations to travelers during the pandemic.

Hawaii Gov. David Ige said Wednesday that starting Oct. 15, travelers arriving from out of state may bypass a 14-day quarantine requirement if they test negative for COVID-19.

Connecticut’s sole remaining survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor attended a special ceremony Thursday recognizing the creation of a new memorial park.

Hurricane Douglas joined a long list of hurricanes that have come near the Hawaiian Islands but didn’t cause major damage

Hurricane Douglas came within “razor thin” distance of the Hawaiian Islands but spared the state the worst of the strong winds, storm surge and flooding officials had warned about.

A Los Angeles flight attendant has died from complications of COVID-19 and sixteen of his Hawaiian Airlines colleagues are sick from the virus.  An investigation is now underway into the cluster of cases possibly linked to an in-person training session in Hawaii. Friends said Jeff Kurtzman loved air travel and adventure and that he was grateful his job as...

The first hurricane to threaten the United States since the start of the coronavirus pandemic is presenting new challenges to Hawaii officials long accustomed to tropical storms. For example, how do you secure enough shelter space when people have to stay at least 6 feet (1.8 meters) apart from one another? What happens when someone shows up at a shelter…