GEORGE F. LEE / JAN. 1, 2022 Hawaii lawmakers are expected to focus on clamping down on illegal fireworks in the 2025 legislature session after the deaths of five people during New Year’s celebrations ...

The case centered around a correction officer suspected of having illegal fireworks shipped to the jail under inmates' names.

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. Josh Green on Monday proposed a range of new penalties to crack down on those who flout the state ...

Changes to legislation proposed Monday would make it easier for prosecutors to convict those charged with fireworks-related ...

The state Department of Law Enforcement plans to take action in tackling the ongoing issue of illegal fireworks by proposing ...

In recent years, occasions large and small -- parties, Super Bowls, mixed martial arts fights, even Thanksgiving -- have provided a reason for residents across Hawaii to set off illegal fireworks. The ...

State officials have released information on an upcoming illegal fireworks amnesty program. Officials from the State Department of Law Enforcement, Attorney ...

Charmaine Doran, the vice-chair of the neighborhood board in Pearl City, northwest of Honolulu, called the notion that fireworks are part of Hawaii culture a misconception: “They have been ...

Hawaii lawmakers are expected to ... Shown here, illegal fireworks near Punchbowl herald the new year of 2022. “I’m Asian and my family gets permits every year,” Matayoshi said.