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Hawaii National Guard activates 90 troops in wake of tropical cyclone flooding
18+ hour, 29+ min ago (366+ words) A crew cleans storm debris out of the Ala Wai Canal in Honolulu, Hawaii, March 15, 2026. (Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources) FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii " The Hawaii National Guard activated about 90 soldiers and airmen over the weekend to deal with…...
Polar Star icebreaker arrives in Hawaii on way to Antarctica
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (406+ words) U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star is moored in Seattle ahead of deploying for Operation Deep Freeze 2026 on Nov. 20, 2025. (Christopher Bokum/U.S. Coast Guard) The only heavy icebreaker operated by the U.S. Coast Guard has arrived in Hawaii on its way to its…...
Hawaii, Army sign ‘framework’ to hasten Army lease renewals of public lands
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (424+ words) Hawaii Gov. Josh Green, left, meets with Army Secretary Dan Driscoll in the governor's office on Sept. 28, 2025, to sign a statement of principles regarding the Army's lease of state lands. (Hawaii Governor's Office) FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii " The state of Hawaii…...
University of Hawaii students to aid Pentagon’s war-dead recovery mission
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (419+ words) Wendy Hensel, president of the University of Hawaii, and Kelly McKeague, director of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, shake hands after signing a cooperative agreement on Aug. 19, 2025, at the University of Hawaii-Manoa campus in Honolulu. (Wyatt Olson/Stars and…...
Shooting death on Navy property declared a homicide by Honolulu medical examiner
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (409+ words) The Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Pacific in Wahiawa, Hawaii, is pictured on April 16, 2016. (Denise Baumeister/U.S. Navy) The shooting death of a 23-year-old man on Navy property on Oahu this month has been declared a homicide by the…...
Hawaii-based soldier sentenced to 23 years for killing, dismembering pregnant wife
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (483+ words) U.S. Army Pfc. Dewayne Johnson sits with his teammates during an exercise at Helemano Military Reservation, Hawaii, in November 2023. (Joshua Linfoot/U.S. Army) WHEELER ARMY AIRFIELD, Hawaii " The Hawaii-based soldier who killed his pregnant wife and disposed of her body in an…...
Navy plans treatment plants to put fuel-contaminated Hawaii water back in service
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (800+ words) The Navy plans to build treatment plants near Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam that would purify the fuel-contaminated water in the Red Hill water shaft for use in its drinking water system. Navy contractors prepare granular activated carbon filter systems to…...