Jan. 27—UPDATE: 4 p.m. The National Weather Service has extended the flash flood warning for Maui to 7 p.m. At 3:45 p.m., radar indicated heavy rain continuing to affect the slopes of Haleakala, NWS reported. The most intense rainfall recently has been over the Hana area with rain rates of 1 to 3 inches per hour. The Maui Emergency Management Agency, meanwhile, reported that Pulehu Road has ...
Jan. 27—Construction began Thursday on Straub Medical Center's new "health care campus of the future" in Honolulu, starting with the demolition of a two-story building at 801 S. Hotel St. Hawaii Pacific Health, Straub's parent company, said over the next few months, contractors will demolish three more buildings along the block between Kealamakai Street and Ward Avenue to clear the way for the ...
Jan. 27—A Matamoros woman is accused of punching a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer in the face for not letting her catch up to her husband who had crossed into the United States from Mexico using the pedestrian bridge at the B&M International Bridge in Brownsville, a federal criminal complaint read. The punch in the face caused the CBP officer to get a nose bleed, the federal ...