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Central Pacific Financial: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Apr. 24, 2024 06:39 AM EDT

HONOLULU (AP) — HONOLULU (AP) — Central Pacific Financial Inc. (CPF) on Wednesday reported net income of $12.9 million in its first quarter. The bank, based in Honolulu, said it had earnings of 48 cents per share. The operator of Central Pacific Bank posted revenue...

Hawaiian Holdings: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Apr. 23, 2024 16:28 PM EDT

HONOLULU (AP) — HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaiian Holdings Inc. (HA) on Tuesday reported a loss of $137.6 million in its first quarter. On a per-share basis, the Honolulu-based company said it had a loss of $2.65. Losses, adjusted for non-recurring gains, were $2.77 per share. ...

Bank of Hawaii: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Apr. 22, 2024 06:54 AM EDT

HONOLULU (AP) — HONOLULU (AP) — Bank of Hawaii Corp. (BOH) on Monday reported first-quarter earnings of $36.4 million. The Honolulu-based bank said it had earnings of 87 cents per share. The results missed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four...

No injuries when small plane lands in sprawling park in middle of Hawaii's Waikiki tourist mecca

Apr. 16, 2024 23:46 PM EDT

HONOLULU (AP) — A small plane landed in a sprawling Honolulu park Tuesday and the two people on board were not injured, officials said. The plane “lost power and landed safely” in Kapiolani Park, in the heart of tourist-mecca Waikiki, said Scott Humber, a spokesperson for the...

1 dead after shuttle bus crashes at a Honolulu cruise ship terminal

Apr. 12, 2024 21:16 PM EDT

HONOLULU (AP) — One person died and multiple people were injured when a shuttle bus collided with pedestrians and concrete barriers at a Honolulu cruise ship terminal, authorities said Friday. The crash occurred when the shuttle bus driver mistook the gas pedal for the brake,...

Hawaii police officer who alleged racial discrimination by chief settles for $350K, agrees to retire

Apr. 04, 2024 22:08 PM EDT

HONOLULU (AP) — A county in Hawaii has agreed to pay $350,000 to settle a lawsuit that accused the police chief of discriminating against a captain for being Japanese American, including one instance when the chief squinted his eyes, bowed repeatedly and said he couldn’t trust Japanese people. ...

US military drains fuel from tank facility that leaked fuel into Pearl Harbor's drinking water

Mar. 28, 2024 22:40 PM EDT

HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. military said it's finished draining millions of gallons of fuel from an underground fuel tank complex in Hawaii that poisoned 6,000 people when it leaked jet fuel into Pearl Harbor's drinking water in 2021. Joint Task Force Red Hill began defueling the...

Man pleads guilty to murder in Hawaii after killing lover and encasing his body in tub

Mar. 18, 2024 21:05 PM EDT

HONOLULU (AP) — A man pleaded guilty to murder Monday, about two years after his lover's decomposing body was found encased in concrete in a bathtub in one of Hawaii's most exclusive gated communities. Juan Tejedor Baron, now 25, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death...

Police say suspect in a Hawaii acid attack on a woman plotted with an inmate to carry out 2nd attack

Mar. 13, 2024 18:52 PM EDT

HONOLULU (AP) — A man accused of dousing a woman with acid in Hawaii last year allegedly tried to cast doubt on himself as a suspect by plotting with a fellow inmate to carry out a second, similar attack, authorities said. While incarcerated on an attempted murder charge for the...

5 people found dead at a Honolulu home in an apparent murder-suicide, police say

Mar. 11, 2024 04:11 AM EDT

HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu police said Sunday they were investigating what appears to be the murder-suicide of a family, including three children, at a Manoa home. Police first arrived at the home at 8:30 a.m. but left after no one answered the door, Lt. Deena Thoemmes said during a...