Jan 13 Missile alert sent to Hawaii residents by mistake, officials say By Corinne Segal Hawaii residents received an erroneous emergency phone alert on Saturday morning that warned of a ballistic missile threat and told people to seek immediate shelter, causing panic throughout the state. Continue reading
Dec 24 Watch 24:17 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode December 24, 2017 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, Dec. 24, President Trump takes aim at the FBI on Twitter, and how Hawaii is addressing homelessness in the state. Also, a photographer travels around the world to see how cities are dealing with garbage. Continue watching
Dec 02 Hawaii sounds first nuclear warning siren since Cold War By Kamala Kelkar The chilling sound of a nuclear warning siren echoed in Hawaii on Friday, renewing a monthly exercise that has not been in place since the end of the Cold War. Continue reading
Nov 12 Watch 24:55 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Nov. 12, 2017 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, Nov. 12, President Trump arrives in the Philippines, his last stop on a five-nation Asia tour. Also, researchers in Hawaii, already a state leader in renewable energy, are using ocean waves to make electricity. Megan… Continue watching
Nov 12 Watch 8:03 Scientists work to harness power from Hawaii's waves By Megan Thompson, Mori Rothman When it comes to renewable energy, Hawaii stands out, with 15 percent of the state's power coming from solar and wind. Now, the state may be pioneering another renewable form of energy: ocean waves. NewsHour Weekend's Megan Thompson visited a… Continue watching
Oct 17 Judge in Hawaii blocks latest version of Trump's travel ban By Jennifer Kelleher, Associated Press HONOLULU -- A federal judge in Hawaii blocked the Trump administration Tuesday from enforcing its latest travel ban, just hours before it was set to take effect. U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson granted Hawaii's request to temporarily block the policy… Continue reading
Aug 13 Grandmother in travel ban lawsuit arrives in U.S. By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Associated Press The Syrian grandmother at the center of Hawaii’s lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s travel ban arrived in Honolulu. Continue reading
Aug 06 Watch 8:11 How a Hawaiian island is fighting invasive parakeets By Mori Rothman, Megan Thompson On the Hawaiian island of Kauai, rose-ringed parakeets, which are often kept as pets, have bred in the wild, destroying farms and bothering residents. They may also be threatening native plants. PBS NewsHour Weekend's Megan Thompson reports on local efforts… Continue watching
Jul 14 Judge in Hawaii hands Trump latest defeat on travel ban By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Associated Press A federal judge in Hawaii has further weakened the travel ban by vastly expanding the list of family relationships with U.S. citizens that visa applicants can use to get into the U.S. Continue reading
Jun 18 Watch 10:04 After 8 years, Hawaii sees decline in homelessness rate By Megan Thompson, Mori Rothman Hawaii leads the nation in its rate of homelessness, which affects about 505 out of every 100,000 people there and is a major toll on its health care system. But just last month, the state announced a slight decrease in… Continue watching