The outgoing administration has released Leonard Peltier from prison. Numerous activists and tribal officials have requested ...

President Biden on Monday commuted the life sentence of activist Leonard Peltier, who was controversially convicted of ...

President Biden said the decision will allow Peltier, an 80-year-old Native American activist, to fulfill the remainder of ...

A 47-year-old man from Hawaiian Gardens has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for selling fentanyl-laced drugs that caused the fatal ...

A Pepeekeo man, 32-year-old Cody Lee Ranchez Araw, was sentenced to a 10-year prison term for possession of fentanyl and ...

A 31-year-old Hilo man accused of the fatal strangling of his 24-year-old girlfriend over five years ago is seeking dismissal ...

Several often-neglected Hawaii government ceme­teries adopted from private operators could be in store for better care.

A new bill this legislative session seeks to amend penalties for sex trafficking in Hawaii, proposing fines ranging from $50, 000 to $100, 000 and a prison term of up to 20 years without the ...

STAR-ADVERTISER AND COURTESY PHOTO In 2022, former Senate Majority Leader J. Kalani English, left, and then-Rep. Ty J.K. Cullen admitted accepting cash, casino chips, Las Vegas hotel rooms and dinners ...

Vincent Acosta, the driver who hit and killed three GCU students in a wrong-way crash back in October 2022 has been sentenced to 22 years in prison.