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A 40-year-old man was charged Friday in connection with gunshots fired at a moving car in Wahiawa. Burt Maurice Favero, of Wahiawa, was charged with reckless endangering, two counts of first-degree terroristic threatening and a firearm violation. His bail was set at $200,000.

Gov. David Ige has had his share of deer-in-the-headlights moments during his first year, but none more so than his damage-control news conference after his statement welcoming Syrian refugees to come to Hawaii.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded Hawaii $660,422 last week for its success in quickly processing applications for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP or food stamps, which provides food for low-income residents.

Mayor Kirk Caldwell said the sale closed last week on two vacant Makiki school buildings for $5.5 million for the Housing First initiative that he is banking on to get the homeless off the streets.

In an unusual alliance, a House Democrat and Republican have teamed up to urge the Obama administration to stop trying to overthrow Syrian President Bashar Assad and focus all its efforts on destroying Islamic State militants.

State officials are initiating discussions with service providers and the community about homelessness on the Waianae Coast.

Hokule'a crew members and Hawaiian students came from half a world away to see these rugged seaside caves, considered the origin of modern humanity, and to pay tribute as members of one of the planet's youngest cultures.

Police are searching for a man who robbed a Makiki gas station Thursday. It was the fourth such robbery this week.

A 35-year-old Hilo man is facing multiple drug-related charges after he was caught in a stolen pickup truck Thursday, police said.

The University of Hawaii Board of Regents unanimously approved retired university executive Doris Ching as interim chancellor of the UH-West Oahu campus, effective Jan. 1.