Law enforcement efforts to stop the proliferation of illegal aerial fireworks in Hawaii have led to two no contest pleas and charges for an alleged distributor, according to the state Department of ...

"If we are able to increase the penalties for fireworks distributors this legislative session, the Department of Law ...

This concludes the second of two cases brought by a state fireworks task force – both for low-level offenders.

GEORGE F. LEE / 2024 Illegal fireworks light the sky in the Punchbowl area. GEORGE F. LEE / 2024 Illegal fireworks light the sky in the Punchbowl area. Ways to toughen legal penalties for those caught ...

Consumer fireworks, like sparklers, can be used year-round; aerial fireworks are a different story. Many of the ones we're seeing across the Valley on and before New Year's were obtained illegally ...

Maui police recently seized 107 pounds of aerial fireworks, 95 mortar shells and 40,610 firecrackers that were being shipped from the Mainland to Maui through the U.S. Postal Service. In the boxes ...

Two men have been sentenced and one woman has been charged as part of continuing efforts on Oahu to identify and arrest ...

"Gutu Eve" in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. On the traditional "Gutu Eve", families gathered together to have a feast of "gutu", a traditional soup dish made of flour. Fireworks ...

When most of us think "fireworks," we think of brilliant bursts of light and color we've seen paint a night sky. But such bursts are merely the spectacular end of fireworks that likely took ...

Maui police issued two fireworks violation citations over the weekend to two residents igniting illegal aerial fireworks, police said Monday. Around 7 p.m. Saturday, a witness reported residents ...

More arrests have been made in the illegal firework explosion that took place in Aliamanu, Hawaii, on New Year's Eve, bringing the total to 10.

Fernandez had almost 95 pounds of aerial fireworks mailed to OCCC, the very correctional facility that he had a duty to secure, ” said Attorney General Anne E. Lopez, in a statement.