Staff coverage of the 2025 Salt Lake fireworks explosion also earned recognition in the National Headliners competition.

Fireworks citations and fines were up on Oʻahu, but the jury is still out on how effective aerial drones will be.

The Hawaiʻi County Fire Commission has appointed a temporary replacement but filling Todd’s shoes within the State Fire Council presents a bigger challenge.

Officials say this New Year’s Eve was quieter than last, but state Department of Law Enforcement Director Mike Lambert is calling for more drastic measures to cut off the state’s supply of illegal fireworks.

A 3-year-old, a new father and a grandmother were among those killed. Witnesses are left wondering if their deaths will make a difference this year.

The Honolulu Fire Department says it has no legal basis to deny the company a permit to sell firecrackers despite its involvement in a shipment of $2.7 million of illegal fireworks seized by the Coast Guard in 2022.

Six shootings over two days on Oʻahu made this Fourth of July holiday more violent than last year’s.

New legislation that grew out of the tragedy last New Year’s Eve in Salt Lake provides additional tools for law enforcement to police fireworks use.

People are sending undeclared explosives via U.S.P.S. on a regular basis. Few face arrest or prosecution.

For years, law enforcement agencies said the law held them back from effective fireworks prosecutions. A reform measure awaiting the governor’s OK counts on them to step up.