The seizure of 24 tons of fireworks was the largest single interdiction by the state Illegal Fireworks Task Force.

The five patients, who plan to return to Hawaiʻi, face months or years of rehab.

Learn about the reporting process for our deep dive into the shadowy mainland fireworks distribution network with ties to local retailers.

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

One address on shipping documents in a seizure at Honolulu Harbor is the first in a chain of clues that lead across the country and through the decades — a mysterious web of connections between the legal and illegal fireworks trade.

It’s important to recognize the responsibility that comes with using fireworks. But we should be able to find a way to have safe celebrations.

An Oʻahu fireworks company got a federal license to import tons of fireworks even though it didn’t have a state license to possess them once they got here.

The case is one of only two felony prosecutions as a result of the Department of Law Enforcement’s Illegal Fireworks Task Force.

To maintain order in our communities, cops must do more than just enforce the law.

The measures represent the biggest steps by lawmakers to crack down on illegal fireworks in more than two decades.