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Hawaii Hopes New Laws Will Quiet Illegal Fireworks After Deadly New Year’s Eve Blast

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Oregon Division of Financial Regulation Earns NAIC Accreditation

Mike Lambert heard fewer illegal fireworks exploding in his suburban Honolulu neighborhood in the months after a chain of blasts at a house party last New Year’s Eve led to the deaths of six people, including a 3-year-old boy. As the director of Hawaii’s Department of Law Enforcement, Lambert wondered if the tragedy had sparked […]

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Hawaii Building Fires Are on the Rise and Safety Inspections Aren’t Keeping Up

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Hundreds May Have Been Exposed to Rabies in Grand Teton National Park Cabins

Regular inspections of hotels and other accommodations required by the state of Hawaii are being inconsistently carried out by most county fire departments. Three people died in two structure fires in Hilo on Hawaii island in October and November in a downtown hotel and in a factory illegally converted to rentals, neither of which had

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