First Alert Forecast: Breezy trade wind weather ahead of tropical cyclone Fausto
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Breezy trade winds will transport passing showers over windward and mauka areas, mainly during nighttime and morning hours, through Monday. A First Alert for changes that will start Tuesday as now-hurricane Fausto approaches the islands from the east. There’s a chance that we’ll see showers a
Topa Financial Center remains without power after chiller leak
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A downtown Honolulu office tower remained without power Saturday after an air conditioning system leak damaged critical electrical equipment, leaving nearly 100 tenants displaced for a third day. The outage at Topa Financial Center began Thursday morning when a chiller leak in the building’s
Honolulu Couple Freaks as Ball Python Blocks Their Front Door
A quiet Saturday night in Honolulu turned into something out of a reptile handler's day job on July 25, when a local couple found a roughly three-foot ball python calmly curled up under their front door. They called 911, and responding officers, along with animal control, removed the non-venomous snake, which was later
New University of Hawaiʻi study finds gut bacteria tied to biological aging
New University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa research, published July 14 in Scientific Reports, found that differences in gut bacteria explained about 15% of the differences in how quickly participants’ bodies were biologically aging. The study provides evidence that gut microbiome carries meaningful biological information relat
64-year-old man seriously injured in Kapahulu hit-and-run
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Honolulu police are searching for the driver involved in a hit-and-run that seriously injured a pedestrian in Kapahulu. Police said the crash happened Friday around 7:45 p.m. on Kaunaoa Street. Investigators said an unidentified driver was traveling south on Campbell Avenue, turned right onto
Suspect in alleged drug smuggling case pleads not guilty
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A man accused of trying to transport methamphetamine from Honolulu to South Korea has pleaded not guilty. Geraldo Figueroa Jr. entered the plea at his arraignment Friday after he was indicted in the federal case. Customs officers said they found methamphetamine in two of Figueroa’s carry-on b
KHON2 welcomes first-ever foster puppy to newsroom
The KHON2 newsroom has a new and very adorable team member.
Firefighters respond to late-night blaze in downtown Honolulu
A late-night fire at a 'mixed-use' building in downtown Honolulu was extinguished late Friday night and no injuries were reported.
Man charged for alleged car robbery involving a knife in Kalihi
KALIHI, Hawaii (Island News) -- A 29-year-old man is facing criminal charges on suspicion of a robbery where a man was threatened with a knife and had his car stolen Friday morning in Kalihi. According to the Honolulu Police Department, the incident happened at about 6 a.m. on Friday, July...
‘In complete shock’: Kapolei Middle School Hawaiian language immersion program cut due to teacher...
KAPOLEI (HawaiiNewsNow) - Parents and community members are searching for alternatives after the Hawaii State Department of Education cut the Kaiapuni Hawaiian language immersion program at Kapolei Middle School, citing an inability to fill two teaching positions before the start of the school year. In a July 6 letter,

















