Denby Fawcett: Mayor Wants To Buy Wo Fat Building In Chinatown For Housing
Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi is talking to private investors to partner with the city to buy the Wo Fat building in Chinatown. His goal is to turn the former Chinese restaurant and nationally recognized historic site into affordable housing. Blangiardi vowed that the cityʻs purchase of Wo Fat will happen...
PACT Keeps Families Fed with Good Food and Lots of Aloha
Kim Golis-Robello from PACT’s Family & Economic Opportunity Centers shares how their monthly food distribution at KPT serves over 150 households and strengthens community connections. Discover how volunteers play a vital role in meeting the growing need and how you can join their mission.
Fort Street Mall improvement group supports bringing in more businesses
While the example of the Waikīkī Business Improvement District is held out as a model. It might not be known that a proposed downtown business improvement district would essentially expand on one that exists for Fort Street Mall. Local developers and leaders from the real estate industry, like...
HPD shuts down illegal Kakaʻako gambling operation
The Honolulu Police Department executed a search warrant on an illegal Kakaʻako gambling room on Aug. 7.
Tour Boat Rides the Waves and Runs Aground off Honolulu
On Saturday, a tour vessel was swept sideways by heavy surf while attempting to transit into a small harbor in Honolulu, sending the boat off course and causing it to ground. At about 0800 hours Saturday morning, the 75-foot passenger vessel Discovery was inbound for the Kewalo Basin, a small-craft harbor about 1,500...
Illegal Gambling Persists Along Honolulu’s Queen Street Corridor
Honolulu's Queen Street corridor continues to serve as a persistent battleground in the city's ongoing fight against illegal gambling operations, with the 900 block emerging as a recurring hotspot for law enforcement raids. The area has seen multiple police actions over recent years as authorities work to shut down...
Shooting at Salt Lake bus stop prompts attempted murder investigation
District 3 Honolulu Police Department patrol officers responded to gunfire on Kamehameha Highway near Kohomua St.
Experience the Blue Angels with KHON2’s Kamaka Pili
"Gotta stay fit, gotta take care of your body. So it takes a very long time."
Mural of George ‘Fiji’ Veikoso brightens Wai’alae Avenue in tribute
A striking mural of the late music icon George "FIJI" Veikoso now graces a wall off Wai'alae Avenue.
Hawaiʻi ranks #46 in community support for military veterans
Hawaiʻi ranks at number 10 in the United States for the number of military veterans per capita.
