Rise in infant deaths related to co-sleeping prompts warnings from experts
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Sharing a bed with a newborn is something many parents have done either as a practice or accidentally. But a rise in the number of infant deaths so far this year has experts warning about the dangers of co-sleeping. Since the beginning of 2025, there have been...
New urgent care facility opening in Liliha
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A ceremony and blessing Friday welcomed a new urgent care facility to the Liliha-Kalihi community. Kuakini Urgent Care will open its doors to the public Monday, June 2, at 8 a.m. The facility will feature a staff of physicians and nurse practitioners who can provide fast, convenient...
Hawaii Visitors Arrested While Driving After Passing DUI Test
A new class-action lawsuit filed by the ACLU of Hawaii accuses the Honolulu Police Department of arresting sober drivers—sometimes including tourists—for DUI without probable cause. According to the filing, HPD officers arrested 127 drivers between 2022 and 2024 who later tested with zero blood alcohol content. The...
Affordable housing project breaks ground in Ala Moana
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - An affordable housing project that will bring 64 new rental units to the heart of Honolulu broke ground Friday. Amana Lofts, located at 765 Amana Street, will convert a five-story former office building with ground-floor parking into studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom apartments. Each...
Car dealers frustrated by city’s 8,000 title, registration backlog
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Aloha Auto Depot in Kakaako sells used cars and says typically it would take two to three weeks for car’s title and registration to come in from the city. But for months, wait times have been to five to six weeks. The city told Hawaii News...
Cast away, found again: The senders’ story
HONOLULU (KHON2) — The ocean. It’s like a slow moving conveyer belt of stories ferrying forgotten things between continents. But every now and then the sea returns what time tried to bury. “It’s so crazy, because I didn’t think this would matter to too many people, but everyone’s very impacted by it,” Hawaii Kai...
HPD officer loses control of motorcycle on Moanalua Freeway, remains in stable condition
MOANALUA, Hawaii (Island News) -- A Honolulu police officer is recovering in stable condition after losing control of his motorcycle on the Moanalua Freeway early Friday morning. The accident happened around 6 a.m. on Friday, May 30, where the officer was switching lanes. The officer lost control of the motorcycle...
Message in a bottle found nearly 7 years after leaving Hawaii shoreline
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Nearly seven years ago, a young teenager on Oahu and her brother tossed a sealed bottle into the ocean with a simple message on it. She forgot all about it until this week, when it was found thousands of miles away. “I got like a screenshot from...
‘Just devastating’: Job Corps shutdown eliminates crucial training pipeline in Hawaii
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The U.S. Department of Labor announced Friday it will suspend all operations at Job Corps sites nationwide effective June 30. The educational institution provides free career training to prepare students and job seekers with skills and tools for the workforce. It was a bittersweet day in...
Mapunapuna FBI raid ends with state eviction notice for tenant
HONOLULU (KHON2) — Several Mapunapuna businesses are breathing a sigh of relief after the Federal Bureau of Investigation raided a warehouse on Kilihau Street on May 29. The businesses said the warehouse was a hub for illegal activity for years, and the state had been trying to evict the tenant for months. The FBI,...
