‘Big kuleana’: Meet the family ferrying generations to Kahoolawe
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Over the last five decades, the Protect Kaho‘olawe ‘Ohana (PKO) has led hundreds of trips to Kaho‘olawe. Those journeys are not possible without the Lu’uwai family of Makena, Maui, captains of the Pualele and Pualele Iki, the main transport vessels to the island.
12-inch water main break reported near Noelani Elementary School
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Crews from the Board of Water Supply are working to repair a 12-inch water main break that left a watery mess in front of Noelani Elementary School in Manoa. The rupture was reported just after 11:30 a.m. Thursday on Woodlawn Drive. BWS said the break is affecting...
Gov. Josh Green to choose two candidates for open Honolulu seats on UH Board...
Four seats on the University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents need to be filled before July 1. The Candidate Advisory Council for the University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents has presented a list of candidates to Gov. Josh Green to fill two Honolulu County seats for five-year appointments.
Man Institutionalized Due To Mistaken Identity Will Get $975K Settlement
In a case of mistaken identity, a man who was wrongfully arrested and detained at a Hawaiʻi state psychiatric hospital for two years is set to receive a $975,000 payout from the City and County of Honolulu. Joshua Spriestersbach had been living on the street in 2017 when police...
Honolulu’s Tamashiro Market to close after nearly 80 years
HONOLULU (KHON2) — It’s the end of an era as another longtime local business plans to close its doors. For nearly eight decades, the most famous pink building in Kalihi-Palama was the regular stop for purveyors and consumers of seafood. Three generations of Tamashiros provided the community with ready-made and...
The Conversation: Oʻahu storm damage reports; OHA emergency funds
Audio will be added after the show. The Conversation airs weekdays from 11 a.m. to noon on HPR-1. HPR's Ashley Mizuo reports on how storm recovery efforts might affect the state's budget. Randal Collins with Honolulu's Department of Emergency Management asks Oʻahu residents to complete storm damage reports by today...
City collects about 5K tons of storm debris
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The city is continuing to collect tons of storm debris from Waialua. Drone video shows the massive collection of flood debris at the Patsy T. Mink Central Oahu Regional Park. Crews in Waialua on Thursday operated 20 dump trucks, two vacuum trucks, three loaders, and two backhoes,...
🚨 Hiker Airlifted After Medical Emergency on Diamond Head Trail
On March 26, 2026, the Honolulu Fire Department (HFD) responded to a 911 call about a hiker in distress on the Lēʻahi (Diamond Head Crater) Trail in Kahala. Six HFD units with 18 personnel were dispatched. Firefighters reached the woman, who was in her 50s and had suffered a medical emergency, provided basic life...
Hawaiʻi’s Corals Were Struggling To Survive. Then Came The Mud Floods
Last week’s powerful Kona low storms, which caused catastrophic flooding on land, might also have devastated much of Hawaiʻi’s nearshore corals and reef fish, smothering them in tons of mud laced with pesticides and other toxic runoff, marine experts and conservation groups say. Divers have barely started...
The Disappearance of Jonathan Frase in Honolulu Hawaii
The disappearance of Jonathan Fraser remains one of the most haunting missing person cases connected to Honolulu in recent memory. What began as a report of a young man who had suddenly stopped answering calls and texts grew into a much larger story that drew public attention, media coverage, and years of questions...
