Flash flood warning lifted, closures remain after storm hits Oahu
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A potent storm system dumped heavy rain on Oahu Friday, prompting road closures across the island as runoff surged over already saturated ground from March’s Kona low storms. The north and west shores were the hardest hit with a flash flood warning covering much of the...
Beloved Kailua Pasta Spot Assaggio To Call It Quits After 35 Years
Assaggio, the longtime Italian restaurant tucked into Kailua Business Center, will serve its final plates at the end of the year as the owners head into retirement after 35 years in the business. The Kailua location, which opened in 1991, was the first in what became a small chain across Oʻahu and, for many Windward regulars, its impending closure feels like losing a neighborhood...
Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship set for Hawaii debut
The Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship is hosting its first event at the Blaisdell Arena this Saturday.
Military families argue injuries from Hawaii jet fuel water crisis weren’t service-related
HONOLULU (CN) — When jet fuel seeped into the tap water at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in 2021, thousands of military families bathed in it, cooked with it, and gave it to their children to drink. Now, the U.S. government is arguing those actions count as happening during the course of military service.
‘You cannot stop it’: Families near Waiawa Stream fear repeat flooding
PEARL CITY (HawaiiNewsNow) - As rain approaches Oahu, some Pearl City residents are still dealing with damage from recent Kona low storms and fear another round of flooding could be on the way. Residents said state crews were out Thursday clearing debris and vegetation from Waiawa Stream to improve water...
Minor problems across the state Thursday as residents brace for heavy rains in Friday...
"I've seen rain come from down the mountain where it's sprinkling out in Kihei, and it'll have a river come down the mountain."
Hawaiʻi braces for severe weather; National Guard activated
State agencies in Hawaiʻi are taking steps to protect infrastructure, reduce flooding risks, and provide emergency resources as another round of severe weather moves across the islands.
Hawaiʻi Storms: Governor Orders Oʻahu Shutdown Friday
Oʻahu schools, city and state non-essential offices and courts will be closed on Friday as the island once again prepares for severe weather entering the weekend, officials announced early Thursday evening. “With the ground saturated from back-to-back storms that began last month, we are taking this situation extremely seriously,”...
A Last-Minute Miracle For A Bill To Help Hawaiʻi Convert Cesspools
One of Hawaiʻi’s most prominent clean-water advocates called it an Easter miracle. A legislative proposal to help homeowners remove the thousands of cesspools that pollute the islands’ coastline by offering them more flexible loan options looked like it had died last month in a Senate hearing. Then,...
Severe weather prompts Friday school closures on Oahu, Molokai, Kauai’s Hanalei Elementary
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - All Oahu public schools and Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) offices will be closed Friday, April 10, due to severe weather expected to impact the island. The following private schools on Oahu are also closed Friday:. Chaminade University. Damien Memorial. Iolani School. Island Pacific Academy. Kamehameha...

















