Boy taken in serious condition after e-bike crash in Kapolei
KAPOLEI, Hawaii (Island News) – A child was treated for serious injuries after a crash involving an e-bike in the Kapolei area on Wednesday morning. According to the Honolulu Emergency Medical Services (EMS), paramedics responded to Kapolei Parkway at 7:13 a.m. to treat a boy, believed to be 12-years-old.
These Hawaiʻi ice cream spots landed on Yelp’s top 50 list
Yelp's new ranking of the 50 most saved ice cream shops in the US has shown that dessert lovers are still chasing globally inspired flavors, with three Honolulu businesses making the list, including Henry's Place, which ranked #10.
Hawaii MMA stars team up to fight bullying, teach self defense
"We are going to be doing some very practical self-defense moves, but more so, we just want the kids to have fun."
California man sentenced for trafficking meth, fentanyl to Hawaii in tin cans
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A California man who used tin cans to traffic drugs to Hawaii was sentenced to more than 18 years in prison Monday. Court records reveal Bill Van Nguyen, also known as “Sau,” sold and distributed over 34.5 pounds of methamphetamine and 11.5 pounds of fentanyl and fentanyl-laced pills to an un
Feds Dangle $1.4 Million To Bolster Oʻahu Against Fires, Floods and Quakes
Federal officials are lining up roughly $1.44 million in pre-disaster mitigation funds for Hawaiʻi, money that could give Oʻahu a leg up the next time fires, floods or earthquakes come calling. The earmark would help pay for a statewide hazard-monitoring and wildfire-detection system and mobile generators for the Honol
Tuesday Evening Forecast – Wet trade wind pattern for Wednesday
HONOLULU (Island News) -- Trades and passing showers for Wednesday with drier weather to end the work week. Tonight, it will be mostly cloudy with temperatures in the middle 70 degrees. Expect on and off passing showers. Wednesday. Partly sunny with passing showers. The best chance of rain will be...
Hearing concerns, city to relocate newly opened Chinatown bus stop
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - City transportation leaders plan to move a Chinatown bus stop that was installed just three weeks ago. The stop on Maunakea Street opened May 31 for Route 151, but nearby businesses raised concerns, saying the area had long served as a loading zone. “Chinatown parking is already...
First Alert Forecast: Change in pace with wetter trades and gusty winds
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Keeping an eye on the radar for periodic showers today into tomorrow as a disturbance brings us some heavy pockets of rain over windward and mauka neighborhoods and drifting to leeward sides at times. An increase in moisture through Wednesday will cause showers to increase over windward and m
Mayor vetoes budget cuts, sets up showdown with council
Mayor Rick Blangiardi of Honolulu has vetoed portions of the city's budget, setting up a potential showdown with the city council over the Office of Economic Revitalization and the Department of Emergency Management.
Honolulu Spent $450K On Plans For Flood-Prone Stream. Then It Did Nothing
Weeks before the Kona low storms, Honolulu reported that it was canceling another long-stalled project to dredge a flood-prone North Shore stream. The city owns the final stretch of a stream called Kaukonahua, and over the years, it had become clogged with islands of sediment and trees. The project was too expensive, t
