Remembering Aloha Flight 243’s Anniversary With HNL Airport Gardens Few Discover
Here’s a rare Hawaii airport retreat, hiding in plain sight. While premium travelers pack into overcrowded lounges—or get turned away entirely—Honolulu’s best-kept airport secret remains wide open. We continue to use it ourselves, and we have done so for years. It’s still surprisingly under the radar: a series of...
New Album Reclaims Black Hawaiian Histories in Song”
A new music project launching in June, Pōpoloheno: Songs of Resilience and Joy, brings long-overlooked narratives of the Black community in Hawaii to national attention. The ten-track album highlights original compositions and tributes that combine Hawaiian musical tradition with African diasporic history. Curated by...
MIRACULOUS LANDING MADE ON THIS DAY
On April 28, 1988, a seemingly routine, 35-minute flight from. Hilo to Honolulu turned into terror when an 18-foot-long. The explosive decompression and roof loss sweep flight. attendant Clarabelle “C.B.” Lansing off the Boeing 737,. sending freezing winds of hurricane force through the. cabin, leaving passengers in...
Unstable weather for first half of week
HONOLULU (KHON2) – This unsettled pattern will continue through Tuesday due to a combination of factors. A weak surface trough just west of Kauai will gradually approach and edge over Kauai tonight into tomorrow, providing more moisture and a focus for more shower development. The airmass over the western half of the...
Mesothelioma Registry Would Safeguard Hawaiʻi Veterans From Misdiagnosis
Service members tacitly understand the physical dangers they signed up for upon joining the military. However, what others did not anticipate was that their greatest threat would not be the combat itself but rather the toxic materials found in barracks and the equipment they once used: asbestos. Unfortunately,...
Brush fire breaks out in Mountain View area, flames reach tree level
MOUNTAIN VIEW (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Hawaii Fire Department is responding to a brush fire near Lehua Street in the Mountain View area Sunday afternoon. The fire started before 3 p.m. near the Fern Acres Subdivision, with flames reaching the height of nearby trees, and burned 20 acres of land. As...
Meet the ‘bone collector’: A newly discovered insect in Hawaiʻi
HONOLULU (KHON2) — University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa scientists have discovered a new caterpillar species they dub the “bone collector.” The bone collector lives in spiderwebs and decorates its habitat with the body parts of dead insects. Scientists have watched the macabre insect measuring and attaching fly wings,...
Too Many Exemptions From Empty Homes Tax Could Cost Honolulu $150 Million
The empty homes tax that Honolulu has been mulling for seven years includes a gaping loophole and two unnecessary exemptions that could cost the city nearly $150 million in lost tax revenue over the next decade while keeping urgently needed housing off the market. That is the finding of global...
California Woman Tragically Dies After Being Found Unresponsive at Hanalei Beach Park in Kaua‘i
A tragic incident unfolded at Hanalei Beach Park as a woman from California lost her life after being recovered from the sea, according to a county press release. Ricki Fehr, 72, was found unresponsive in the water on Thursday afternoon and despite immediate rescue efforts, she did not survive. Emergency...
Manu-o-ku chick hatches at Washington Place
The white tern is Honolulu's official bird. Curator Travis Hancock has been monitoring the nest and says the bird hatched Friday.
