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KEWALO BASIN (HawaiiNewsNow) - A peaceful oceanside memorial at a Honolulu park is now just a memory. “This is a gathering place. He was very loved. Respected,” CC Kapea said about her late father. On July 31, 2025, Shane Kapea was out on the water surfing at one of...

The Department of Education had a groundbreaking for a new O'ahu regional kitchen on Friday, Jan. 29th, in Whitmore Village. Phase 1 of the development puts the kitchen on track to be complete by June 2027.

The Honolulu City Council has passed a new fare structure for TheBus that would increase the cost to ride for many passengers. Councilmembers passed Bill 54 on Wednesday through its third and final reading in a 6-3 vote. The most notable proposed increases apply to annual passes — from the...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Starting this fall, Kamehameha School students, from pre-school through high school, will not have to pay tuition. First Circuit Judge Jeanette Castagnetti has approved a court master’s recommendation that the trust make education a “complete gift” for its more than 7,000 students. The...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — “Supporting local” is a mantra and a campaign that has only grown across the islands, but with that said, it’s not always easy to find where you can do so. Let me give you an answer. In Waikiki, at the Royal Hawaiian Center, the Mana Up Hawaii store is celebrating its grand […]

Honolulu's public transportation fares will rise starting July 1st to address operational costs, impacting both riders and service providers.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Four fraud criminals were sentenced to federal prison this week after conspiring to defraud the IRS through fake tax returns over three and a half years. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Rosemarie Lastimado-Dradi, 52, Marciaminajuanequita Dumlao, 61, and the married couple,...

Oʻahu-born and raised artist Samson Tanoa Low works with molten glass to create art inspired by his Hawaiian culture. “I began working with glass as a student attending the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. I had no idea that custom hand-shaped glass existed until I found a class offering glass art as an elective. It...

More and more people are using the city's Skyline rail system to get to work. But it's come with an unintended problem - not enough parking stalls for commuters on the West side.

Earlier this month, the state’s largest health insurer announced a major shakeup in Hawaiʻi’s health care landscape. HMSA proposed a deal with Hawaiʻi Pacific Health that would create a new model similar to Kaiser Permanente’s managed care system. HMSA and HPH maintain that the move...