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The Honolulu Police Department is urging moped riders to wear helmets after two separate crashes this month left unhelmeted riders with critical injuries. A state law that took effect last summer also bans anyone under 16 from operating a moped.

Mahalo nui and hoʻomaikaʻi to University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center researcher Dr. Michele Carbone who has been awarded the prestigious 2026 Szent-Györgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research. Plus, shakas and shoutouts to the Hawaiʻi Foodbank Kauaʻi, Kapalua Golf with TY Management, and Aloha Grown's Kailah Ogawa with

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam will conduct a large-scale emergency response exercise Wednesday. The 15th Wing said the Major Accident Response Exercise will simulate a downed aircraft near the installation and is designed to test and improve responders’ ability to handle catastrophic inciden

Hawaiʻi's appeals court handed U.S. Bank two foreclosure wins in one day – one on note possession, one a sharp lesson on surplus equity. Both summary disposition orders came out of the Intermediate Court of Appeals of the State of Hawaiʻi on May 22, 2026. Different panels, different facts, both naming U.S. Bank as trus

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Identifying who is responsible for the extensive damage from the March floods across hundreds of acres of farmland in Waialua and nearby homes is a laborious task, with ownership and obligations buried in a decades-old quagmire of paperwork and land deals. The miles of irrigation lines and drainage ditches that...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A triathlon is one of the world’s most challenging tests of endurance. And on Saturday, athletes will take on that test along the South Kohala coast of Hawaii Island. The Half Ironman starts with a 1.2-mile swim, followed by a 56-mile bike ride and a half-marathon...

HONOLULU, Hawaii (Island News) -- After days of searching by air, land and sea off Oahu’s North Shore, active search efforts have now been suspended for a missing jet ski rider. Search crews spent the last several days looking for 56-year-old Anthony Empting after his personal watercraft was found...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Two months after the last Kona Low update meeting in Waialua, city and county officials returned to the community to continue recovery discussions and hear concerns from residents. Inside the Waialua Elementary cafeteria, officials provided updates on ongoing recovery efforts, including disas

Plumeria, pīkake, pua kenikeni. These flowers—and their scents—conjure up memories of Hawai‘i, but none of them are actually native to the Islands. Plumeria are endemic to Mexico and Central America, pīkake to India and pua kenikeni to the South Pacific. In fact, many of the...