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After declining to turn over data on residents who use food stamps to the federal government, including their immigration status, Hawaiʻi faces the threat of losing tens of millions in funding to operate the food aid program. Brooke Rollins, secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, vowed in December...

AIEA (HawaiiNewsNow) - An Aiea family is continuing a long-time Japanese tradition to welcome the new year: the pounding of mochi in a huge bowl made out of rock called an usu. For Debbie and Kevin Yoshino, it’s a way to bring family and friends together. Kevin Yoshino said,...

KAPOLEI, Hawaii (Island News) – A single-vehicle collision turned fatal after it was reported that a vehicle crashed into a fence in the Kalaeloa area, the morning of New Year’s Day. The collision occurred at approximately 8:50 a.m. at the intersection area of Coral Sea Road and Roosevelt...

A fatal car crash occurred in the Kalaeloa area this morning, on Jan. 1 around 8:50 a.m.

Hawai’i welcomed its first baby of 2026 early New Year’s Day with the birth of a boy at Kaiser Permanente Moanalua Medical Center in Honolulu, hospital officials said. Baby Jahryzen was born at 3:59 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 1, weighing 7 pounds, 6 ounces. He is the son...

Honolulu police and worried relatives are scrambling to find 81‑year‑old Francis Hawkins, who vanished after walking away from his Mailani Street home in Ewa Beach on Saturday morning. Family members say he needs daily medication, and police have labeled the search urgent. Police: Where And When Hawkins Was...

EWA BEACH (HawaiiNewsNow) - A 32-year-old man has been charged in connection with a crime spree involving a stolen car in Ewa Beach on Monday. Honolulu police say David Montoya got in two crashes after taking the car and fled both scenes. After that, he was accused of illegally entering...

The increased sewer fees approved by the Honolulu City Council are now in effect as 2026 is in full swing.

Fukubukuro returns to Ala Moana Center to kick off 2026 offering "Happy Grab Bags" filled with surprise merchandise worth double the price in the Japanese retail tradition. More than 50 retailers are participating in this New Year’s Day event and shoppers arrived bright and early before bags sold out.

KAPOLEI (HawaiiNewsNow) - Oahu has recorded its first traffic death of 2026. The death stemmed from a single-vehicle crash that occurred at around 8:50 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 1, in the area of Coral Sea Road and Roosevelt Avenue in Kalaeloa. According to police, the 33-year-old male driver was speeding...