With 55 traffic fatalities on Oʻahu this year, officials urge awareness on the roads
As the school year gets underway and amid a spike in traffic-related fatalities, Oʻahu officials are reminding the public to be mindful on the road. There have been 55 traffic fatalities on Oʻahu so far this year — more than twice as many as there were at this point last year. The city held a news conference asking...
Hit-and-run crash in Makiki leaves woman hospitalized
MAKIKI, Hawaii (Island News) -- A woman was badly injured in a hit-and-run collision that happened in the Makiki area on Friday night. The pedestrian crash took place at about 8:40 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 29 on Keeaumoku Street. According to police, a 53-year-old woman was struck by a driver who was heading south on...
A community calls for accountability after tour vessel scars reef at Kewalos
HONOLULU (Island News) -- A reef off Kewalo Basin remains scarred after a 75-foot tour boat ran aground earlier this month, and community members are calling for accountability and change to prevent it from happening again. The boat ran into the reef during a high surf advisory, coming dangerously close...
Unattended cooking causes Waikiki penthouse fire; 1 hospitalized
HONOLULU (Island News) – A Waikiki building fire was deemed as accidental after the Honolulu Fire Department (HFD) extinguished the blaze on Saturday night. At 10:59 p.m., HFD crews arrived at Ena Road to a mid-level apartment building where nothing was visible. However, building security confirmed flames on the...
Renewed Call for Replacing O‘ahu’s Jail Glosses Over Reality
Tommy Johnson’s recent Community Voice piece leaves much to be desired (“A New Jail Is Critical For Hawaiʻi’s Correctional System”). Light on data-supported facts and dense with rhetoric, the Hawaiʻi Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation director hopes no one will notice. The director’s conclusion...
Two men at large after Waialua terroristic threatening incident
WAIALUA, Hawaii (Island News) – Two men remain at large following an apparent terroristic threatening incident that occurred in the Waialua area on Saturday night. According to police documents, the incident occurred at approximately 10:15 p.m. when a 47-year-old man was allegedly assaulted by two other men. The...
Firefighters fully contain Kunia brush fire
KUNIA, Hawaii (Island News) – Firefighters fully contained the brush fire along Kunia Road on Monday nearly a week after the blaze started. An evacuation order was issued Tuesday, Aug. 19 for a brush fire on Kunia Road has been lifted. The evacuation was lifted later that afternoon for the affected areas including...
Hawaiʻi Is Increasingly Relying On Unlicensed Teachers To Fill Vacancies
As students returned to class earlier this month, Hawaiʻi schools reported the lowest number of teacher vacancies the state has seen in more than five years. As of last week, only 73 teacher positions were unfilled, compared to more than 1,000 in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic. But schools are employing a...
Police arrest suspect in double stabbing at Honolulu bar
More showers pop up for Hawaii Island this weekend. New development adds hundreds of affordable housing units in Halawa. The 25-story building overlooking Pearl Harbor features 302 units reserved for households earning between 30 and 60% of the area median income. Procession, memorial service honor fallen Maui police...
Kunia fire suspect arrested on suspicion of another arson case
HONOLULU (KHON2) — The suspect accused of arson in the Aug. 23 Kunia wildfire has been arrested again – this time for a brush fire that broke out in Haleiwa that same day. According to HPD, firefighters were called to the area of Puaena Point Beach Park. Following an investigation, an arson case was initiated. Police...
