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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - On Wednesday, the Honolulu police Traffic Division was notified by the Medical Examiner’s Office that the 93-year-old driver involved in a crash earlier in May had succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead. This is the 15th traffic fatality of 2026, as compared to 30...

WAIANAE, Hawaii (Island News) -- A 58-year-old man was hospitalized for multiple injuries after he crashed an e-bike into a truck in Waianae on Wednesday afternoon. Honolulu Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded to the e-bike accident at a plaza on Farrington Highway near Waianae Mall around 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday

There is a plate sitting somewhere in Hawaii right now that will ruin you for ordinary food. I know, because I found mine at a plastic folding table with a paper plate and zero napkins. No ambiance. No reservation. Just flavor that hit so deep I genuinely considered canceling my...

KANEOHE, Hawaii (Island News) -- Two men were hospitalized for their injuries after head-on car crash in Waiahole on Wednesday afternoon. Honolulu Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded to the two-car collision happened at about 4:50 p.m. on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, on Kamehameha Highway just north of Pulama Road o

The 2026 "Point in Time" count by Partners in Care showed a nearly 20% increase in homeless parents and their children on Oahu compared to 2024, while overall homelessness increased slightly, with more than 4,500 people living on the streets or in emergency shelters.

HONOLULU (Island News) -- Police arrested two men on Wednesday on suspicion of a shooting outside of a Kakaako bar early Sunday morning where a man was hospitalized. One of the suspects is still being sought out. The Honolulu Police Department (HPD) said officers responded to reports of multiple gunshots...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — A brush fire is causing major traffic backups into Waianae. According to HPD, the fire was first reported at 6:44 p.m. on May 20 for a fire near Tracks Beach Park on Farrington Highway. Delays started just before the Waikea overpass near the water park. Multiple units were called to the scene, […]

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The University of Hawaiʻi men’s volleyball national championship trophy made its first public stops on campus as part of a statewide celebration tour. More than 100 fans gathered at Bachman Hall and Hawaii Hall at UH Manoa for the kickoff of the “Our Team, Hawaii’s...

A bill that would have put a cap on rates for private parking lots in the Historic Kailua Village is dead. Hawai‘i County Council Member Rebecca Villegas first introduced Bill 132 during the council’s Policy Committee on Public Works and Mass Transit on March 3. The measure was postponed three times over concerns about

Police commission chair Laurie Foster says the choice of David Lazar reflects community calls for modernization and transformation.