Honolulu HI

The Honolulu City Council has set up a task force to deal with the police department’s manpower shortage. There are two ways this task force can do its job: hard or easy. Easy is tempting, but it’s not enough. The easy way acts all blue-ribbon committee-ish. Respectable task-forcers...

I caught Brennon Morioka by phone as he was walking to the day’s round of contract negotiations with Aloha Hālawa District Partners (AHDP), the development team that includes Cordish Cos., Populous and Legends/ASM Global -- and is closing in on the New Aloha Stadium and Entertainment District (NASED) project.

HAWAIʻI - Tropical Depression Eight-E in the Eastern Pacific is expected to strengthen into a tropical storm by tonight. (BIVN) – A new tropical depression has formed in the Eastern Pacific, and is moving towards the west-northwest. Tropical Depression Eight-E is expected to strengthen into a tropical storm...

KAILUA, Hawai'i (Island News) -- At around 7:00 p.m., Honolulu police responded to a domestic violence incident in the Kailua area. A 19-year-old male suspect was accused of physically abusing his 20-year-old girlfriend, threatening her and her 39-year-old male friend with a knife, and verbally threatening a...

Paramedics with Honolulu Emergency Medical Services responded to the collision and treated the man for life-threatening injuries.

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 4, 2025-- Nutter announced today a significant expansion in the Firm’s core practice areas, adding a total of 13 new attorneys, five of whom are partners, based in New York, Honolulu, and the San Francisco Bay Area. The increase cements Nutter’s position as one the country’s leading...

ACLU calls for end to Arizona prison contract after murder of Hawaii inmate. Since the 1990s, Hawaii has contracted CoreCivic to house more than 800 inmates in Arizona due to the lack of space in Hawaii’s correctional facilities. First day of school is here: What might Hawaii's Department of...

‘Last minute cop out’: Parents push back against carpool app amid bus driver shortage. A new school year starts Monday, and some parents are concerned about the state's new ride-share app, which was offered due to the ongoing bus driver shortage. Updated: 9 hours ago. |. A man is...

WINDWARD OAHU, Hawaii (Island News) -- A head-on bus crash near Kualoa Regional Park on Sunday led to a man's death after he tried to do a wheelie while riding a moped. The fatal collision involving the moped rider, a 23-year-old man, occurred at about 2:50 p.m. on Aug. 3. The accident happened on Kamehameha Highway...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — A judge denied former Kahuku Head Coach Sterling Carvalho’s request for a temporary restraining order on Aug. 1. The request for the TRO was filed as an effort to get the former coach back on the sidelines immediately. He was fired after the state Department of Education conducted an investigation...