Storm-related power outages cost Kaneohe restaurant $50K
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - As power fluctuated throughout the state, the days-long power outage cost a Kaneohe restaurant tens of thousands of dollars. Owner of Chao Phya Thai, Guy Smith, said he threw out an estimated $50,000 of food because there was no electricity. Power had recently been restored after it...
The Conversation: A call-in show on public corruption
Hawai'i has been roiled by allegations that a prominent lawmaker accepted $35,000 in a paper bag in 2022. Attorney General Anne Lopez is leading an investigation into public corruption. Meanwhile, an audit of Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke's campaign found that the campaign failed to report more than $7,000 in donations...
Kona Chaos In Waimanalo Farmer Lets 500 Animals Loose As Storm Slams Oahu
As a powerful Kona storm tore across windward Oʻahu last Friday, Waimanalo farmer Claude Colton made a split-second call: open the gates. With pens collapsing under wind and flood, he released roughly 500 animals, sending cows, goats, llamas, pigs, and birds scrambling for higher ground while gusting winds and rising...
Honolulu parks return to normal hours, some closed for weather
The City and County of Honolulu Parks and Recreation facilities will be open under their regular schedule, with some remaining closed on Monday.
⚖️ NOTICE: Public Hearing on Proposed Amendments to Hawaii Pesticide Rules (Chapter 4-66)
HONOLULU — March 16, 2026 — The Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity (DAB) has announced a hybrid public hearing to discuss proposed amendments to Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR) Chapter 4-66, relating to pesticides. The updates are designed to align state rules with the Federal Certification Plan...
Crews respond to abandoned building fire in Waianae
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Investigators are looking into what started a fire Monday morning in Waianae. Honolulu Fire Department crews were called out to a building on Farrington Highway at 1:14 a.m. near Waianae District Park. The first unit arrived on scene at 1:16 a.m. to find a two-story, abandoned structure...
Howard’s Business Report: Gas Prices Rising
The AAA averages for Honolulu gas top $4.84 this morning. That's up 43 cents in the past week - up 53 cents in the past month.
Honolulu Home Ripped From Keehi Stream And Tossed Into The Sea
On Friday night near the mouth of Keehi Stream, a small home broke loose and was swept straight into the ocean, triggering an emergency response and a whole lot of uneasy questions for Honolulu officials. Firefighters and other first responders searched the drifting structure and nearby shoreline but found no...
Fatal single-vehicle crash on H-1 Freeway early Sunday morning
HONOLULU (Island News) – A single-vehicle collision resulted in one fatality early Sunday morning, according to the Honolulu Police Department, Traffic Division, Vehicular Homicide Section. The collision occurred at approximately 4:18 a.m. in the Makiki area when a 63-year-old man was driving westbound on the H-1...
Fundraisers launched for workers in Lanikai wall collapse
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Online fundraisers are raising money for the family of a worker killed and for an injured coworker after last week’s wall collapse in Lanikai. On March 11, rescue crews were called to a home construction site on Mokulea Drive, where Salvador Sandoval Villasenor, 58, was found buried under a...
