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Hawaiʻi had its second driest year in more than a century in 2025. About half the state experienced some level of drought, and average temperatures were up to a degree higher than normal across the islands. Those data points come from the Hawaiʻi Climate Data Portal's first annual report,...

The Honolulu Fire Department rescued an injured hiker from the Lanikai Pillbox Trail on the morning of Feb. 19.

Wingstop has touched down in Pearl City, opening its third Oahu location on Wednesday at the Pearl City Gateway shopping center and bringing its classic and boneless wings to another pocket of Leeward Oahu. The new spot has a compact dine-in area, stays open late for game nights, and early visits suggest quick,...

WAHIAWA (HawaiiNewsNow) - A man who died after crashing in a Walgreens parking lot with multiple stab wounds was identified Wednesday. Christian Kaainoa-Kealohi, 31, was found unconscious at the Wahiawa store parking lot last Friday at around 12:41 a.m., said police. Kaainoa-Kealohi was treated and transported to a...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A bill honoring a 16-year-old girl killed at the hands of a reckless, unlicensed driver now has another name to it: Koali Denning-Ring. House Bill 2589 passed its first transportation committee hearing Thursday with amendments. It was initially called “Sara’s Law” in remembrance of the...

An elderly architect convicted of bribery for trying to slip a Honolulu permit reviewer some cash – what he said was $20 for oxtail soup – was sentenced on Thursday to two years of probation. Hawaiʻi Circuit Court Judge Kevin Souza found Kiyoshi Toi, 92, guilty last year...

The pup of this week's Wags and Whiskers is Crouton! This sweet boy is currently available for adoption through the Maui Humane Society.

UH athletics director Matt Elliott breaks down the university's ask to lawmakers for millions in Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) funding.

As the sun sets along the West O‘ahu shoreline, a new chapter is beginning at Ko Olina. Long shaped by families and communities whose culture, history and creative expression are carried forward through story, practice and everyday life, West O‘ahu is now seeing those stories step onto a new stage.

Audio will be added after the show. The Conversation airs weekdays from 11 a.m. to noon on HPR-1. Hawaiʻi Journalism Initiative's Colleen Uechi reports on community push back against the U.S. Air Force's plans to construct more telescopes on Haleakalā |Full Story. University of Hawaiʻi climate scientist Ryan...