Recent Government Salary Hikes At The Top Leave Many Public Workers Behind
Hawaiʻi state and local governments invested in executives and senior managers with a recent round of hefty raises that did not extend to a majority of the public-sector workforce, the latest update to Civil Beat’s Public Employee Salary database shows. Raises for many top bosses on July 1...
Multiple power outages leave 1,460 customers without power on Oahu
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Multiple power outages across Oahu were reported early Tuesday morning, leaving over a thousand residents without power. The outages were reported at 2:14 a.m. on Tuesday with an estimated restoration time at 5:30 a.m. for one of the outages, said Hawaiian Electric. Hawaiian Electric said...
Remembering the 1975 Kalapana earthquake and tsunami
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Fifty years ago, in November 1975, scientists at the Hawaii Volcanoes Observatory knew something big was about to happen due to a number of small “fore shocks” in Kalapana on the Big Island. Then, it happened. Just before 5 a.m. on Nov. 29, for 30...
Honolulu police searching for two suspects in knife-point robbery in Waipahu
HONOLULU (KHON2) — Honolulu police are searching for two suspects involved in a knife-point robbery. Police say it happened on Dec. 1 around 1:20 p.m. on Waipahu Depot Road. Authorities say a 28-year-old man reported that two male suspects on a moped pulled up next to his open vehicle window, threatened him with a...
Hawaii nonprofit receives $2.5M to address youth homelessness
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A Hawaii nonprofit received the largest donation in its history to address youth homelessness, courtesy of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos. Residential Youth Services & Empowerment (RYSE) received a $2.5 million grant from the Bezos Day 1 Families Fund, the nonprofit...
O‘ahu permit counter closes this week to reduce backlog
O‘ahu’s Department of Planning and Permitting has closed its building permit counter this week as staff work to reduce a backlog of applications and improve processing time.
New 311 system aims to help residents report community issues
The city released HNL 311, a new issue-reporting system that allows residents to report potholes, clogged drains, broken streetlights, and more.
Six wanted in connection with Kauai parking lot assault
Kauai lifeguard Chance Swanson was discharged from The Queen’s Medical Center after surviving a shark bite at Hanalei Bay. Woman dies following chain-reaction crash on H-3 Freeway. Updated: Nov. 20, 2025 at 10:35 PM HST. A woman has died following a crash involving multiple vehicles on the H-3 Freeway...
Kauai lifeguard released from hospital after shark bite
A Kauai lifeguard who was bitten by a shark will get to spend Christmas at home.
Career criminal with 300+ arrests now accused of biting police officer
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A 60-year-old man with more than 300 arrests allegedly bit a Honolulu police officer last week, just days after he was released on his recognizance in a case involving meth. Tommy J. Chiles has 78 convictions. The Honolulu prosecutor’s office said they were overruled after objecting to...
