Honolulu Braces for Weather Shifts as Calm Trade Winds Give Way to Showers and...
Honolulu's weather is expected to experience several changes in the coming days. As the remnants of a dissipated front move northward away from Hawaii, the islands will see a brief period of stability, with light to moderate easterly trade winds beginning today and continuing through Sunday. However, a new cold front...
Compliments or concerns, Big Island police want to hear from residents
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Hawaii Police Department is conducting its biennial survey for residents to get feedback from those who have had encounters with officers or dispatchers. The last survey was done in 2023. One of the concerns then: response times for emergency calls. A follow-up audit found that it...
City Council committee postpones reappointment of emergency services director
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Dr. Jim Ireland has led the city’s Department of Emergency Services for the past four years. A City Council committee got an earful from detractors who say he doesn’t deserve another four, because the department is in worse shape than it was when he began.
Woman, 30, identified as 6th victim in Jan. 1 fireworks explosion
Chastina A. Ramos, 30, was identified today as the sixth fatality from the Jan. 1 explosion of illegal aerial. The cause and manner of Ramos’ death is pending. The Department of the Medical Examiner previously identified Carmelita Benigno, 61 ; Nelie Ibarra, 58 ; Jennifer Van, 23 ; and Cassius Ramos-Benigno, 3, as...
Motorcyclist, 24, in critical condition after crashing into guard rail
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A motorcyclist is in critical condition after driving into a guard rail. It happened around 10:50 a.m. on the H-2 Freeway near the Mililani area on Saturday, officials said. Officials said the driver of the motorcycle drove into a guard rail and suffered critical injuries. Honolulu police,...
As one cold front leaves, another is moving in
HONOLULU (KHON2) – On Saturday, we should see a brief return of some moderate east to east-southeast trades across the state. Fair weather conditions are expected for most of the state, with the exception of southeast and windward Big Island, where we should see some moisture from a weak frontal boundary move in late...
2 years after tragic crash, dozens gather on Kapiolani Boulevard to remember Sara Yara
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Two years after Sara Yara was killed by a hit-and-run driver while walking to school, dozens gathered in Honolulu to remember her life and demand action to improve road safety. A sign waving event was held on Saturday afternoon to raise awareness and to prevent a tragic...
Momentous milestone reached in fight against often-deadly avian malaria on Kauaʻi
It seems counterproductive, at the least, to release hundreds of thousands of 6-legged, flying harpoons into a place where a portion of their population is spreading a plague that has several species of native Hawaiian honeycreepers — some endemic only to Kaua‘i — fighting for their very existence.
‘I knew the truth.’ Red Hill whistleblower responds after inspector general report clears leaders
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - HNN Investigates uncovers new details from a federal whistleblower investigation launched after safety and discrimination complaints by the former Red Hill fuels director. She claims her warnings were ignored before the 2021 fuel leak disaster. “All the contractor failures, all the system...
Attorneys general from nine states push EPA to eliminate chlorpyrifos from U.S. food supply
Salem, Oregon – Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield is leading a coalition of attorneys general from around the country including New York, California, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Vermont, Washington, and Washington D.C., in a major environmental and public health campaign urging the Environmental Protection...
