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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - As Hawaii prepared for New Year’s Eve celebrations, Oahu piers were flooded with high demand for fresh fish. The United Fishing Agency reported the island had a vast supply in time for the holiday. “This boat brought in nearly 20,000 pounds of fresh seafood, mostly ahi,”...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Honolulu Fire Department has extinguished a 2-alarm house fire in Ewa Beach Wednesday. The fire broke out at around 7 p.m. on Maipuhi Street. Crews arrived shortly after and began battling the blaze. Video of the scene shows smoke pouring out of a garage as firefighters...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - With celebrations underway, thousands across Oahu are bracing for the illegal fireworks displays around the island. Since the deadly fireworks explosion in Aliamanu, the Hawaii Department of Law Enforcement and the Honolulu Police Department have been preparing to catch violators of the...

HONOLULU (Island News) -- The city has definitely been preparing for this year's holiday. After the New Year's Eve tragedy last year, the city and county of Honolulu is doing everything they can to keep the community safe during this time of celebration. The city and police are cracking down...

With the New Year right around the corner, local businesses geared up to welcome hundreds of people picking up their essentials.

Hospital workers in Honolulu are back on the job after a long-standing strike at Kapiolani Medical Center.

The Hawaiʻi agency responsible for protecting children is doing a worse job of that than a decade ago in all but two of 18 categories tracked in reports to the federal government. Compared to just two years ago, in fact, the performance of Child Welfare Services has deteriorated in...

It was a year that started with a deadly fireworks explosion and ended with a plea from Honolulu’s mayor and law enforcement agencies for residents to mark the end of 2025 in a safer way. In the months between, Hawaiʻi residents faced a chaotic tsunami evacuation, marked a major...

HFD crews were called there just after 2 a.m., and the fire was brought under control in about half an hour.

Eight years ago, Civil Beat published “The Brutal Reality of Owning a Condo in Hawaiʻi,” highlighting sudden assessments, steep maintenance fee increases, and the absence of meaningful oversight in condominium governance. Today, the situation has not only persisted — it has evolved into a deeper, more urgent...