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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi told Hawaii News Now redevelopment plans for the dilapidated Chinatown Cultural Plaza on Beretania Street are moving forward. The Taiwanese government owns the 4-acre property. Last week, Blangiardi met with a Taiwan delegation for the third time since February,

The United Japanese Society of Hawaiʻi will host its annual Obon Hōyō memorial service to honor the Gannenmono, the first official group of Japanese immigrants to arrive in Hawaiʻi in 1868, and the Kanyaku Imin, the first wave of government-sponsored Japanese contract immigrants who began arriving in 1885.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A stray kitten is getting surgery for a rare heart condition her foster says could turn deadly without treatment. Bobbie is 5 months old and suffers from mitral valve stenosis. Her left mitral valve failed to open fully at birth, which restricts her blood flow and causes...

The Honolulu Charter Commission is close to finalizing the charter amendment proposals voters could see on their ballots this November. The commission first started fielding charter amendment proposals from the public in August 2025 and received nearly 300 submissions. That was narrowed down to 19 coming into a schedul

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Firefighters responded to a gas leak in Kapahulu on Tuesday morning. The Honolulu Fire Department said crews were called to McCorriston Street shortly after 10 a.m. and found an active leak caused by damaged piping during street construction. Honolulu police issued a traffic advisory at 10:47

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The average hiker takes about two hours to make a round trip up and down the many steps of Oahu’s Koko Head staircase, but one Hawaii man ran the famous hike five times in less than 85 minutes. Michael Chin’s goal was to do a lap...

Washington Middle School Principal Mike Harano is fighting to regain his position after being placed on department-directed leave following a Department of Education audit, leaving the future of the school's signature recording studio uncertain.

The U.S. Coast Guard hoisted a man from his sinking catamaran 23 miles offshore of Kaua‘i over the weekend. The rescue occurred on Sunday, when Coast Guard Sector Honolulu watchstanders received a report at 6 p.m. that the 35-foot recreational catamaran, Alakai, was disabled and experiencing a steering casualty while e

MOILIILI, Hawaii (Island News) -- A motorcyclist was critically injured in a car collision on Kapiolani Boulevard in Moiliili on Tuesday afternoon. The collision involving a motorcycle and a car happened at about 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday, July 14, on Kapiolani Boulevard in the area of Mahiai Street. At the scene, Honolulu

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The U.S. Navy is seeking public input on a proposal to homeport new landing ships at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. The Navy is preparing an Environmental Impact Statement on the potential effects of stationing up to nine Medium Landing Ship-class vessels at the base. The proposal also...