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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Ocean Safety said bystanders helped pull a man from the waters offshore of Hawaii Kai Thursday. At about 5 p.m., the Honolulu Ocean Safety Department was alerted to a swimmer in distress offshore of an area commonly known as Spitting Caves in Portlock, Hawaii Kai. Ocean Safety...

HAWAII STATE – Travelers headed to Hawaii next year will have a new burger option to seek out: Shake Shack is officially preparing to open its first-ever restaurant in the Aloha State. The popular fast-casual chain will open at Honolulu’s Ala Moana Center on Oahu, taking over the former...

U.S. Independence Day can be a complicated holiday here in Hawaiʻi — some love it, others don't, and most are just happy to have the day off. To get a better sense of how locals are preparing for the Fourth of July, HPR took to the sunny streets of Honolulu to hear from real residents about the upcoming holiday and the

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A foul odor that lingered in an Ewa neighborhood for days has prompted complaints from residents and cleanup efforts at a nearby golf course, according to officials and those living in the area. Crews at Ewa Villages Golf Course worked this week to remove a large pile...

It's one of the few family-owned general stores still standing on Oʻahu. Let's go holoholo to Kaya Store in Punaluʻu.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Thursday marked the start of a new era for the Honolulu Police Department as David Lazar was sworn in as the department’s 13th police chief. At a ceremony at Mission Memorial Auditorium, Lazar’s wife — whose family is from Kahuku and Halawa — and their three children pinned his rank and badge

HONOLULU (Island News) – Check out what’s happening this Fourth of July weekend on Oahu!. KRUZM Launch Party - July 3, 4 p.m. - 8 p.m. Head over to Wai Kai this weekend for a free and epic launch party for a new event that will be featuring over 20 local vendors! This weekend there will be live music by Kawao, exclusiv

HONOLULU (Island News) – Jeremy Calizo was sentenced in the Circuit Court of the First Circuit after pleading no contest to six felony counts relating to explosives. The court granted Calizo a deferred acceptance of his no contest plea for four years and ordered him to complete 240 hours of community service. If Calizo

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Michael Harano, the principal of Washington Middle School for 25 years, has been placed on paid leave and is under investigation following a routine audit, according to Harano and his union. The suspension appears connected to a $2.5 million professional-grade audio recording studio built on

Jon Itomura took the helm of the Hawaiʻi Public Utilities Commission in January. While he’s new to his role, he’s on familiar ground. He spent more than a decade as an attorney with the Division of Consumer Advocacy, representing the interests of utility customers in proceedings before the commission.