Annual ‘Touch A Truck’ event returns to Kapolei
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - From buses, police cars, and fire trucks, the 11th Annual Touch a Truck event let keiki and their families get up close to some big vehicles. Hosted at Kapolei Commons, the free event featured 40-plus trucks and gave kids and their families a chance to meet those who serve the community.
Get a piece of wearable art at Hawaiian Mission Houses’ Kapa Kuiki Applique workshop
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The history of traditional Hawaiian quilting and fabric making will be on full display at Hawaiian Mission Houses. The nonprofit is hosting a Kapa Kuiki Applique Workshop with fashion designer Puamana Crabbe to get hands-on opportunities to learn the art of quilt making. Crabbe creates...
Laughter with a purpose: BRAVE Hawaiʻi presents Comedy for a Cause stand-up series
Anti-bullying awareness and youth empowerment nonprofit BRAVE Hawaiʻi invites the public to enjoy some laughter with a purpose during its statewide stand-up comedy series Comedy for a Cause. The series brings together two of Hawaiʻi’s most recognized local comedians — Augie T and Bula‘ia. These beloved performers...
Bishop Museum scientist helps rediscover 2 living animals thought to be extinct
The pygmy long-fingered possum and the ring-tailed glider, which were thought to be extinct for over 7,000 years, have been rediscovered as living animals.
Kualoa-Hakipuu Canoe Festival returns to Hōkūle’a birth site
HONOLULU (KHON2) – Here is your Hawaiian word of the day: wa’a, which means “canoe,” and Saturday is going to be a shoreline here at Hakipu’u full of canoes that are celebrating the canoe, taking us to ancestral knowledge, applying it today, and enjoying time with friends and family. This is all about the 17th […]
First Alert Forecast: Potential for extended period of heavy rain in the coming week
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Stable weather conditions are expected for Sunday with light showers for windward and mauka areas and moderate to locally breezy trade winds. Big changes begin late Monday as a deep upper level trough develops northwest of the islands. This will pull up deep moisture, resulting in periods...
Honolulu City Council pauses affordable housing bill for more study
A proposal that could change how affordable housing projects are built across Oahu is now on hold. Members of the Honolulu City Council have paused consideration of Bill 18, which would expand parts of the city’s affordable housing incentive program created under Honolulu Bill 7.
Ancient skeletal remains found on grounds of college prep school in Hawaii
Skeletal remains found earlier this year at a school in Hawaii are ancient and do not come from any recent deaths according to Honolulu police.
Department of Health confirms measles case in Oahu visitor, issues exposure alert
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Hawaii Department of Health has confirmed a case of measles in a visitor to Oahu. Officials say the visitor had recently arrived in Hawaii from a region of the continental United States with known measles transmission. After arriving in the islands, the person became ill, sought medical...
State Agrees To Settle Lawsuit Over Oʻahu Jail Suicide
The state has agreed to pay $800,000 to settle a lawsuit over the death of a pre-trial jail inmate who repeatedly threatened to kill himself, and then managed to hang himself with a rope even after two lawyers involved in his case warned he was suicidal. Jimuel Gatioan, 49, died...
