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MAILI, Hawaii (Island News) -- Maili Elementary School was placed on lockdown for about an hour on Tuesday morning after a man allegedly called threatening a school shooting. In a letter Maili Elementary School’s principal Suzie Lee sent to parents and guardians, she said the school received a verbal threat at 11:40 a.m. on Tuesday, April 28. The Honolulu Police Department (HPD) was immediately...

KAILUA, Hawaii (Island News) – Hawaii public school students got to experience a fun twist on a local favorite, poke bowls. Tofu poke was offered to cafeterias statewide and featured tofu mixed with green onions and onions, tossed in a Hawaiian-style sauce of shoyu, sesame oil, garlic and ginger.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Honolulu police are asking the public to identify the suspects in video footage from a theft that occurred in early April. Police said on Tuesday, April 14, at approximately 10:47 a.m., two unknown men removed a trailer parked below the Skyline Waiawa, Pearl Highlands Station. Police said...

Tiny but hard to ignore, gnats are swarming parts of Oahu, from Waikiki to Kapolei, thriving due to weeks of wet weather creating perfect conditions.

Most people haven’t heard about Yakitori Torishin, which opened a month ago next to Rinka Japanese restaurant in Kaka‘ako. In true Japanese style, they’ve been extremely low-key about their Hawai‘i debut so they can work out the kinks before they really get cooking. Torishin opened in...

HONOLULU (Island News) – The multi-agency initiative, Safer Roads, Together 2026, has been launched with the core focus of enhancing public safety by reducing serious injuries and traffic fatalities across Oahu. According to recent data and enforcement trends, many serious and fatal crashes on Oahu continue to involve preventable...

In the dark early hours of Tuesday morning, a 24-year-old woman was ejected and left critically injured after her car rolled and burst into flames on Kunia Road in the Kunia area of Waipahu. Honolulu police officers pulled her from the wreckage just before the vehicle became engulfed, and she was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A critical car crash involving a single vehicle occurred in the Kunia area on Tuesday. Police said at about 1:25 a.m., the collision occurred on Kunia Rd, south of Kunia Dr. It was reported to the Honolulu Police Department that a 24-year-old woman was driving southbound on...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Honolulu police are searching for an unknown man who removed a parked and secured e-bike, helmet, and chain lock from the sidewalk area of a school in Waipahu. Police said this incident happened on April 15, around 4 p.m. The suspect fled the scene on the e-bicycle.

WAIPAHU, Hawaii (Island News) -- The Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) fined a caregiver on Oahu for leaving clients unattended. The DOH Office of Health Care Assurance (OHCA) issued an order against Reymando Fiesta for leaving clients of the Community Care Foster Family Home (CCFFH) unattended or without a qualified caregiver. Community Ties of America, a contractor of DOH, confirmed that nurse consultants identified the...