Honolulu HI

Honolulu lawmakers and local designers are pressing the state to scrap fortress-style plans for the replacement of the Oʻahu Community Correctional Center and instead back a jail that looks and functions more like a rehabilitation campus than a razor-wire compound. The fight is heating up as officials move to replace the century-old Kalihi facility at a state-owned site in Hālawa...

HONOLULU (Island News) – A teen was hospitalized following a serious crash that was reported on Keeaumoku St. and Dominis St. on Monday. According to the Honolulu Emergency Medical Services (EMS), crews responded to the area at approximately 11 a.m. to treat a teen believed to be 16-years-old. EMS...

A 20-year-old woman has died after a violent single-vehicle crash on the northbound Likelike Highway just past the Wilson Tunnel early Wednesday, according to Honolulu police and the city Medical Examiner’s Office. Police say the woman, who was riding in the rear seat, was ejected onto the roadway when the car slammed into the right-shoulder guardrail. She was rushed to...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawai‘i Island police are requesting the public’s assistance in identifying a man wanted for questioning in connection with an assault that was reported to have occurred aboard a bus bound for Ocean View in December 2025. The individual is described as a man in his...

Filipino girl group BINI is bringing its international tour to Honolulu, with a stop at the Blaisdell Center on August 1st.

Hawaiʻi has one finalist in the James Beard Awards nominations this year — the sherbet king himself, Neale Asato. Out of nine local chefs selected for the semifinal round, Asato, who was nominated for Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker, was the only one to make it past the semifinals.

A GasBuddy survey of 214 stations in Honolulu found average gasoline prices in and around the Hawai‘i capital decreased 6.7 cents per gallon during the past week, averaging $5.55 per gallon as of Monday, April 27. Meanwhile, prices shortly after 8 a.m. Monday at Hilo and other Big Island...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A Department of Corrections employee who has been charged with fraud and theft pleaded not guilty in court Monday morning during her arraignment. Julianne Kaniaupio is accused of using her position to steal a credit card from the out-processing paperwork of an inmate at Halawa Correctional Facility who was set to be release.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Ahead of the arrival of Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia in Taiwan, a delegation from the Polynesian Voyaging Society (PVS) and Kamehameha Schools (KS) recently concluded a 10-day cultural exchange and visit across Taiwan. The delegation included PVS CEO Nainoa Thompson and younger generation voyagers, KS...

Petty Officer Henry Horgan, of the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps at Pearl Harbor, was named National League Cadet of the Year last month.