Chef Alan Wong to return to Hawaii after five years
Famed Hawaii chef Alan Wong is opening another restaurant and making his grand return to the Hawaiian Islands after five years.
Chinatown community hopes to see an end to drugs, crime
This week the mayor signed a bill into law creating a new downtown business improvement district. Some say it's a first step of revitalization after the pandemic turned the area upside down with offices shrinking their footprint as employees worked from home. The Chinatown area is not included in the...
Search for missing Kailua paddler officially ends
The search for missing paddler, Jon Naeole, has officially ended.
HPD’s 217th graduate class one of the largest in recent years
The Honolulu Police Department is celebrating two of its largest graduating classes in recent years.
Hawaii food banks prepare for the worst as federal cuts loom; workers miss paychecks
HONOLULU (Island News) -- "The federal shutdown is definitely going to become a crisis if it doesn't get taken care of soon," said Kim Bartenstein, director of agency relations at the Hawaii Foodbank. Food banks across the state are scrambling to bring in more food to feed the needy in...
WATCH: Joe Jonas gets lei’d by Honolulu resident
When Taylor Kim found out the Jonas Brothers would be performing on her birthday, she said it felt "like fate."
Skyline rail system sees ridership surge in first week of extended service
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The newly extended Skyline rail system carried more than twice as many riders in its first week than before the second segment opened, but the city is facing questions over who should run the system. Until segment two opened, the system averaged about 4,200 rides on weekdays....
Grand Opening of Waikiki’s ‘Canterbury Kitchen Cove’ with 6 different restaurants all in one...
Right between Ena Road and Ala Moana Boulevard is Canterbury Kitchen Cove and they're celebrating a grand opening this week with all six of their restaurants.
Mililani family revives popular haunted house after nearly 10 years
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Nearly 30 years ago, a Mililani family started crafting their very own haunted house on the corner of Hokuili Street. “We actually went to Mililani High School, and it was a crawling, you know, in the cardboard boxes and then yelling and screaming, and dad didn’t like that,” said Sandy Maeda.
‘We are warriors’: Hundreds rally to support Kamehameha Schools
Students, staff and leadership from Kamehameha Schools, along with Native Hawaiian practitioners and their supporters, gathered at ʻIolani Palace to rally against the latest legal threat to the school’s admissions policy. Hundreds attended the Tuesday morning rally in response to a lawsuit filed Monday that...

















