Honolulu HI

A wildfire, a hurricane, a job loss, a Kona low, an unexpected medical expense. Life in Hawaiʻi offers beauty and risk at the same time. Financial planners indicate that preparation matters long before trouble arrives, and one of the strongest tools is an emergency fund.

There will be no Honolulu Festival taking place on Sunday, March 15, including a parade and fireworks show in Waikiki.

Cloudy and muggy over Honolulu Monday afternoon, with the temperature sitting near 73°F at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport and the gray skies showing no sign of rushing off. Expect mostly cloudy conditions with a few isolated late day showers possible and a high near 81°F. Winds in town are light from the west...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - As power fluctuated throughout the state, the days-long power outage cost a Kaneohe restaurant tens of thousands of dollars. Owner of Chao Phya Thai, Guy Smith, said he threw out an estimated $50,000 of food because there was no electricity. Power had recently been restored after it...

Hawai'i has been roiled by allegations that a prominent lawmaker accepted $35,000 in a paper bag in 2022. Attorney General Anne Lopez is leading an investigation into public corruption. Meanwhile, an audit of Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke's campaign found that the campaign failed to report more than $7,000 in donations...

As a powerful Kona storm tore across windward Oʻahu last Friday, Waimanalo farmer Claude Colton made a split-second call: open the gates. With pens collapsing under wind and flood, he released roughly 500 animals, sending cows, goats, llamas, pigs, and birds scrambling for higher ground while gusting winds and rising...

The City and County of Honolulu Parks and Recreation facilities will be open under their regular schedule, with some remaining closed on Monday.

HONOLULU — March 16, 2026 — The Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity (DAB) has announced a hybrid public hearing to discuss proposed amendments to Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR) Chapter 4-66, relating to pesticides. The updates are designed to align state rules with the Federal Certification Plan...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Investigators are looking into what started a fire Monday morning in Waianae. Honolulu Fire Department crews were called out to a building on Farrington Highway at 1:14 a.m. near Waianae District Park. The first unit arrived on scene at 1:16 a.m. to find a two-story, abandoned structure...

The AAA averages for Honolulu gas top $4.84 this morning. That's up 43 cents in the past week - up 53 cents in the past month.