Honolulu HI

New Year's Eve in Hawaii saw a quieter celebration this year as the Honolulu Police Department cracked down on illegal fireworks. Despite the increased enforcement, six people suffered serious firework injuries and were taken to the hospital.

A 7-year-old girl is in serious condition after sustaining burns in an incident believed to involve fireworks at a home on Nana Place in Kāneʻohe last night. Paramedics responded to the scene, provided treatment, and transported her to a hospital for further care, while neighbors observed the emergency response.

Despite a mandate from lawmakers, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has made almost no progress in helping more people in Hawaiʻi’s prisons and jails get vital identification before they are released. Between November 2024 and October 2025, about half of incarcerated people released from state prisons...

After declining to turn over data on residents who use food stamps to the federal government, including their immigration status, Hawaiʻi faces the threat of losing tens of millions in funding to operate the food aid program. Brooke Rollins, secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, vowed in December...

AIEA (HawaiiNewsNow) - An Aiea family is continuing a long-time Japanese tradition to welcome the new year: the pounding of mochi in a huge bowl made out of rock called an usu. For Debbie and Kevin Yoshino, it’s a way to bring family and friends together. Kevin Yoshino said,...

KAPOLEI, Hawaii (Island News) – A single-vehicle collision turned fatal after it was reported that a vehicle crashed into a fence in the Kalaeloa area, the morning of New Year’s Day. The collision occurred at approximately 8:50 a.m. at the intersection area of Coral Sea Road and Roosevelt...

A fatal car crash occurred in the Kalaeloa area this morning, on Jan. 1 around 8:50 a.m.

Hawai’i welcomed its first baby of 2026 early New Year’s Day with the birth of a boy at Kaiser Permanente Moanalua Medical Center in Honolulu, hospital officials said. Baby Jahryzen was born at 3:59 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 1, weighing 7 pounds, 6 ounces. He is the son...

Honolulu police and worried relatives are scrambling to find 81‑year‑old Francis Hawkins, who vanished after walking away from his Mailani Street home in Ewa Beach on Saturday morning. Family members say he needs daily medication, and police have labeled the search urgent. Police: Where And When Hawkins Was...

EWA BEACH (HawaiiNewsNow) - A 32-year-old man has been charged in connection with a crime spree involving a stolen car in Ewa Beach on Monday. Honolulu police say David Montoya got in two crashes after taking the car and fled both scenes. After that, he was accused of illegally entering...