Honolulu hospital workers end strike, return with new contract
Hospital workers in Honolulu are back on the job after a long-standing strike at Kapiolani Medical Center.
Hawaiʻi Is Doing Worse At Protecting Children, Based On A Sampling Of Cases
The Hawaiʻi agency responsible for protecting children is doing a worse job of that than a decade ago in all but two of 18 categories tracked in reports to the federal government. Compared to just two years ago, in fact, the performance of Child Welfare Services has deteriorated in...
Remembering Hawaiʻi’s Biggest Stories Of 2025
It was a year that started with a deadly fireworks explosion and ended with a plea from Honolulu’s mayor and law enforcement agencies for residents to mark the end of 2025 in a safer way. In the months between, Hawaiʻi residents faced a chaotic tsunami evacuation, marked a major...
Investigation underway for fire that damaged two homes in Kaneohe
HFD crews were called there just after 2 a.m., and the fire was brought under control in about half an hour.
Hawaiʻi’s Aging Condos Are A Senior Housing Crisis
Eight years ago, Civil Beat published “The Brutal Reality of Owning a Condo in Hawaiʻi,” highlighting sudden assessments, steep maintenance fee increases, and the absence of meaningful oversight in condominium governance. Today, the situation has not only persisted — it has evolved into a deeper, more urgent...
Transitional housing for homeless Native Hawaiians opens in West Oahu
Hale O Kumumamo, a former Navy facility in Kalaeloa, can provide temporary housing for up to 18 people.
Bomb threat emailed to Oahu synagogue prompts increased security, closure
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii News Now has learned an emailed bomb threat to the chaplain of a Jewish synagogue at Pearl Harbor triggered beefed-up security and the closure of another place of worship. With an ethnic slur in its subject line, the one-sentence message read ”alert NCIS: I am going...
Pre-Dawn Inferno Rips Through Kaneohe Block, Leaves Two Homeless
A quiet Kaneohe neighborhood woke up to chaos early Tuesday when a two-story home erupted in flames, sending a thick column of smoke over the area and scorching at least two nearby houses. Honolulu firefighters spent the pre-dawn hours knocking down the blaze as neighbors rushed outside. Everyone made it out safely,...
Honolulu Fish Auction sees record ahi catch for New Year’s feast
The Honolulu Fish Auction at Pier 38 is bustling with 100,000 lbs. of seafood just in time for New Year's. Locals and tourists alike scramble to get their hands on premium Ahi for their New Year's celebrations.
Kaimukī Gun-Flashing Moped Rider Busted After Morning Street Clash
Honolulu police say a heated argument on Kaimukī Avenue turned into a gun scare Monday morning when a 36-year-old man allegedly pulled out a silver handgun, threatened a 43-year-old man and then took off on a moped. The 43-year-old man was not injured, and officers later tracked down and arrested the suspect that...
