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HONOLULU (Island News) -- The Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) reported the fourth travel-related dengue fever case in the state this year. The infected person recently returned to Oahu after traveling to a region where dengue is common. The expected risk of transmission is low due to specifics surrounding this...

First Alert Forecast: Comfortable, stable conditions ahead, slightly stronger winds due over the weekend.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Over the last five decades, the Protect Kaho‘olawe ‘Ohana (PKO) has led hundreds of trips to Kaho‘olawe. Those journeys are not possible without the Lu’uwai family of Makena, Maui, captains of the Pualele and Pualele Iki, the main transport vessels to the island.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Crews from the Board of Water Supply are working to repair a 12-inch water main break that left a watery mess in front of Noelani Elementary School in Manoa. The rupture was reported just after 11:30 a.m. Thursday on Woodlawn Drive. BWS said the break is affecting...

Four seats on the University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents need to be filled before July 1. The Candidate Advisory Council for the University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents has presented a list of candidates to Gov. Josh Green to fill two Honolulu County seats for five-year appointments.

In a case of mistaken identity, a man who was wrongfully arrested and detained at a Hawaiʻi state psychiatric hospital for two years is set to receive a $975,000 payout from the City and County of Honolulu. Joshua Spriestersbach had been living on the street in 2017 when police...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — It’s the end of an era as another longtime local business plans to close its doors. For nearly eight decades, the most famous pink building in Kalihi-Palama was the regular stop for purveyors and consumers of seafood. Three generations of Tamashiros provided the community with ready-made and...

Audio will be added after the show. The Conversation airs weekdays from 11 a.m. to noon on HPR-1. HPR's Ashley Mizuo reports on how storm recovery efforts might affect the state's budget. Randal Collins with Honolulu's Department of Emergency Management asks Oʻahu residents to complete storm damage reports by today...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The city is continuing to collect tons of storm debris from Waialua. Drone video shows the massive collection of flood debris at the Patsy T. Mink Central Oahu Regional Park. Crews in Waialua on Thursday operated 20 dump trucks, two vacuum trucks, three loaders, and two backhoes,...

On March 26, 2026, the Honolulu Fire Department (HFD) responded to a 911 call about a hiker in distress on the Lēʻahi (Diamond Head Crater) Trail in Kahala. Six HFD units with 18 personnel were dispatched. Firefighters reached the woman, who was in her 50s and had suffered a medical emergency, provided basic life...