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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The agency in charge of housing Native Hawaiians is exploring an innovative solution they hope will shorten their waitlist of beneficiaries. The Department of Hawaiian Homelands launched a pilot program with modular homes. They arrive on a barge after being built in a Buena Vista Colorado factory....

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The City and County of Honolulu has opened emergency shelters across Oahu due to the threat of heavy rain and possible flash flooding. Hawaii News Now’s First Alert Weather Team has declared Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday as First Alert Weather Days as a trough brings potential heavy showers and isolated thunderstorms with intense rain rates.

HONOLULU (Hawaiʻi News Now) — A terrifying attempted kidnapping in broad daylight on the Diamond Head Gold Coast was caught on video. Around noon Monday, surveillance video shows a truck parked outside the Kainalu condominium on Coconut Avenue. Police say a man went inside the garage, confronted two women and then chased the younger one.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Sentencing was postponed Tuesday for an Anchorage woman convicted in an animal cruelty case that included video of her striking her Saint Bernard dog with a shovel, after testimony from character witnesses ran long. Michelle Anne Appel, 50, was scheduled to be sentenced on a Class...

Ballots are already being turned in to the Kitsap County Auditor's Office for the general election measure that has the potential to change Kitsap’s electric future. The measure stems from Puget Sound Energy customers voicing frustration over increasing electric rates, driven by the need to meet state mandates for clean power in the future, prompting Kitsap Public Utility District's board to place Proposition 1 on the ballot. The measure itself only opens the door to KPUD becoming the county's e

A historic downtown Centralia business will conclude regular operations on Dec. 31 after 131 years of operation.  On Monday, Oct. 26, Churchill Glove Company, which was founded in 1895, ...

Thousands of Washingtonians tried their luck and tolerance for rain, wind and cold for a chance of being featured on “Wheel of Fortune” last weekend at Tulalip Resort and Casino in Tulalip. “We’re looking for contestants that are fun and personable, but also have a personal connection to the show,” Supervising Contestant Producer for “Wheel Of Fortune”, Rayna Apploff told The Herald in an interview. “It’s been so fun to be here and to meet everyone.” Outside the casino, people lined the sidewalk

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The U.S. Secret Service spent two days visiting Portland businesses and checking card readers for illegal skimming devices as part of a nationwide effort to combat payment card and EBT fraud. The Portland operation was part of an eight-day effort that also took agents to...

A colorful mural painted across the outside of a newly opened Salem ice cream shop could be covered up after the business received notice that its building does not comply with city sign regulations. On Any Sundae opened its second storefront at 3239 Market St. NE on Sept. 6. As...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Army Maj. Harry Conrad Hoffmeyer, known as ‘Uncle Henry’ to Rogue River grand-niece, interred eight decades after his presumed death in 1945. Sunshine and a cool breeze washed over the hillside of the Eagle Point National Cemetery on Saturday as nearly 100...