Humpback Whales Observed…UPDATE
More than 572 volunteers gathered data from the shores of Oahu, Kauai and Hawaii islands during the first event of...
Council Advances Sewer Fee Increase
Sewer fees will almost double for some and triple for others during the next three years under a plan the...
Bill to Decriminalize Pot Use Criticized
A hearing on a bill that would abolish nearly all criminal penalties relating to marijuana drew concern Tuesday about the...
Asset forfeiture bill clears committee hurdle
The state Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday passed unanimously, with amendments, a bill that would make it more difficult for...
New State Holiday Proposed
A holiday that originated in the Hawaiian Kingdom could be making a comeback. On Tuesday, the Senate Committee on Hawaiian...
California Deputies Help Lost Elephant Seal Find His Way Back Home
California Deputies Help Lost Elephant Seal Find His Way Back Home A lost elephant seal needed help finding his way...
Floating Sperm Whale Carcass That Looks Like Puffy Marshmallow Haunts Hawaii (photos)
Floating Sperm Whale Carcass That Looks Like Puffy Marshmallow Haunts Hawaii By Kimberly Hickok, Reference Editor Authorities tried to tow the...
Raise Age to Buy Tobacco Products to 100 in 2024 Proposed
Hawaii may once again be at the nation’s forefront when it comes to setting smoking policy. The first state to...
New Orleans Man Falls to Death in Hawaii
After Albert Jacob Stechmann III fell to his death from the 34th story of a high-rise building in Hawaii, his...
NTSB: Hawaii Should Use Cameras to Catch Speeders
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The NTSB has a recommendations to make Hawaii’s road safer. And drivers probably aren’t going to like...
Kauai resort employees amend lawsuit over locker room videos
LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) — Female employees of a Kauai resort have added claims of sexual harassment and retaliation to their...
Hawaii: Airbnb has acknowledged hosts not paying all taxes By AUDREY McAVOY
HONOLULU (AP) — A judge should compel Airbnb to hand over 10 years of receipts and other documents from its...
Southwest Airlines Completes Hawaii Test Flight
Southwest Airlines has completed a test flight from Oakland, California, to Honolulu to demonstrate to federal aviation officials that it...
Southwest Airlines to operate from gates G7-g10
Southwest Airlines to operate from gates G7-G10 upon receiving final approval from FAA HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation...
DUI Statistics for the Week
During the week of January 28, 2019, through February 3, 2019, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested sixteen (16) motorists for driving...
Hawai’i Island Crime Updates
The second assailant in the violent 2016 rape of a woman at Old Kona Airport Park was sentenced up to...
Kim & Police Prepare for TMT Protests
While law enforcers are preparing a response to anticipated protests of the Thirty Meter Telescope on Maunakea, Mayor Harry Kim...
Kohala Obituary 1/2/2019
Laurence I. Kidani, 67, of Paauilo died Jan. 2 in Kapaau. Born in Laupahoehoe, he was a retired transportation driver...
Hui Malama Ola Na ‘Oiwi medical team
Hui Malama Ola Na ‘Oiwi recently announced the expansion of its health services to include a medical and behavioral health...
GET Hike Clear Committee
A doubling and 10-year extension of the county’s general excise tax moved forward Monday on an 8-1 vote after the...
