Lawmakers Want to Toughen DUI Laws
HILO — Lawmakers vowed changes in reaction to a traffic collision near Ala Moana Center at the end of January...
Upcoming Events
Engineers Week is Feb. 18-23, and Thelma Parker Memorial Public and School Library in Waimea is celebrating with an Engineering...
BIIF Kohala Boys basketball
Waiakea kept running and wouldn’t stop, and Kohala just couldn’t keep up. The Warriors put on a layup drill to...
Big Island Crime Briefs
A Hilo man and woman have pleaded not guilty in connection to charges related to a reported robbery in the...
Mayor to lawmakers: Fixing Highway 132 is ‘No. 1 priority.’
A bill to provide state funding for restoring lava-covered portions of Highway 132 cleared its first committee Wednesday at the...
Judge: DBEDT Must Adhere to Solar Water Heater Mandate
Environmentalist and renewable energy advocates are hailing a court decision Tuesday ordering the state Department of Business, Economic Development and...
Woman Throws 30th Birthday For 130 Abused, Neglected Children
More GOOD NEWS.... Woman Throws 30th Birthday For 130 Abused, Neglected Children A woman in San Antonio celebrated her 30th...
Ring Camera Shows Dogs Running For Help After Owner Collapses
Ring Camera Shows Dogs Running For Help After Owner Collapses Surveillance footage shows the moment two dogs ran out of...
Hawaii Lawmakers Want to Fight Mosquitoes
By Ashley Nagaoka HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - State lawmakers are exploring a new possibility to combating mosquitoes in Hawaii. They want...
10 Best Beaches in Hawaii (Newsweek)
THE 10 BEST BEACHES IN HAWAII WHETHER YOU WANT TO SURF, SCUBA OR SUNTAN, THERE'S A HAWAIIAN BEACH WAITING FOR...
Hawaii Tsunami Expert Warns ‘Culture Ending EVENT’
A GEOPHYSICIST has predicted a catastrophic event could occur in the future, which would send Hawaii “into the Stone Age”,...
KĀKOU, Civic Engagement App to “Tap Into Democracy”
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii’s first ever civic engagement app, KĀKOU, is putting the power of change in the palm of...
Federal Public Lands Package Includes Hawaii Priorities
HONOLULU (KHON2) - Today, Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) took to the Senate floor to urge the swift passage of...
Hawaii Graduate Designs Wearable Tech that Could Prevent Stillbirths
By Jim Mendoza HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - When Nathan Neeley’s wife, Bianca, was pregnant she wore a small wrap around her...
Proposed Law Would Block Porn Sites Unless Users Pay $20
(CNN)Lawmakers in Hawaii have introduced legislation that would require internet users to pay a one-time $20 fee to gain access...
Bail Reform Bills Introduced
By Mileka Lincoln HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Last year, all of Hawaii’s jails were overcrowded. Most were operating at least 25...
Number of Registered Guns in Hawaii Unknown
HONOLULU (AP) — A state study says Hawaii does not have an accurate count of legally owned and registered guns,...
Hawaii Pidgin Word Added to Oxford English Dictionary
HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaii pidgin adjective for “messed up” has been listed in the Oxford English Dictionary. The Honolulu...
Ex-OHA Trustee Rowena Akana $23k Fine for 47 Violations
Former Office of Hawaiian Affairs Trustee Rowena Akana was fined more than $23,000 today by the state Ethics Commission for...
Kona man charged in numerous thefts in Kailua-Kona: Ian Paleka
Hawaiʻi Island Police have charged a 44-year-old Kona man with a variety of offenses after police initially determined the man...
