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American Savings Bank wants you to Buy Local & Save Local with Brick Oven Pizza
HONOLULU (HI Now) - Buy local and save local when you use any American Savings Bank Visa® Debit Card at one of their participating partners like Brick Oven Pizza! Get $15 off when you spend $70 or more with any ASB Visa® Debit Card*. Brick Oven Pizza Hawaii...
UH project awarded $6.5M grant aimed at boosting cyberinfrastructure in Pacific
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A University of Hawaii project has been awarded a 5-year, $6.5 million grant aimed at supporting the enhancement of cyberinfrastructure adoption, capacity and training in the Pacific region. The grant comes from the National Science Foundation. The project will provide both students and faculty with educational opportunities...
ChefZone, Murphy’s share experience from Honolulu Chinatown power outage
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Honolulu Chinatown and downtown restaurants are still recovering from June’s three-day power outage, and getting support from industry supplier ChefZone. Murphy’s Bar and Grill owner Don Murphy and ChefZone’s general manager Percy Lau joined HNN’s Sunrise to talk about an initiative by Y. Hata and the...
Haiku Stairs: City urges public restraint, portions set for removal despite injunction
HONOLULU (KHON2) — Portions of iconic Stairway to Heaven will soon be removed despite the court’s temporary injunction. The City and Sean Pager, president of Friends of Haiku Stairs, are urging the public to refrain from hiking the trail. “It’s really a tragic mistake that we’ve gotten where we are,” Pager said. “But hopefully we […]
Structural integrity of iconic Pioneer Mill in Lahaina raises concerns
HONOLULU (KHON2) — Concerns about the structural integrity of the iconic Pioneer Mill smokestack in Lahaina, Maui. The County says the base of the structure is cracking, but there is no imminent threat of a collapse. As a safety measure, they did close part of Lahainaluna Road. They established an exclusion zone, one and a […]
Darius Muasau joins former UH coordinator with Giants
Training camps for the 2024 NFL season are opening across the country. In New York, the Giants welcomed rookies last week, ahead of the veterans who are set to check in on Tuesday. Among the new faces in the Giants’ camp is Mililani graduate, former University of Hawaii, and UCLA linebacker Darius Muasau. Muasau was […]
Jury Convicts Honolulu Businessman Michael Miske
(AP) – Jurors in the federal racketeering trial of Michael Miske found him guilty Thursday of 13 of 16 counts, including racketeering conspiracy and murder in aid of racketeering in connection to the 2016 killing of Johnathan Fraser. Some spectators cried and others uttered a quiet “yes” or sighed...
Wailuku, Kīhei swimming pools to close temporarily for installation of new chlorination systems
County of Maui swimming pools in Wailuku and Kīhei will close temporarily for the installation of new chlorination systems, the County Department of Parks and Recreation announced. The closures will occur at the following times and locations:. Today, Monday, July 22, to Friday, July 26, at Coach Soichi Sakamoto...
'It just really hits home': Upper Kula residents reflect on Crater Road fire scare
Maui's Crater Road fire on the slopes of Haleakalā that ignited on July 10 is now 80% contained after burning nearly 600 acres. Maui Fire and state Department of Land and Natural Resources personnel continue to monitor it closely and control hot spots. Kari McCarthy had her bags packed...
Piihana Road fire fully contained, evacuation orders lifted
WAILUKU, Hawaii (Island News) -- After battling a roughly 4-acre fire in Wailuku for hours, Maui emergency crews fully contained the blaze after fighting it for hours on Monday. Several residents along Pi'ihana Road were forced to evacuate as first responders battled the blaze. The orders have since been lifted...
Wailea Community Association ‘adopts’ UHMC Nursing Program
The Wailea Community Association (WCA) started supporting the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College Nursing Program during the pandemic. Since then, it has donated almost $300,000, with almost $100,000 of that just this year. The shift in the WCA’s scholarship strategy during the pandemic led to its support of Maui’s...
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