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Out of System's Luau grass volleyball tournament taking in last minute competitors
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The popular social media volleyball crew “Out of System” is heading back to Hawaii this summer for their third annual tournament. The 2024 Luau Grass Volleyball Tournament is set for July 21st at Kailua District Park. This year the tourney is expanding its divisions and...
Saturday morning weather - Moderate to windy trade winds expected
HONOLULU (Island News) – Honolulu is currently experiencing moderate trade winds, which are expected to increase to breezy and locally windy conditions starting early next week. A weak disturbance is passing through, enhancing cloud cover and shower activity primarily over windward and mauka areas today. This is not expected...
Hilo Juvenile Charged For Waiakea School Property Crimes
HILO, Hawaiʻi - Two individuals reportedly broke into a Waiakea Elementary School office and sprayed fire extinguishers taken from a Waiakea Intermediate School shed. (BIVN) – A 15-year-old male juvenile from Hilo has been arrested and charged with burglary and other property offenses, following two incidents that occurred on two Waiakea school campuses on July 17th.
The Queens’ Culinary Market Returns to Queens’ Marketplace
Honolulu (KHON2) – The Queens’ Culinary Market is held every second and fourth Thursday of the month from 3:30PM to 6:00PM at the Queens’ Marketplace in Waikoloa Beach Resort. The inspiration behind the market was to create a space where locals and visitors alike can come together...
Live Opossum Captured in Downtown Honolulu
A live opossum was captured outside a downtown office building yesterday morning. An area office worker saw the opossum on a window ledge in the gated doorway outside the Austin Building at 223 S. King St. and reported it to the Honolulu Police Department. Arriving officers were able to capture the animal using a broomstick and a plastic bin.
Owner of Bar Koko in Honolulu fined for illegally removing yellow placard
HONOLULU (Island News) -- The owner of Bar Koko in Honolulu was fined $3,000 by the Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) for unlawfully removing its yellow “conditional pass” placard. The yellow placard was initially issued to the restaurant on July 3 when a routine safety inspection found critical...
Employee service award winner commended for going above and beyond
Kathleen “Kathie” Kane, the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa director for the Office of Faculty Development and Academic Support (OFDAS), is the 2024 recipient of the UH Board of Regents (BOR) Willard Wilson Award for Distinguished Service. Kane was presented with the honor by UH President David Lassner and BOR Chair Gabriel Lee at the BOR July 18 meeting. She says she was stunned when she was told that she would be receiving the award.
UH’s Machado signs free agent deal with Atlanta Braves
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa designated hitter and catcher Austin Machado signed a free agent deal with the Atlanta Braves following this past weekend’s Major League Baseball draft and will begin his pro career in the coming weeks. Machado made a huge impact in his only year...
Lara Claydon and Scotty Fong take top honors at Ole Longboard Classic
Lara Claydon and Scotty Fong took top honors at the 30th annual Ole Longboard Classic, Saturday at Launiupoko Park. Claydon and Fong won the two biggest divisions, the Open Women and Open Men, with 30 and 36 competitors, respectively. More than 200 entries in 15 divisions were treated to a rising south swell that produced head-high waves.
iHeartMedia Promotes Kim Williams To Alaska/Hawaii Area President.
IHeartMedia has announced that Kim Williams will succeed Andy Lohman as Area President of their Alaska and Hawaii properties upon Lohman’s retirement on October 1. Williams, who has been Market President for their Fairbanks AK cluster since 2009, will oversee operations in Anchorage, Fairbanks and Honolulu. She began her career as an account executive in Anchorage for Pacific Star Communications through their absorption into AMFM and Clear Channel.
New movie 'At Her Feet', shining spotlight on Hawaii set for release
HONOLULU (Island News) -- "At Her Feet" will premiere theatrically on August 2 at the Hilo Palace Theater in Hilo, and continue with a Maui Premiere on Sunday, August 11. Providing a spotlight on the Aloha State, the film will expand to other theaters throughout Hawaii, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
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