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Philadelphia man shocked to discover true identity after finding himself on a missing kids website
Steve Carter, a Philadelphia-based salesman, had always been curious about his past. He knew he was adopted from an orphanage in Honolulu, Hawaii at the age of four, but the reasons behind it remained a mystery. As he grew older, his desire to uncover his true identity intensified, leading him...
Candidate Q&A: Office Of Hawaiian Affairs Molokai Trustee — Luana Alapa
Editor’s note: For Hawaii’s Nov. 8 General Election, Civil Beat asked candidates to answer some questions about where they stand on various issues and what their priorities will be if elected. The following came from Luana Alapa, candidate for Office of Hawaiian Affairs Molokai trustee. The other candidates...
Candidate Q&A: State House District 45 — Christopher Muraoka
Editor’s note: For Hawaii’s Aug. 10 Primary Election, Civil Beat asked candidates to answer some questions about where they stand on various issues and what their priorities will be if elected. The following came from Christopher Muraoka, Republican candidate for State House District 45, which covers Waianae and...
‘He who speaks softly yet moves mountains’: Late Big Island lawmaker Mark Nakashima praised by family, friends, colleagues and constituents
The soup she made him was still in the slow cooker from the day before. She ate a little bit, but he would have eaten a lot. He liked her cooking. She was wearing his Hilo High School shirt as she wrote, thinking about him. “Your toothbrush is here, where...
HPD looking for man, 31, who escaped police custody
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Honolulu Police Department officials are searching for a man who escaped custody Sunday morning just before 11 a.m. Police say 31-year-old David Montoya was being booked at the Kapolei Station for a restraining order violation and warrants when he fled. Montoya is approximately 5-foot-9-inches tall, weighs 170...
Pedestrian killed in fatal car crash in Kahului
HONOLULU (KHON2) — A motor vehicle collision occured on West Wakea Avenue at the intersection with Onehee Avenue in Kahului at 11:17 a.m. on Saturday. According to MPD, a silver 2024 Lexus SUV made a left turn from the Queen Ka’ahumanu Center onto West Wakea Avenue when it crashed into a pedestrian. The pedestrian, a […]
Hawaiʻi Launches Heat Safety Awareness Campaign
ISLAND OF HAWAIʻI - Officials say rising temperatures and high relative humidity levels pose a significant health risk, even in Hawaiʻi. (BIVN) – Hawaiʻi County is collaborating with the State Department of Health to raise awareness on heat safety over the summer months. All four counties...
Agricultural land to be donated to North Shore Community Land Trust
NORTH SHORE, Hawaii (KHON2) — Yue-Sai Kan, a well-known philanthropist, media and fashion icon, has donated her nearly five-acre agricultural-designated property to the North Shore Community Land Trust (NSCLT). The settlement was approved by the State Board of Land and Natural Resources on Friday. Kan purchased the Marconi Point property with a vision to transform […]
Crater Road fire update: MEMA encourages residents to prepare for potential evacuations
HONOLULU (KHON2) — Maui Emergency Management Agency sent an emergency advisory to prepare residents for potential evacuations due to the fire on Crater Road in Maui. At 4:11 p.m., although no evacuation orders have been given, residents above Kekaulike and Haleakala highways between Upper Kimo and Waipoli roads are encouraged to prepare for potential evacuations. […]
Hawaii GOP Chair Tamara McKay & Dem. Chair Derek Durbin address Trump assassination attempt
BUTLER, Pennsylvania (Island News) -- Parties on both sides in Hawaii condemned violence, including the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump Saturday in Pennsylvania. Hawaii GOP Chair Tamara McKay told Island News, "At first when we heard it, I was with a group of people because we're over here...
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