Sunday, February 26 2012 2:21 AM EST2012-02-26 07:21:06 GMT
RUSTON, La. (HawaiiNewsNow) – The University of Hawai'i men's basketball team concluded an arduous three-game road trip with an 84-67 loss to Louisiana Tech SaturdayMore >>
Saturday, February 25 2012 10:47 PM EST2012-02-26 03:47:28 GMT
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Skateboarders would be required to wear a helmet under a bill now being considered in the state Legislature. The original legislation would have required helmets for skateboardersMore >>
Saturday, February 25 2012 2:19 PM EST2012-02-25 19:19:13 GMT
A Flash Flood Watch is posted for the island of Kauai until 6 a.m. Sunday. Forecasters said a deep trough to the west of the islands will lead to unstable conditions over Kauai. More >>
Saturday, February 25 2012 3:59 AM EST2012-02-25 08:59:08 GMT
Daniel Grabauskus; Finalist to be CEO
The authority overseeing the development of Honolulu fixed-rail transit system announced that it has picked Daniel Grabauskus as the finalist to be its chief executive officer.More >>
Saturday, February 25 2012 3:09 AM EST2012-02-25 08:09:36 GMT
The University of Hawai'i men's volleyball team emptied the bench in a four-set victory over Nittaidai of Japan, Friday, in the first of two exhibition matches at the Stan Sheriff Center. Set scores were 25-19, 25-19, 21-25, and 25-23. More >>
Saturday, February 25 2012 3:04 AM EST2012-02-25 08:04:28 GMT
Honolulu (HawaiiNewsNow) – The University of Hawai'i baseball team defeated Wagner College on Friday, 5-2, in game two of their series. The Rainbows even their record at 3-3 while the Seahawks fall to 0-2.
Saturday, February 25 2012 1:49 AM EST2012-02-25 06:49:23 GMT
Clean up crews dig at debris left by the fire and demolition of the University of Hawaii's Fiscal Management building. But on the other side of the barricade, in apartments side-by-side...More >>
Saturday, February 25 2012 1:40 AM EST2012-02-25 06:40:17 GMT
A groundbreaking ceremony was held Friday on the slope above Chun's Reef on Oahu's North Shore where the state's largest wind farm is expected to open before the end of the year...More >>
Saturday, February 25 2012 12:36 AM EST2012-02-25 05:36:58 GMT
Fourteen months after Hawaii Pacific University baseball player Zachary Manago was killed during a bicycle ride, the Army man charged in the case has given up his court fight...More >>
Friday, February 24 2012 11:10 PM EST2012-02-25 04:10:51 GMT
By: Denise Yuki HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Le Jardin Academy's first grade students got their hands dirty for the sake of education and sustainability Friday, during the grand opening of its Aqua-HydroponicMore >>
Friday, February 24 2012 8:23 PM EST2012-02-25 01:23:57 GMT
Big Island police are asking for the public's help finding a man wanted for questioning in connection with an assault at Punaluu Black Sands Beach on January 12.More >>
Friday, February 24 2012 5:25 PM EST2012-02-24 22:25:34 GMT
The U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) has recorded more than 100 earthquakes in a swarm that began around 1:17 a.m. on Wednesday.More >>
Whether it's pruning friends lists, removing unwanted comments or restricting access to their profiles, Americans are getting more privacy-savvy on social networks, a new report found.More >>
Lawyers will deliver their final arguments to a military jury in the trial of a Hawaii-based Marine accused of hazing another Marine who killed himself in Afghanistan shortly after the alleged abuse.More >>
Friday, February 24 2012 3:57 AM EST2012-02-24 08:57:11 GMT
Former University of Hawaii Warrior quarterback Colt Brennan is taking another stab at playing professional football. He's in California getting back into shape...More >>
Friday, February 24 2012 3:56 AM EST2012-02-24 08:56:29 GMT
A teen accused in the beating death of a taxi driver two years ago says a comment he posted on his Facebook page shows he wasn't at the scene...More >>
Friday, February 24 2012 1:42 AM EST2012-02-24 06:42:37 GMT
A city inspector has told the owner of a new tobacco shop on North King Street in Kalihi if he does not remove a large sign from an exterior wall, he may be fined for violating Honolulu's...More >>
Friday, February 24 2012 1:28 AM EST2012-02-24 06:28:55 GMT
AIEA (HawaiiNewsNow) - Paradise Optical in Aiea celebrates a half-century in business next year. Over the decades, this family-owned shop has seen big changes. In our "Small Business in Hawaii Works",More >>
Friday, February 24 2012 1:09 AM EST2012-02-24 06:09:58 GMT
The sign on the door says "Buy what you need. Get what you want." But if you shop at Sears in the Ala Moana Center, those shopping days are numbered...More >>
Thursday, February 23 2012 9:26 PM EST2012-02-24 02:26:26 GMT
The son of a retired deputy police chief already awaiting trial in a felony shoplifting case has been charged with another theft at a high-end retail...More >>
Thursday, February 23 2012 7:40 PM EST2012-02-24 00:40:50 GMT
Hawaii Pacific University sophomore Matthew Felton shares an apartment close to campus. It's pricey but close. "I don't take any classes at the windward campus," Felton said...More >>
Thursday, February 23 2012 7:08 PM EST2012-02-24 00:08:15 GMT
An autopsy by the Honolulu Medical Examiner's office confirmed Wednesday that the death of a construction worker was caused by injuries he suffered when a trench he and two other men were digging collapsed.More >>
Customers have been leaving T-Mobile USA, the country's No. 4 cellphone company, for the last two years. Now that all three of the bigger carriers have the iPhone, that stream has turned into a flood.More >>
Thursday, February 23 2012 12:24 PM EST2012-02-23 17:24:32 GMT
Seven U.S. Marines were killed Wednesday night when two helicopters collided midair over the dessert in a training exercise near Yuma, AZ. The identities of the Marines - who were preparing for deployment to Afghanistan - have not been released. More >>
Thursday, February 23 2012 11:40 AM EST2012-02-23 16:40:55 GMT
Joe Francis's tab at Wynn Las Vegas has gotten a lot bigger. The "Girls Gone Wild" founder has lost a defamation suit with the Las Vegas hotel/casino. Steve Wynn and Wynn Las Vegas were awarded $7.5More >>
Thursday, February 23 2012 9:07 AM EST2012-02-23 14:07:18 GMT
Hawaii News Now has learned that Kauai Police Chief Darryl Perry was turned away from his office when he tried return to work Wednesday morning in a power struggle with Mayor Bernard Carvalho.More >>
Thursday, February 23 2012 8:52 AM EST2012-02-23 13:52:44 GMT
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Space junkies, strap on your spacesuits! The University of Hawaii and NASA are on the hunt for participants for a first-of-its-kind habitat study to Mars. NASA has a missionMore >>
Thursday, February 23 2012 6:21 AM EST2012-02-23 11:21:23 GMT
Eight more bodies were found aboard the shipwrecked Costa Concordia a month after the cruise liner struck rocks off the coast of Italy, and seven cruise line employees were being investigated.More >>
Wednesday, February 22 2012 8:42 PM EST2012-02-23 01:42:28 GMT
The U.S. Army unveiled the world's first fleet of fuel cell vehicles during a ceremony at Fort Shafter on Wednesday morning. The cars, sixteen specially-designedMore >>
Wednesday, February 22 2012 3:00 PM EST2012-02-22 20:00:33 GMT
Professional wrestler CM Punk, whose real name is Phil Brooks, tweeted, "I would like @chrisbrown fight somebody that can defend themselves" on his Twitter account.More >>
Wednesday, February 22 2012 10:49 AM EST2012-02-22 15:49:40 GMT
Guests and staff members had a brief scare at two Waikiki hotels early Wednesday morning. The fires broke out at the Hawaii Prince Hotel and the Ala Moana Hotel.More >>
T-Mobile USA, which just had its acquisition by AT&T blocked by regulators, is urging the federal government to block another deal in the wireless world: Verizon's planned purchase of spectrum from cable companies...More >>
Wednesday, February 22 2012 2:42 AM EST2012-02-22 07:42:52 GMT
Governor Abercrombie and the state's health director have come out on different sides in a lawsuit challenging the state's ban on same-sex marriage.More >>
Wednesday, February 22 2012 12:02 AM EST2012-02-22 05:02:36 GMT
When Richard Torres visits his fathers grave, he's like scores of others who have to bring their own water, or hunt for a working faucet at the Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery...More >>
By The Associated Press Netflix has locked up the right to show "The Artist" and other movies from The Weinstein Co. on its Internet video service before the films are released to the leading pay-TV...More >>
Tuesday, February 21 2012 3:47 AM EST2012-02-21 08:47:53 GMT
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Sometimes, even good guys go bad! Olympic gold medalist, Apolo Ohno, guest starred the February 20th episode of Hawaii Five-0 - as a thief and murder suspect. But before theMore >>
Tuesday, February 21 2012 12:01 AM EST2012-02-21 05:01:13 GMT
Time for a tune-up for Hawaii's first electric cars. One year after they began selling in the islands we break-down the difference between gas-guzzlers and plug-ins...More >>
Monday, February 20 2012 11:47 PM EST2012-02-21 04:47:10 GMT
A recent poll showed 53 percent of people on Oahu want rail stopped and 43 percent want it to forge ahead. On Monday, U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye...More >>
Monday, February 20 2012 11:28 PM EST2012-02-21 04:28:44 GMT
KUALOA (HawaiiNewsNow) - The "Flyin' Hawaiian" takes on Hollywood! Maui's own Shane Victorino has never even taken an acting lesson, but when producers of Hawaii Five-0 came calling, the PhiladelphiaMore >>
Monday, February 20 2012 10:03 PM EST2012-02-21 03:03:09 GMT
ust before 4 am, the roads started to shut down. The START sign went up and thousands of runners started to mass downtown. Nearly 30,000 participants this year, young and old. More >>
Monday, February 20 2012 1:23 PM EST2012-02-20 18:23:33 GMT
The State Department of Transportation sheltered some stranded passengers in an airport conference room Thursday night, who managed to get flights home to Australia today.More >>
Monday, February 20 2012 11:23 AM EST2012-02-20 16:23:34 GMT
The lowest gasoline prices in Hawaii, at discount stations on Oahu, are now over $4 a gallon, while gasoline is now selling for well over $5 a gallon on Molokai.More >>
Sony is intensifying its push in handheld gaming with a gadget aimed at hardcore players looking for something with a bit more punch than "Angry Birds," ''Words With Friends" and other smartphone pastimes.More >>
Monday, February 20 2012 10:05 AM EST2012-02-20 15:05:29 GMT
When Hawaii hoteliers are done accommodating Australian visitors stranded by the collapse of Air Australia, they'll have to deal with other visitors who booked rooms but won't be coming now.More >>
Xavier Alvarez was in good company when he stood up at a public meeting and called himself a wounded war veteran who had received the top military award, the Medal of Honor.More >>
Sunday, February 19 2012 10:43 PM EST2012-02-20 03:43:57 GMT
Health officials have advised the public to stay out of the waters near Keehi Lagoon and Sand Island State Park after a wastewater spill Sunday.More >>
Friday, February 17 2012 10:29 PM EST2012-02-18 03:29:22 GMT
Your Hawaii drivers license is more than just your picture on plastic. The card contains a wealth of information about you. "A drivers license contains significant personal...More >>
Friday, February 17 2012 9:48 PM EST2012-02-18 02:48:07 GMT
Students, teachers, and high ranking military dignitaries attended a somber ceremony at Damien Memorial School Friday morning to watch the portrait unveiling of fallen war hero, Jonathan Brostrom.More >>
Friday, February 17 2012 9:01 PM EST2012-02-18 02:01:49 GMT
Ziplining popularity is growing by leaps and bounds but after the first fatality in the country last September so are questions about safety in the unregulated industry...More >>
Friday, February 17 2012 8:51 PM EST2012-02-18 01:51:28 GMT
The Hawaii Community Foundation Friday announced that it will sponsor two public talks in Honolulu featuring Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, April 14th and 15th.More >>
Friday, February 17 2012 8:33 PM EST2012-02-18 01:33:34 GMT
Sources tell Hawaii News Now that a female tourist who was in Hawaii on her honeymoon is dead following a motorcycle crash near Crouching Lion. More >>
The union representing Hawaii's public school teachers has reached a tentative agreement on a key element of the state's Race to the Top grant that has recently been put in jeopardy because of unsatisfactory progress...More >>
President Barack Obama on Friday called for more steps to help U.S. companies compete overseas, standing in front of an enormous Boeing Dreamliner to summon a bright future for American manufacturing and exports.More >>
Friday, February 17 2012 7:27 PM EST2012-02-18 00:27:11 GMT
KONA (HawaiiNewsNow) - A South Kona man who set himself on fire and attempted to do the same to his ex-girlfriend has been charged with attempted murder and six other offenses. Robert York, 27, of HonaunauMore >>
Friday, February 17 2012 2:22 PM EST2012-02-17 19:22:04 GMT
The Brisbane-based budget carrier Air Australia was placed into voluntary administration today, grounding all flights and stranding hundreds of passengers worldwide.More >>
Police say a terrorism suspect has been arrested in an FBI sting operation near the U.S. Capitol while planning to detonate what he thought were explosives.More >>
Recall-plagued Johnson & Johnson is pulling all infant Tylenol off the U.S. market because some parents have had problems with redesigned bottles, introduced three months ago, that the company touted as a big safety...More >>
Clearwire Corp., which runs a wireless data network used mainly by Sprint customers, says it may need to raise more money because it doesn't know how much revenue it will be able to pull in from a fourth-generation...More >>