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Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 6:09 PM HST
|By Mark Carpenter
Providers say helping the homeless goes far beyond offering shelter.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 10:26 AM HST
|By HNN Staff
If repairs are needed, Honolulu's mayor said the opening will be pushed back to potentially early-2023.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 1:23 PM HST
|By Samie Solina
“We have to raise the prices, the prices are raised on us."
Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 6:24 PM HST
|By Rick Daysog
The median rent has ballooned by 19% since the beginning of the pandemic.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2022 at 10:44 AM HST
|By HNN Staff
The reason: She claims ineffective counsel.
Updated: Jul. 15, 2022 at 10:47 AM HST
|By HNN Staff
Slim cracks have been found in some concrete columns along the Honolulu rail line, potentially delaying its initial opening even further, project leaders say.
Updated: Jun. 16, 2022 at 4:37 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
State leaders say problems with the system date back nearly two decades.
Updated: Jun. 14, 2022 at 4:31 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
The reason? It appears a lot of it boils down to red tape and bureaucracy.
Ex-workers make troubling allegations about Waikiki hemp shop, including that teen customer got sick
Updated: Jun. 10, 2022 at 6:39 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
They say they took safety and labor complaints about Pinky’s Hempire to the state months ago.
Following HNN probe, lawmakers call on DOH to pull dangerously potent THC edibles from store shelves
Updated: Jun. 9, 2022 at 7:49 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
An HNN investigation revealed some products were as much as 12 times stronger than what’s allowed at licensed marijuana dispensaries.
Current Radar
Updated: Jun. 9, 2022 at 12:53 PM HST
|By Samie Solina
The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation says it’s hopeful residents will be using trains by the end of the year.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2022 at 7:25 AM HST
|By Allyson Blair
A medical expert called the findings alarming and potentially dangerous.
Updated: Jun. 6, 2022 at 3:52 PM HST
|By HNN Staff
It was a different story in the market for condos, however.
Updated: May. 25, 2022 at 4:38 PM HST
|By Samie Solina
"It keeps raising higher and higher.”
Updated: May. 24, 2022 at 7:15 PM HST
|By HNN Staff
The city said it hopes to open the route to Halekauwila Street in the next seven years.
Updated: May. 24, 2022 at 6:17 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
Three months later, the city still hasn’t found a property manager to rent the units.
Updated: May. 20, 2022 at 2:16 PM HST
|By HNN Staff
The report found just under 4,000 people are homeless on Oahu.
Updated: May. 10, 2022 at 4:00 PM HST
|By HNN Staff
The rail authority's CEO said the high cost is because the structure would be built on an area with unstable soil.
Updated: May. 6, 2022 at 6:30 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
There are believed to more than 300 families, totaling more than 1,200 people, who are homeless on Oahu.
Updated: May. 6, 2022 at 5:55 PM HST
|By HNN Staff
The plan also needs approval by the City Council.
Updated: May. 2, 2022 at 10:13 AM HST
|By HNN Staff
A full 20-mile route going to Ala Moana was expected to have a daily ridership of more than 100,000.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2022 at 6:48 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
Advocates for the poor say additional resources were key to keeping people in their homes and off the streets.
Updated: Feb. 10, 2022 at 10:21 PM HST
|By Samie Solina
River of Life Mission has been in Chinatown for 35 years, but residents were concerned about the crowds they attracted.
Updated: Jan. 21, 2022 at 1:49 PM HST
|By HNN Staff
The state Senate is considering a measure that would increase the minimum wage to $18 by 2026.
Updated: Jan. 14, 2022 at 6:34 AM HST
|By Rick Daysog
The trio were charged in connection with the $250,000 payout to ex-Police Chief Louis Kealoha and have pleaded not guilty.
Updated: Dec. 22, 2021 at 7:15 PM HST
|By HNN Staff
The city says the plan will place a priority on industrial tenants in the area to preserve business now operating there.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2021 at 6:00 PM HST
|By HNN Staff
But even with the additional funding, it probably won’t be enough to complete construction all the way to Ala Moana Center.
Updated: Nov. 16, 2021 at 11:52 PM HST
|By HNN Staff
The wheels were too small for the tracks that have already been laid.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2021 at 9:28 PM HST
|By Casey Lund
This is much more than a van stocked with supplies. For so many of houseless youth - it's a lifeline.
Updated: Oct. 28, 2021 at 5:37 PM HST
|By Rick Daysog
Randal Lee, white-collar crime expert, said when he began looking into the rail authority’s books he quickly spotted 76 questionable change orders.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2021 at 4:56 PM HST
|By Mark Carpenter
The project was paused after a COVID-related price hike in materials.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2021 at 3:21 PM HST
|By HNN Staff
The Howard Hughes Corporation owns land needed for the project along the route and near the proposed Kakaako rail station.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2021 at 7:50 PM HST
|By HNN Staff
Some councilmembers and rail skeptics worry that too much money will go to bail out the troubled mass transit project.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2021 at 8:46 PM HST
|By HNN Staff
The board was unhappy to learn the delay was due to lengthy negotiations with HECO over underground electrical lines.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2021 at 12:34 PM HST
|By HNN Staff
Condo prices were also up again, with the median price at $500,000. That’s up 16% over the year.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2021 at 5:01 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
Honolulu police tout it as a tool to build a safer community. But a criminologist is calling the department’s crime mapping website misleading.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2021 at 4:19 AM HST
|By Jolanie Martinez
Buyers from the mainland are further stiffening the already competitive market.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2021 at 12:23 PM HST
|By HNN Staff
He said he’s determined to see the project get built all the way to the Ala Moana Center and suggested part of it could go underground.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2021 at 6:38 PM HST
|By Lynn Kawano
Legal experts said there are a variety of reasons the group would meet with the city office at this point.
With beds at homeless shelters in high demand, IHS uses testing, vaccines in attempt to manage COVID
Updated: Aug. 9, 2021 at 5:06 PM HST
|By Allyson Blair
All guests must test negative for COVID within 48 hours of entering the shelter.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2021 at 3:40 PM HST
|By HNN Staff
Competition in the housing market remains stiff as homes are selling faster, getting more offers, and being sold for far over the asking price.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2021 at 9:12 PM HST
|By HNN Staff
The council will bring up the issue again next week Wednesday during their meeting.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2021 at 4:58 PM HST
|By HNN Staff
The stunning revelation was included in newly-filed court documents.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2021 at 3:56 PM HST
|By HNN Staff
His nomination was criticized because of his lack of construction, transportation, and government experience.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2021 at 2:19 PM HST
|By HNN Staff
The reports authors said Honolulu’s COVID-battered economy and high unemployment rate were the biggest factors driving the city’s fall in the rankings.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2021 at 3:23 PM HST
|By HNN Staff
The statewide average price for a gallon of regular was 81 cents lower this time last year, AAA Hawaii says.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2021 at 8:01 PM HST
|By HNN Staff
Senator Kurt Fevella is bringing attention to potential law violations.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2021 at 8:57 PM HST
|By Rick Daysog
“Their behind-the-scenes emails were all designed to fool the public."
Updated: Jun. 14, 2021 at 6:57 PM HST
|By HNN Staff
HART CEO Lori Kahikina said she double checked, and there weren't any procurement violations.
Updated: Jun. 14, 2021 at 5:21 PM HST
|By Lynn Kawano
But the dates could change if they do not comply with prison rules.