Statewide news from the NOW network
Latest Hawaii news and headlines from Maui, the Big Island, Kauaʻi and across the state. HawaiiNow brings together reporting from the NOW news network and provides a continuously updated overview of what is happening across Hawaiʻi.
The 100th family received their home-shopping letter on Tuesday through Maui County's Ho‘okumu Hou First-Time Homebuyer Opportunity Program, which provides eligible households…
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The County Council is urging the governor and mayor to prioritize and fund proactive vegetation management to mitigate trees falling over power lines and roadways during natural…
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This agreement resolves a case that has included two jury trials where Vincent Hilario was twice convicted of first-degree murder for fatally shooting Aureo Moore above Anahola…
Read on Kauaʻi Now →Maui Now’s biggest local developments include the serious injury in Nāpili after a fall into an electrical vault, the planned Nov. 10 grand opening of ʻUlu o Lele in Lahaina, and a county committee’s support for temporary sewer service for the new Central Maui School. The island is also seeing community and culture coverage, including a preview of the 120th anniversary celebration of Filipinos in Hawaiʻi.
On Hawaiʻi Island, Big Island Now is following a Puna vehicle-theft case, the reopening of Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole Elementary after a water outage, and construction work beginning on the Koaiʻe self-help affordable housing project in Waimea. The county council is also looking at vegetation management after Hurricane Lala, according to Big Island Now.
Kauaʻi Now is tracking recovery from Hurricane Lowell, including housing and rebuilding needs as emergency assistance applications near an Oct. 24 deadline. The island also has a major court development in the 16-year-old murder case involving Vincent Hilario, plus community updates such as the relocation of Kauaʻi Recycles drop-off bins to Kīlauea.
Statewide items in the material include the University of Hawaiʻi’s new Microsoft 365 access for all 10 campuses and FEMA’s new online option to buy National Flood Insurance Program policies, both reported by Maui Now. Big Island Now and Kauaʻi Now also carried broader weather and recovery updates tied to recent storms.
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Hilo Rest Of Tonight: Cloudy. Numerous showers early in the evening, then showers after midnight. Lows 65 to 71 near the shore to around 56 at 4000 feet. Southwest winds up to 10…
Read on Big Island Now →Photo Credit: Karsten Winegeart West Kaua’i Rest Of Tonight: Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Lows around 71 near the shore to around 62 above 3000 feet. East winds up to 10…
Read on Kauaʻi Now →Forecast for Big Island Windward and Southeast Shores Tonight Thursday Surf Surf PM AM AM PM North Facing 1-3 1-3 1-3 1-3 East Facing 3-5 3-5 2-4 2-4 South Facing 1-3 1-3 1-3 1-3…
Read on Big Island Now →Shores Tonight Thursday Surf Surf PM AM AM PM North Facing 1-3 1-3 2-4 2-4 West Facing 1-3 1-3 1-3 1-3 South Facing 1-3 1-3 1-3 1-3 East Facing 3-5 3-5 2-4 2-4 TONIGHT Weather…
Read on Kauaʻi Now →Virgo Cluster galaxies captured by the Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey. Images: NGVS Team, CFHT, Jean-Charles Cuillandre and Giovanni Anselmi (Coelum). Astronomers using the…
Read on Maui Now →Nāpili confined space rescue. PC: Maui Fire Department. A 72-year-old resident was seriously injured Wednesday afternoon after falling roughly six feet into a below-ground…
Read on Maui Now →The County of Maui and Hawaiian Council, with support from Hawaiʻi Community Foundation, will celebrate the grand opening of ʻUlu o Lele on Tuesday, Nov. 10, with an afternoon of…
Read on Maui Now →65-year-old Arthur Clayton Jr. has been charged with stealing a Toyota Tacoma reported missing from the Prince Kuhio Plaza parking lot on Monday, according to the Hawaiʻi County…
Read on Big Island Now →The practice flight allows people with disabilities to become more comfortable with flying. (Photo courtesy: Alaska Air Group) Hawaiian Airlines recently hosted a practice flight…
Read on Maui Now →Students on the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa campus. Photo Courtesy: UH Students, faculty and staff at the University of Hawaiʻi now have free access to Microsoft 365, one of…
Read on Maui Now →Chief Justice Mark Recktenwald in 2025 Former Chief Justice Mark Recktenwald awarded for defending the first amendment, bringing truth to the public The Big Island Press Club is…
Read on Big Island Now →K9 Trina helps Hawaiʻi Island police find a missing juvenile in Waikoloa on Sept. 4, 2026. (Photos courtesy: Hawaiʻi Island police) An elderly man who was reported missing within…
Read on Maui Now →This agreement resolves a case that has included two jury trials where Vincent Hilario was twice convicted of first-degree murder for fatally shooting Aureo Moore above Anahola…
Read on Kauaʻi Now →Here is up-to-date information about recovery efforts and resources from Hurricane Lowell.
Read on Kauaʻi Now →On Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026, Maui will preview the celebration of the 120th Anniversary of Filipinos in Hawaiʻi, which will be held on Dec. 20, 2026. The December event, themed…
Read on Maui Now →The 12th annual Kā‘anapali Classic by OUTRIGGER – hosted each year by the University of Hawai‘i – will take place from Oct. 26–28. Annually a strong and diverse field in men’s…
Read on Maui Now →PC: Kahoʻolawe Island Reserve Commission http://www.kahoolawe.hawaii.gov/images/maps/KIR%20Place%20names.gif Hawaiʻi Administrative Rules require that all vessels must register…
Read on Maui Now →Local, state and federal law enforcement agencies have partnered to participate in the 31st National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, Oct. 24 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m…
Read on Big Island Now →The Maluhia Maui Rotary Club invites Maui residents to participate in its upcoming E-Cycle electronic recycling event on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026, from 8 to 11 a.m. The community…
Read on Maui Now →South Maui impacts from Hurricane Lowell. PC: County of Maui / Vernon Kalanikau and MFD photos FEMA has launched a new tool to purchase a National Flood Insurance Program policy…
Read on Maui Now →Hawaiian Airlines recently hosted a practice flight for more than 250 travelers with disabilities and their families to help them become more comfortable with air travel. The…
Read on Big Island Now →Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole Elementary in Papa‘ikou is reopening Wednesday, Oct. 21, for students and staff after an unexpected water outage forced the campus to close…
Read on Big Island Now →A Maui County Council committee voted 9-0 on Monday to recommend passage of a bill that would let the county provide temporary wastewater service to the new Central Maui School in…
Read on Maui Now →Staff say the temporary classrooms, which were built in just 95 days in Kapalua, need repairs — especially since they have to last until at least 2029 when King Kamehameha III's…
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