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.
Maui County has issued a finding of no significant impact for a project to repair Hāna Highway at Kalepa Point, where the county’s environmental assessment says continued…
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The annual event usually draws a crowd of 200 to 300 people.
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From acting to behind-the-scenes production, Kauaʻi residents of all experience levels are invited to get involved in the new action adventure film.
Read on Kauaʻi Now →Maui’s main developments are the extended Hawaiian Electric shutoff watch, urgent planned repairs causing outages in Haʻikū and Huelo, and county action on transportation and planning, including the KohoGo rollout and the canceled outdoor lighting bill (Maui Now; Maui Now; Maui Now; Maui Now).
On Hawaiʻi Island, attention is on wildfire-related utility monitoring, Kona airport emergency training, and community observances for Veterans Day. Big Island Now also reports new county council leadership and a sentencing in a Kona airport drug-smuggling case (Big Island Now; Big Island Now; Big Island Now; Big Island Now).
Kauaʻi’s biggest ongoing issue is Hurricane Lowell recovery, with cleanup and reconstruction still underway even as Kōkeʻe and Waimea Canyon State Parks have reopened. Kauaʻi Now also highlights a county water meeting on the Waiahi Surface Water Treatment Plant expansion and new county funding for agricultural projects (Kauaʻi Now; Kauaʻi Now; Kauaʻi Now; Kauaʻi Now).
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To thank Kauaʻi veterans and those throughout the state, McDonald’s restaurants across Hawaiʻi will offer free breakfast sandwiches to veterans and active-duty military members on…
Read on Kauaʻi Now →County of Maui / Maui Bus photos The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation launches KohoGo, a free website and app to help commuters to find carpool, vanpool and transit options…
Read on Maui Now →To thank Hawaiʻi veterans, McDonald’s restaurants across Hawaiʻi will offer free breakfast sandwiches to veterans and active-duty military members on Veterans Day. The offer is…
Read on Big Island Now →MEO’s Business Development Center Director, David Daly, leads a Core Four class, helping students develop business plans. Five business plans developed by graduates of Maui…
Read on Maui Now →The Kauaʻi Fire Department firefighters rescued an injured 15-year-old male visitor from California on Sunday after he fell hiking the Kalalau Trail. Firefighters were dispatched…
Read on Kauaʻi Now →The annual event usually draws a crowd of 200 to 300 people.
Read on Big Island Now →Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keāhole. PC: Wendy Osher The state Department of Transportation will conduct an emergency response training exercise at the Ellison…
Read on Maui Now →Several public hunting units on Kauaʻi reopened for the start of game bird season on Saturday, Nov. 7. The designated game bird hunting units –– B, E1, E2, H and I –– are open…
Read on Kauaʻi Now →US Senator Mazie Hirono. Courtesy photo. US Senator Schatz Brian. PC: Official headshot Hawaiʻi US Sens. Brian Schatz and Mazie Hirono released statements on the Bipartisan…
Read on Maui Now →Flight operations will remain as normal while an emergency response training exercise will be conducted at the Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keāhole from 7 a.m. to…
Read on Big Island Now →Bill 157 (2025) on outdoor lighting has been canceled from Friday’s council meeting agenda after being posted in error, Chair Alice L. Lee announced. Because of the cancellation…
Read on Maui Now →Eligible homeowners are reminded to apply for the Circuit Breaker Tax Credit before the deadline on Dec. 31, 2026, the County of Maui Department of Finance Treasury Division…
Read on Maui Now →Dr. Holeka Inaba will return to serve as council chair along with Dennis "Fresh" Onishi, who will serve as the council vice chair.
Read on Big Island Now →Cleanup, repairs and reconstruction continue as part of relief and recovery efforts now nearly 2 months after Hurricane Lowell on Labor Day, Sept. 7, ripped throughout Kauaʻi…
Read on Kauaʻi Now →With an approaching high pressure system that is expected to prompt strong trade winds and downsloping winds that could dry out vegetation, Hawaiian Electric remains on elevated…
Read on Maui Now →Hawaiian Electric is monitoring high winds and dry conditions on the Big Island, issuing a public safety power shutoff watch through Friday, with primary risk being on Wednesday…
Read on Big Island Now →Hāna Highway. File photo by Wendy Osher. Hawaiian Electric will perform urgent repairs to replace damaged equipment on an electrical pole along Hāna Highway today, Tuesday, Nov…
Read on Maui Now →Reverend Elizabeth Berman — Ordination and Consecration of the Sixth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Hawai’i. The Reverend Elizabeth Berman will be ordained and consecrated as…
Read on Maui Now →Photo Credit: Travis Guthrie West Side Today: Mostly sunny in the morning then becoming partly sunny. Highs 77 to 85. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Tonight: Partly cloudy. Breezy…
Read on Maui Now →Maui County has issued a finding of no significant impact for a project to repair Hāna Highway at Kalepa Point, where the county’s environmental assessment says continued…
Read on Maui Now →From acting to behind-the-scenes production, Kauaʻi residents of all experience levels are invited to get involved in the new action adventure film.
Read on Kauaʻi Now →Hawaiian Council, in partnership with the County of Maui and with support from Hawaiʻi Community Foundation, invites the community to celebrate the grand opening of ʻUlu o Lele…
Read on Maui Now →The Kauaʻi Department of Water is holding a virtual meeting on Tuesday at 5 p.m. and an in-person open house at 10 a.m. on Thursday in Līhuʻe.
Read on Kauaʻi Now →Hannah Preston-Pita's collection of indigenous streetwear features native Hawaiian words and artwork inspired by the natural beauty of the islands.
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