Statewide news from the NOW network
This page collects crime and public-safety reporting published by Maui Now, Big Island Now and Kauaʻi Now, including police updates, arrests, court cases and missing-person notices. Coverage is local to those islands unless a story clearly involves statewide agencies or courts. HawaiiNow does not add facts beyond the original reports. For names, charges and official statements, always read the article on the originating site.
Statewide · Crime
Update at 4 p.m. Aug 26: The Kauaʻi Police Department non-emergency line at 808-241-1711 is now operational. Out of an abundance of caution, the alternative non-emergency numbers…
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Big Island · Crime
Big Island police continued their crackdown on motorists who choose to drive under the influence of an intoxicant on the island’s roadways, arresting 8 for DUI during the week of…
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Big Island · Crime
The Hawaiʻi Police Department is hosting two Kūpuna Watch meetings this week in Hōlualoa and Waimea. Facilitated by the Hawaiʻi Police Department and the County of Hawaiʻi…
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Big Island · Crime
Update at 6:28 p.m. Aug. 25, 2026: Hawai‘i Island police notified the public shortly before 6 p.m. Aug. 25 that 14-year-old Akira Cordeiro, who was previously reported as a…
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Big Island · Crime
The County of Hawai‘i Department of Water Supply is warning the public about reports of individuals posing as employees and attempting to collect payment for an alleged past due…
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Big Island · Weather
Updated at 8:50 a.m. Aug. 25. A phone line for the North Kohala Police Station, 808-889-6540, that was not functioning properly due to storm damage related to Tropical Storm Moke…
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Big Island · Crime
Two longtime veterans of Hawaiʻi Police Department recently were promoted to the department’s command ranks by Police Chief Reed Mahuna. Levon Stevens has been with the department…
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Big Island · Crime
Update at 1:20 a.m. Aug. 23, 2026: Hawai‘i Island police report Māmalahoa Highway (Highway 11) near the 105-mile marker in Hōnaunau is open to all traffic. That portion of the…
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Big Island · Crime
A 3-year-old Mountain View girl was critically injured the morning of Aug. 22 when she was struck while walking behind a truck that was rolling back in a driveway at a Mountain…
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Big Island · Crime
Big Island police advises motorists that one lane is now open for contraflow on Māmalahoa Highway (Highway 190), between Daniel K. Inouye Highway (Highway 200) and Puʻulani Drive…
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