Hawaii Opinion Spotlight

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - A man who disrupted a Hawaiian Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu was taken into federal custody Wednesday. The airline says the “unruly passenger” tried to open the plane’s exit doors during the flight. The added that crew members were aided by an off-duty law enforcement officer on the flight in restraining the man.

Earlier this month, the company announced it was suspending service starting November first because of low travel demand due to the pandemic. Hawaiian Airlines announced it will continue its 'Ohana by Hawaiian service flights between both islands and Honolulu. Earlier this month, the company announced it was suspending service starting...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Tony Roma’s in Waikiki is closing its doors for good. [Hawaii news on the go–LISTEN to KHON 2GO weekday mornings at 7:30 a.m.]. The popular restaurant announced on social media that it will serve up its last meals on Wednesday, Oct. 28. The manager cites the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the current economy as the restaurant’s reasons for the closure.

HONOLULU (KHON2) – Using Cash App can be a convenient way to send and receive money with your phone. However, the Better Business Bureau says it’s becoming an easy way for con artists to cash out on victim’s savings. [Hawaii’s Breaking News–Download the FREE KHON2 app for iOS or Android]

University of Hawaiʻi football fans will not be allowed at UH home games at Aloha Stadium during the 2020 football season. Spectators at organized sports events are considered as social gatherings under Honolulu City and County COVID-19 guidelines, and at the current and pending tiers such gatherings are limited to five individuals. In addition, Spectrum Sports announced its Pay-Per-View schedule which includes six games that will be televised live in Hawaiʻi.

Airline travel to Hawaii remained strong Friday, with 7,853 trans-Pacific passengers arriving one day after the reopening of tourism under the state’s new pre-travel testing program. A total of 4,601 passengers disembarked in Honolulu, with 1,706 arriving in Kahului, 807 in Kona and 739 in Lihue, according to prelim- inary...

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - The state set aside $100 million in federal CARES Act funds to help struggling families with rent or mortgage payments. And so far, just 2% has been distributed. That’s even though tens of thousands of Hawaii residents are in desperate need of help. Over the past...

Honolulu (KHON2) – The Embassy Suites Hotel and Waikiki Beach Walk is bringing the fun in the sun for Kama’aina as they welcome guests with their special offers. Embassy Suites Waikiki went under a multi-million dollar restyling of their all-suite property in the heart of Waikiki Beach Walk. The new suites feature brand new furniture and local art that reflects the sense of place in Waikiki.

Saturday’s two-hour, 100-play practice at Aloha Stadium marked the end of the Rainbow Warriors’ training camp. Head coach Todd Graham said the focus will shift to preparing for the road game against Fresno State in 13 days. Mahalo for reading the Honolulu Star-Advertiser!. You're reading a premium story. Read the...

With the state slated to reopen next week, a Honolulu City Councilmember is urging Governor David Ige to adopt additional testing for travelers. With the state slated to reopen next week, a Honolulu City Councilmember is urging Governor David Ige to adopt additional testing for travelers. Councilmember Tommy Waters introduced...

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Maps of constellations and other celestial objects are nothing new. But a group of University of Hawaii astronomers is working to create a 3D map of the stars in the outer regions of the Milky Way that they are hoping will be the largest and most impressive of its kind.

Former University of Hawaii and Canadian Football League standout Chad Owens hosts the “The CO2 RUN DWN,” the Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s new Facebook Live sports talk show. Owens discusses the top local and national sports news and highlights Hawaii star athletes on the “The CO2 RUN DWN” every Monday, Wednesday and...

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - A new study by published out of the University of Hawaii predicts that as much as 40% of Hawaii’s beaches could be lost by the year 2050 because of sea level rise. The research was conducted by the School of Ocean and Earth Sciences at UH...

Academy for Creative Media; State Film Commissioner; Kawainui Apartments; Honolulu Chamber Music Society; Honolulu Printmakers; Chef Mark Oyama. Hawai'i is doing everything it can to get tourism back, at the same time, finding other economic engines has never seemed more important. Chris Lee has been incubating a local digital media industry at the University of Hawai'i for almost 20 years. Lee, once the head of Columbia/TriStar studios, returned to Hawaii in 2002 to start the Film School at UH Manoa. He is the founder and Director of the Academy for Creative Media System at the University of Hawai'i.

State Department of Health whistleblower Jennifer Smith, the epidemiologist who was suspended with pay Sept. 4 after speaking out about the understaffing of COVID-19 contact tracers, says the DOH fostered a “toxic” culture of fear that impeded the work of investigators trying to stop the spread of disease. “A management...

The Queen's Health Systems in Honolulu has started a COVID-19 antibody study to learn more about employee exposure, the organization announced Sept. 1. The voluntary 18-month Queen’s Antibody to SARS-CoV-2 Study is open to the four-hospital system's more than 7,000 employees. Participants will share demographic and health status information via...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Layoffs are coming to a cookie shop that’s popular with tourists. Visit KHON’s storm preparation page here. In its official notice to the labor department, Honolulu Cookie Company says 71 employees will be laid off by next week Saturday. Some of the positions include bakery workers, packers...