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Hawaii News Now Sunrise Weather Report - Tuesday, January 31, 2021. Top stories from across Hawaii and around the world, as seen on the 4:30 a.m. news broadcast from Hawaii News Now. Investigation underway after Hawaii Island police officer fatally shoots pitbull. Updated: 11 hours ago. |. Hawaii County Police...

Hawaii County Police are investigating a shooting involving an officer and pit bull. ‘All I heard was the boom’: Boulder crashes into home, narrowly missing woman. The Fire Department said the boulder is about 5 feet in height and width. Updated: 5 hours ago. |. Tre Evans-Dumaran, 24, is...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii County police are investigating a shooting involving an officer and a pit bull in Pahala over the weekend. Hawaii County’s new police chief plans to release body camera footage of the incident on Saturday. According to officials, shortly before 5 p.m., two officers went to...

Hawai’i Island police are requesting the public’s assistance for information regarding the identity of individuals responsible for a series of ATM thefts in the Kona area. All the thefts take place in the early morning hours. On August 10, 2022, at 4:20 a.m., an ATM was stolen from...

Kealakekua, Hawaii-based Kona Community Hospital is requesting $20 million from the state to address "risk of closure" infrastructure repairs, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Jan. 30. The repairs include expanding the pharmacy services and repairs to the heating, ventilation and cooling services. If one of the hospital's cooling services were to...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A transmitter is currently down according to Maui Electric, impacting KGMB service to Maui and Hawaii Island. K28NN lost power at around 11 p.m. Friday. According to officials, the entire Haleakala summit has lost power. K20NX on the Big Island gets its signal from K28 on Maui,...

Updated 5:15 p.m. on Jan. 26: Highway 11 in Kealakekua is now open after being closed due to a vehicle crash. Original Post: The Hawai’i Police Department advises motorists to avoid Highway 11 in Kealakekua due to a traffic crash. The accident occurred near Kona Historical Society (Old Kona...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The search for Dana Ireland’s real killer is already underway. Hawaii County Police and prosecutors said they are awaiting the results of analysis on a DNA sample from the 1991 murder scene in Puna. The Hawaii Innocence Project contracted a private lab to do the testing.

HONOLULU (KITV4) - Clouds and showers will persist over Maui and Hawai'i Counties with possible thunderstorms. Drier, cooler weather for O'ahu and Kaua'i. Highs 79 to 84. Lows 68 to 73. Breezy northeast winds 15 to 25 mph. Tonight, partly to mostly cloudy with scattered tp isolated showers. Numerous showers...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A ceremonial groundbreaking was held Thursday for a new village on Hawaii Island aimed at offering both emergency and permanent housing to homeless people. Located on the Kona coast, It will be the first so-called “kauhale” ever built on a neighbor island. But this village...

The overcast weather Thursday morning didnʻt dampen the excitement surrounding the groundbreaking of Kukuiola, the long-waited tiny home village and assessment center to help the homeless on the west side of the Big Island. “This is a very awesome day,” Hawaiʻi County Mayor Mitch Roth told the crowd. “This...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A man has been charged on Thursday in connection to an assault of two Hawaii County police officers, officials said. Samuel Imaizumi, 47, of Mountain View is charged with first-degree assault. Authorities were arresting Imaizumi in Mountain View for an outstanding warrant on Monday when he allegedly...

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii County's police chief says his department is still working to identify the unknown male whose DNA was found in connection with a murder for which another man was wrongly convicted and imprisoned for more than 20 years. Albert “Ian” Schweitzer was convicted in 2000 and...

A monk seal has died after a shark bite, according to the Marine Mammal Center and The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

WAIKOLOA, Hawaiʻi - The Waikoloa resort-area shopping center brings back the popular event, and its ongoing Night Market, this Friday. (BIVN) – The Kings’ Shops in Waikoloa will host a Lunar New Year Celebration and Monthly Night Market this Friday. From the Kings’ Shops news release:

HONOLULU — On Ian Schweitzer's first morning of freedom Wednesday, he woke up in a hotel room, looked over the balcony at the ocean and took in the beauty of the island he had been away from for over 20 years while imprisoned for a 1991 killing and rape he has always maintained he didn't commit.

Bad Ass Coffee of Hawaii has its sights set on Florida — and beyond. The coffee franchise, known for its premium sourcing of Hawaiian coffees and themed cafés,awarded 45 franchise agreements and opened eight new stores in 2022. In October, Bad Ass Coffee signed the largest deal in...

Lynn Kawano details moments in court following exoneration of man wrongfully imprisoned for murder. HNN's Chief Investigative Reporter was in the Hilo courtroom when the judge set Albert Ian Schweitzer free. 'Operation Keiki Shield' nets 13 arrests of suspects accused of sexual exploitation of minors. Updated: 3 hours ago. |

Today: Partly sunny with showers likely in the morning, then mostly sunny with scattered showers in the afternoon. Highs around 79 near the shore to around 66 at 4000 feet. Southeast winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent. Tonight: Mostly clear with isolated showers. Lows 59 to 66...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - After last year’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling expanding gun rights, the state is now under pressure to find a new balance. Every county has been working on its own way of dealing with concealed weapon permits and identifying sensitive places. Now, there’s a push for statewide legislation to clear up confusion.