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23-year-old man seriously injured in apparent shooting in West Oahu
NANAKULI (HawaiiNewsNow) - A 23-year-old man was seriously injured in an apparent shooting in Nanakuli Tuesday evening, officials said. The incident happened around 8:40 p.m. on Helelua Street. According to police, the victim and male suspect got into a physical altercation which led to the suspect using a “deadly instrument”...
Legendary local entertainer Al Waterson has died
HONOLULU (KHON2) — Legendary local entertainer Albert “Al” Waterson passed away on Sunday. Waterson died of cancer at the age of 77. He was born in Honolulu and began his entertaining career in his 20s and performed nationally, internationally and throughout Hawaii. Waterson sang, acted in Hollywood films and helped with numerous non-profit organizations. He […]
HFD points to robotic vacuum in investigating cause of Windward Oahu house fire
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - HFD investigators said a two-alarm house fire Monday that caused more than $760,000 in damage started when an automated robotic vacuum knocked a heat gun to the floor. The blaze started about 1 p.m. at a home on North Kalaheo Avenue. No one was injured. Investigators said...
State Land Board to consider more than $3M in fines in death of Laysan albatross, destruction of native bee habitat on O‘ahu
There’s still time to submit testimony in connection with three enforcement actions to be considered by the Hawai‘i Board of Land and Natural Resources during its meeting Friday. The state Land Board will consider whether to approve more than $3 million in state fines levied against several North...
Man in critical condition after being hit while lying on Chinatown road
HONOLULU (KHON2) — An overnight crash in Chinatown disrupted two men’s lives Tuesday. A 76-year-old man was traveling southbound on Nuuanu Avenue when he collided with a pedestrian who was lying in the road at the intersection with North Hotel Street. The pedestrian, a 38-year-old man was taken to a hospital in serious condition. The […]
Former girlfriend provides tearful testimony on boyfriend’s fate in trial of alleged crime boss Mike Miske
HONOLULU (Island News) -- The former girlfriend of missing man Jonathan Fraser took the stand again Tuesday in the federal trial of alleged crime boss Michael Miske. Ashley Wong wept as video played of her and her then-boyfriend Fraser throwing flowers into the ocean in honor of Miske's son, Caleb, who died in a car crash Fraser survived.
Power restored to thousands in Central Oahu
MILILANI (HawaiiNewsNow) - Power has been restored to thousands of customers in Central Oahu Wednesday morning. The outage was reported around 7:10 a.m. According to HECO’s outage map, at least nine outages w reported and approximately 3,590 customers were without power. Impacted areas included Melemanu, Mililani Mauka, Mililani Town,...
Defense paints key witness in Kaneshiro bribery trial as a liar
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Retired HPD officer Rudy Alivado was back on the stand Wednesday for cross-examination in the high-profile bribery trial involving Honolulu’s former city prosecutor and employees of a politically-connected engineering firm. The defense pointed out that Alivado was afraid of the government and would do anything to...
Oahu grand jury indicts Waianae standoff suspect for attempted murder
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - An Oahu grand jury indicted the suspect in the hours-long standoff with police last week in Waianae on Wednesday, officials said. Howard Abraham, 50, is the suspect in last week’s 20-hour police standoff that began when deputy sheriffs tried to serve an eviction order. The attempted...
Mililani state champ Lee continues family lineage into ONE Championship
The championship mettle in Mililani's Lee family is well documented. Christian Lee holds two belts as the ONE Championship lightweight and welterweight champ, and sister Angela was the former women's atomweight world champion and superstar in the organization until she retired last year. Embarking to join them now in the mixed martial arts organization is 18-year-old Adrian Lee, already a Hawaii state champion in wrestling who just signed his first professional fight against Antonio Mammarella on June 7th.
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