Mikiya Wagyu Shabu House has opened a Kapahulu location with a self‑serve vegetable bar, expanded drink stations and late‑night hours for group dinners.

The Special Olympics Hawaiʻi State Summer Games returned to UH Mānoa this weekend with about 2,000 volunteers staffing a three-day slate of competitions. Organizers say competing on college facilities helps athletes feel acknowledged.

Maui's council chair introduced Bill 119 to raise fines for excessively loud car stereos; the original draft allowed equipment forfeiture but a committee amendment may strip that penalty.

Construction at Waiʻānapanapa State Park begins July 6 with a new comfort station and Honokalani Road resurfacing. Expect parking changes and a pause to campervan camping.

Three juveniles were arrested after a brutal North Shore beating left a lifeguard and a teen badly hurt. Police are reviewing phone video and seeking tips.

Haʻikū neighbors pooled funds to buy a $5,000 sprayer and are patrolling at night to keep noisy coqui frogs from spreading.

Waikiki chefs and mixologists staged a five-course tasting at the Moana Surfrider that put Fukuoka seafood and produce on the plate as part of the hotel's anniversary programming.

Honolulu attorneys have opened an archival and legal review to see whether Pablo Manlapit's 1924 conviction can be formally overturned, spotlighting a neglected chapter in Hawaii labor history.

Hawaii remains the only state that doesn’t publish annual counts of daycare deaths, serious injuries and substantiated abuse — leaving parents without statewide safety data.

Episode 48 of Kilauea's Halemaʻumaʻu began at 4:40 a.m. HST, with fountains focused at the north vent. Officials warned of ash, vog and tephra affecting downwind communities.

Akakū says a state cable deal will cost the nonprofit about $400,000 a year and could force program and staff cuts across Maui.

Honolulu psychiatrist Dr. Chad Koyanagi won NAMI’s 2026 Exemplary Psychiatrist Award for street psychiatry and helping open Hawaii’s first Behavioral Health Crisis Center.

A Honolulu man arrested in last year’s nationwide child‑sex sweep has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography and faces federal penalties.