A motorcyclist in his 30s was hospitalized after losing control and crashing near the Ka Uka off-ramp on Oʻahu’s H-2 Freeway.

A 16-year-old was assaulted with what appeared to be handguns during a Pearl City robbery. Multiple suspects remain wanted after fleeing in several vehicles.

A 13-year-old violinist checked Hawaii off her 50-state national anthem quest at Pearl Harbor, with six stops left.

Maui lawmakers want ethics complaints to survive resignations and remain actionable for six years, with retroactive language now headed to the full Council.

A Honolulu gambling raid ended with two arrests, 11 seized machines, more than $3,500 in cash and illegal narcotics. It is the latest move in HPD’s sweeping crackdown on hidden game rooms.

Honolulu’s Korean Festival returns to Kapiolani Park with cold noodles, hotteok, shaved ice, fizz drinks and plenty of K-pop. The food lineup alone could turn one Saturday into a full-day eating mission.

A 21-year-old driver is critically injured after a fleeing motorist allegedly triggered a crash on Sand Island Access Road.

A labor‑backed challenger, Christy MacPherson, is taking on veteran Sen. Donna Mercado Kim in Honolulu’s District 14 primary. The contest turns on education oversight, wages and housing.

Five newcomers are running for Chair Alice Lee’s Wailuku seat. The Aug. 8 primary could flip the council’s 5‑4 balance and decide housing and rental policy.

A viral clip showing a dog being dragged on Oʻahu prompted a Hawaiian Humane Society investigation and renewed calls for stronger animal‑protection tools.

DOH temporarily closed Charley’s Steakery at Pearlridge after inspectors found a sewage overflow; a follow-up inspection cleared the problem and the restaurant reopened.

Gov. Green and DHHL awarded 815 Oʻahu project leases on July 18 — 400 in Waimānalo, 400 in ʻEwa and 15 in Nānākuli as part of efforts to reduce the homestead waitlist.

UH Mānoa–led research finds the Hawaiian mantle plume warmed about 250°C over 47 million years, linking deep-mantle heat to the size of Hawaiian volcanoes.