Top Honolulu Area Local News Stories
Source: KITV.com - Local New
A bill proposing a stand-alone casino and entertainment center draws overflow crowd at first hearing.
Published: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:23:12 HST
Some shoppers support an all-out ban on plastic shopping bags on Oahu. Now, the city council has introduced a new bill that could follow in the footsteps of 3 other counties in Hawaii.
Published: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:22:54 HST
Kailua residents express concern over make-shift shelter.
Published: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:39:14 HST
Fire and University of Hawaii officials toured the damage of a stubborn building fire that consumed a portable building near the Stan Sheriff Center Sunday and torched important financial documents that were stored in the building. They added that payroll and student loans were not affected, as they were backed up at a different location.
Published: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:58:37 HST
The Mountain West and Conference USA are dissolving to form what's being described as a "super conference."
Published: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:07:18 HST
Two Australian surfers, both in their 20's, were rescued from waters off Oahu's North Shore Monday night after being reported missing off of Jockos surf break.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:25:46 HST
Former state employee, Wesley Choi, has been charged on several felony counts for allegedly embezzling over $20,000 form the state.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:07:21 HST
A senate bill working its way through committee is designed to establish a labeling for Hawaii grown teas, in an effort to for local tea produces to tap into what the bill describes as a multi-billion dollar market.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:47:37 HST
Hawaiian Airlines has earned the first aviation-based carbon credits, having reduced its carbon dioxide emissions by nearly 22,000 metric tons over the past six years.
Published: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:26:09 HST
President Barack Obama has requested $250 million for the Oahu rail transit project, more than any other rail project in the country for this coming fiscal year. in the coming fiscal year.
Published: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:07:45 HST
U.S. Marshals arrested 62 year-old Stanley James Pacheco for numerous counts of sex assault against a minor while Maui police arrested his son Chad Kukona-Pacheco on similar sex assault charges.
Published: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:37:17 HST
Big Island police say speed and alcohol are likely factors in an early morning, single-car crash that killed a 36-year-old woman and injured her passenger.
Published: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:46:51 HST
An elderly couple is dead after what police classify as a murder-suicide in Hawaii Kai Sunday morning.
Published: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:51:44 HST
The southern end of the Wahikuli Beach Park will be closed for a week starting Monday as crews remove debris from a boat fire last Tuesday.
Published: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:09:52 HST
Firefighters are continuing to respond to a structure fire at the portable offices on the University of Hawaii Manoa lower campus near the south side of the Stan Sheriff Center.
Published: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:46:29 HST
Former Governor Ben Cayetano made it official today by opening up his home base for his mayoral campaign in Mapunapuna Sunday.
Published: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:28:20 HST
A 39-year old woman is in critical condition and a 10-year old boy is in serious condition after a two-car crash in Ahuimanu.
Published: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:37:31 HST
A 26-year-old Kalihi man was arrested Sunday morning after locking a 26-year-old woman in a room and assaulting her with a "dangerous instrument" according to police.
Published: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:13:23 HST
A new movie theater opens in Kailua offering a more affordable movie watching experience.
Published: Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:07:24 HST
Instead of building a brand new home, volunteers with Habitat for Humanity worked to save an aging home in Leeward Oahu.
Published: Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:08:32 HST
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