More than a year after the Honolulu City Council created a program to reduce the city’s backlog of building permit applications, the city’s permitting department director said she’s close to starting the program.

In the four years since Hawaiʻi made it a felony to manufacture or possess unserialized parts used to create firearms, the number of ghost guns that police are recovering has increased dramatically.

The Honolulu Police Department bought a robot dog at the height of the pandemic with $150,000 in federal COVID aid, but it hasn't been used for years. John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois explain.

If we could get this project right, it could be a model for Hawaiʻi actually doing big things successfully again.

Honolulu’s former managing director, corporation counsel and chair of the Police Commission were charged with misdemeanor conspiracy by the U.S. Department of Justice on Monday for their handling of a $250,

The larger of two floating docks at the Ala Wai Harbor boat ramp in Honolulu is listing, and the decking has come apart. Some boaters still use the platform, even thought the gangways are blocked off. Photographed Feb. 28, 2025. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025)

The rise of artificial intelligence is expected to significantly disrupt more than 33% of workers in urban Honolulu.

An 81-year-old man was left with life-threatening injuries after getting struck by a vehicle in the Downtown Honolulu area.

Honolulu’s Managing Director Mike Formby and 11 others will continue in their roles as the city’s top appointed officials.