HONOLULU (KHON2) — On Nov. 14, Mayor Rick Blangiardi presented 18 members of the Honolulu Emergency Medical Services with the City’s Valor Awards for their work during the New Year’s fireworks ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — To ensure happy and safe New Year’s celebrations islandwide, the Honolulu Police Department set new safety standards when it came to celebrating. Five treated overnight for ...

Honolulu police officers with the fireworks amnesty program received fireworks Sunday from the back of a vehicle during the final day of the buyback program at HPD’s training facility in Waipahu. DLE ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — With New Year’s Eve just weeks away, and after last year’s deadly Aliamanu fireworks explosion, the Department of Law Enforcement held its final fireworks buyback event of the year ...

ALIAMANU, Hawaii (Island News) -- As Hawaiʻi prepares to ring in 2026, many residents in Aliamanu are reflecting on the tragic fireworks explosion that killed six people on New Year's Eve 2025. The ...

ALIAMANU, Hawaii (Island News) -- Ralph Kirby still wonders how he survived the blast that took the lives of six people and severely burned more than a dozen others a little more than a year ago at ...

WAIPAHU, Oahu (KHON2) — State law enforcement officials say this weekend’s fireworks buy-back is your last chance to do the right thing. They say after this, they’ll be increasing patrols in ...

With a thin layer of sunscreen still clinging to his skin, Loren King raised his arms in celebration as he officially etched his name into Hawaii swimming history. It took the 57-year-old philosophy ...