The No. 11 University of Hawaii beach volleyball team swept its competition at the Big West Conference Tournament in Long Beach, Calif. on Thursday. Hawaii swept Cal State Bakersfield 5-0 while defeating Long Beach State 4-1. The 'Bows will face either UC Davis or Bakersfield on Friday at 9:15 a.m. HST with a spot in the finals on the line. All the latest sports news from Hawaii's sports station Hawaii is 22-11 overall following Thursday's action. Thursday's results are below (courtesy Hawaii Athletics): Hawaii 5 CSU Bakersfield 0 1. Santer/Embry (UH) def. Katey Milne/Isabella Almeida (CSUB ..read more

Spyros Chakas, Olivia Davies and Kaylee Glagau were named the 2024 Jack Bonham Award winners on Wednesday night. The Jack Bonham Award is the most prestigious award given annually to a University of Hawaii student-athlete. All the latest sports news from Hawaii's sports station Each year, the Bonham Award goes to a men's and women's athlete who "best exemplifies the ideals for which Jack Bonham stood for in the areas of athletic excellence, academic achievement, public service, leadership and character." It is named after former assistant athletics director Jack Bonham, who was killed in a 1 ..read more

HONOLULU (KHON2) -- Police have opened an unattended death investigation after human remains were found on a property in the Hawaiian Ocean View Estates subdivision. Get Hawaii's latest morning news delivered to your inbox, sign up for News 2 You Hawaii Island police said shortly before 12:40 p.m., Tuesday, detectives responded to a report of a decomposed body on the property. Police found the body of a male with suspicious injuries on the block of Lotus Blossom Ln. Due to the body being in advanced stages of decomposition, the identity of the male and the exact cause of death could not be d ..read more

HONOLULU (KHON2) -- The Hawaii Department of Education serves up about 18.5 million meals per year to students. However, the DOE'S Food Services Branch is projecting a $20 million shortfall for fiscal year 2024. The DOE cites inflation for milk and food, insufficient federal meal reimburements and unchanged school meal prices. Get Hawaii's latest morning news delivered to your inbox, sign up for News 2 You "We are going through a rift, because the meal counts have gone down in certain schools and as a result we no longer can carry that expense," said Curt Otaguro, Hawaii Department of Educat ..read more

HONOLULU (KHON2) -- Impaired driver checkpoints will be implemented by the Honolulu Police Department beginning May 1 till June 30. Get Hawaii's latest morning news delivered to your inbox, sign up for News 2 You The checkpoints will be at unannounced times and locations. The checkpoints are part of the department’s ongoing effort to reduce traffic deaths and injuries. HPD has been conducting these checkpoints every week since September 2023. As a reminder, the legal drinking age is 21-year-old, and drinking while intoxicated is illegal and hold a penalty of possible imprisonment. Download ..read more

HONOLULU (KHON2) -- Up, up, up and away they go. Kites have fascinated young and old for a long, long time. In Hawaiʻi, it is believed that the demi-god Maui invented the kite and learned how to use the wind to his advantage. William Drake Westervelt was a renowned historian of Hawaiʻi's past, and he found a great deal of history linking Hawaiʻi to the invention of kites. Get Hawaii's latest morning news delivered to your inbox, sign up for News 2 You Westervelt notes that kānaka maoli myths uniquely attribute the enjoyment of kite flying to the gods, unlike other Pacific Ocean myths. The go ..read more

HONOLULU (KHON2) -- There are an estimated 8,000 people in Hawaii who are living with a Parkinson's Disease diagnosis. Some of them are Young-Onset Parkinson's Disease {YOPD) which effects people under the age of 50. That number is expected to increase to 16,000 in the next few years, that's according to Glen Higa who is the President of the Hawaiʻi Parkinson Association. Get Hawaii's latest morning news delivered to your inbox, sign up for News 2 You Higa was diagnosed with YPOD in 2018, and he has been working with the Hawaii chapter since. “I got involved with the Hawaiʻi Parkinson’s Asso ..read more

HONOLULU (KHON2) -- Official Earth Day on this past Monday, April 22. But you don't need to have a designated day to things that will take care of our planet. Gay4Good is a non-profit volunteer organization that offers back up help for other non-profits that need volunteers; and on Saturday, April 27, they have a new opportunity you can sign up for. Get Hawaii's latest morning news delivered to your inbox, sign up for News 2 You The organization works to provide much needed volunteer support in such a way that it allows the supported non-profit to focus on their events while G4G organizes it ..read more

HONOLULU (KHON2) -- Health officials have confirmed another case of whooping cough on the Big Island, and they say it is unrelated to other recent cases. Get Hawaii's latest morning news delivered to your inbox, sign up for News 2 You A total of 11 have been found since March. Health officials say these cases were not the result of travel-related exposure, which means it's spreading around the community. DOH strongly recommends staying up to date with pertussis vaccinations.  They say young children should be vaccinated to prevent the spread to those who are too young to be fully vaccin ..read more

HONOLULU (KHON2) -- After a period of darkness for Keahole, Hawaiian Electric said their Keahole unit is back online, and ahead of it's scheduled repaid time. Get Hawaii's latest morning news delivered to your inbox, sign up for News 2 You The blackout was following a major maintenance overhaul. Two other units were also repaired and are now working. Back in March, the company asked Big Island customers to limit electricity use and initiated rolling blackouts. Download the free KHON2 app for iOS or Android to stay informed on the latest news Now, HECO said it's generators at independent po ..read more