Honolulu News

The Alii Place office building in Downtown Honolulu has achieved LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.

Former Honolulu Police Chief Lee Donohue purchased this leasehold commercial building in Hawaii Kai with partner Brad Coles for $525,000.

Adding a retail component that's open seven days a week and draws scores of people to the Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu is one of the ideas being considered for the redevelopment of one of Hawaii's most recognizable landmarks, according to the Urban Land Institute Daniel Rose Center for Public Leadership.

March 7, 2004: A trio of Big Island wrestlers bring home gold from the Hawaii High School Athletic Association wrestling championship held on Oahu.

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The Honolulu DWI Court celebrated its first graduate on Thursday, March 6, before presiding District Court Judge David Lo.

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On March 23, the Reebok Spartan Race will hit Hawaii's Aloha Stadium. The 3-mile obstacle race course will include Distance: It's a 5km race , fastest time should be around 30 minutes.

Keo's Thai Cuisine, which has been open on the ground floor of the Ambassador Hotel in Waikiki for nearly two decades, has closed down and the owners are now looking for a new location after the hotel was sold, according to the popular restaurant's website and a flyer on its door.

Barack Obama was born in August 4th, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii . In 1967 he would move to Indonesia and stay there until his return to Hawaii in 1971.

Kauai police are investigating a fatal crash on the Garden Isle. One man died and three people were injured - one critically.

If you are planning your first trip to Honolulu , you may of taken the time to research the location a bit? If you didn't, here's the skinny on the tantalizing local food options to enjoy.

Honolulu has the second worst traffic in the country, according to the INRIX National Traffic Scorecard Annual Report, second only to Los Angeles.

Recent violence is raising the stakes when it comes to solving Honolulu's homeless problem.

Mohammed Rashed, center, convicted of the 1982 PanAm jetliner bombing, listened to his unidentified PLO interpreter, left, during his appeals court hearing in Athens, Greece on December 12, 1991.

A Honolulu attorney who's represented some of Hawaii's largest hotel, resort and commercial landowners is leading a local hui of investors who are developing a community of 24 homes priced at an average of $1.6 million each in Honolulu's lush Pauoa Valley that will include open space and a nonprofit component focusing on sustainability.

A woman from Hawaii who has led Salt Lake City's municipal parks system is coming home to take over the Honolulu parks director job.

The Honolulu Medical Examiner has identified the woman who was killed in a pedestrian accident in Waikiki Tuesday, as 73-year-old Haruko Okabe of Honolulu.

A Honolulu man is expected to plead guilty to defrauding the state out of more than $200,000 by collecting disability payments for his dead mother.

Tully Pharaoh Brandon wields a staff while dancing down Nuuanu Avenue during Mardi Gras festivities on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 in downtown Honolulu.