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After eight years as a pilot project, Oahu’s Community Outreach Court became permanent on Thursday after helping 703 homeless ...
After eight years as a pilot project, Oahu’s Community Outreach Court became permanent on Thursday after helping 703 homeless people clear non-violent criminal cases against them and, more ...
Gov. Josh Green signed the nearly $40 billion executive biennium budget bill on Monday, June 30, 2025. Allocating $19.8 ...
Samoan native Taugaifala Fatu is seen at a Waianae retreat held by Ho’omau Ke Ola, which helps native Hawaiian men escape ...
WAIANAE, Hawaii (Island News) – The Honolulu Fire Department (HFD) responded to and extinguished a two-story house in Waianae Thursday morning. At approximately 7:35 a.m. firefighters responded ...
The countywide homeless population was 2,130, with 816 living in cars or RVs. Still, at a council meeting last month, residents urged councilmembers to adopt the camping ban.
Waianae’s JD Sanchez soared to new heights over the weekend, capturing the first X-Games medal of his young career with a silver in the skateboard vert competition at the 2025 X-Games Osaka. The ...
WAIANAE, Hawaii (Island News) -- A woman was arrested in connection to an illegal game room bust in Waianae on Thursday. Several gambling machines, cash and suspected narcotics were seized from a ...
Politics What Oregon’s hospital discharge data shows about treating homeless people Updated: Jun. 27, 2025, 10:40 a.m. | Published: Jun. 23, 2025, 6:00 a.m.
But although the city spent roughly $200,000 per homeless resident throughout that time, deaths of homeless people recorded in the county quadrupled, climbing from 113 in 2019 to more than 450 in ...
The goal is to push about 350 people living on the streets — about 20% of the city's total homeless population of roughly 1,700 — into stable housing over the next year. This "Housing First ...