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Authorities say two people died and two others were injured in an early morning shooting at a boat harbor on Oʻahu. Police were searching for a suspect. Honolulu Police Department Lt. Deena Thoemmes says an argument broke out early Saturday at the Waiʻanae boat harbor.
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There are about 100 active game rooms on any given day, Honolulu police have said, and new legislation aims to make it easier to deter or shut them down. Honolulu City Councilmembers Tyler Dos Santos-Tam and Andria Tupola held a news conference to introduce the bills.
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Thousands of parking meters on Oʻahu have been upgraded to accept coin, credit card and phone app payments, city officials announced Wednesday. The Honolulu Department of Transportation Services said about 2,100 modernized, 4G-enabled meters have been installed on city parking stalls. Read and listen to the story from HPR's Mark Ladao.
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The Safe and Sound Waikīkī initiative is entering its second year as a partnership between the City and County of Honolulu, nonprofits and the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney to restrict repeat criminal offenders from the area and establish routes for care. HPR's Sabrina Bodon reports from the press conference.
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Business is back in Waikīkī this summer. While visitor numbers are not at pre-COVID levels, developers and residents alike sound optimistic about the future. Pacific Business News editor-in-chief A. Kam Napier has more.
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Honolulu police have arrested a man and woman they say supplied the fentanyl in a mass overdose in a room at an oceanfront hotel that left two people dead. A criminal complaint filed Monday charges Avery Garrard and Keina Drageset with conspiring with each other and others to distribute fentanyl that resulted in death.
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Two people are dead in what officials believe was a mass fentanyl overdose involving five people in a Waikīkī hotel room.
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Former Honolulu Councilmember Ikaika Anderson, 45, was arrested Monday after his girlfriend reported that he physically abused her.
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A man accused of firing into a large crowd at an Oʻahu cockfight during a shooting that killed two people has pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges.
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Hawaiʻi residents across the state can carry a concealed gun on them in public, thanks to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last summer. But rules for obtaining a concealed carry permit vary county by county, as do the restrictions on where those guns can go. Guest host Yunji de Nies led a round table about the topic.