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WAILUKU, Maui (KHON2) — It was a full house at Maui County Council’s Housing and Land Use Committee hearing today as members heard testimony on a controversial bill to phase out thousands of vacation rentals. Controversial STR bill to be heard by Maui Council June 9 Bill 9 seeks to phase out about 6,000 short-term…

HONOLULU (KHON2) — If you see workers injecting coconut palms at parks in Honolulu, don’t be alarmed — it’s part of a preventative treatment to protect the trees from the invasive Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle (CRB). Roughly 800 palms in parks from Kakaako to Ala Moana are being injected with Xytect insecticide, which is designed to…

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Travelers be aware of an increase in parking rates at the airport that will begin soon. HNL takes off: Upgrades to modernize Honolulu’s aging airport The Honolulu Department of Transportation has announced that starting July 1, parking rates at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport will increase; and the new maximum daily…

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The “100 deadliest days of summer” are underway, and Oahu just saw its 33rd traffic fatality of 2025. Around this time in June 2024, there had been only 14 traffic deaths. The Honolulu Police Department reported several crashes over the weekend of June 7 and June 8, with many incidents leading to…

The University of Hawai’i Board of Regents will meet on Monday, June 16, to vote on the approval of Matt Elliott as the next athletics director for the Rainbow Warriors. Elliott, most recently with the Hawai’i Community Foundation, spent 13 years in athletic administration at UCLA, including as chief strategy officer. He played a key…

KOHALA, Hawaii (KHON2) — A house fire at a large home in Kohala caused millions of dollars in damage on June 8 — but the fire department says officials protected most of the property. Wanted man arrested after Hawaii Island ‘crime spree’ leads to officer-involved shooting The home was described as a “mega single-story single-family…

HONOLULU (KHON2) — A new show on FOX is putting master manipulators to the test. “The Snake” will feature 15 contestants leveraging their unique skills and relying on their powers of persuasion. Throughout the game, a “snake” will be chosen to juggle the fate of their fellow competitors, all while trying to compete for the…