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HONOLULU (KHON2) — Mayor Rick Blangiardi announced Thursday that Gavin Thornton has been appointed as the new Deputy Director ...

Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi is sworn in for his second term by retired Associate Justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court Stephen Levinson during ceremonies on Thursday at the Mission Memorial ...

“This incident is a painful reminder of the danger posed by illegal fireworks,” Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi told a news conference. “They put lives at risk, they drain our first ...

Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi (I) vowed at Wednesday’s news conference to shut down the “pipeline of illegal fireworks entering our island,” calling the New Year’s disaster a painful ...

Rick Blangiardi re-ups for another term as Honolulu mayor. Civil Beat is a nonprofit, reader-supported newsroom based in Hawaiʻi. When you give, your donation is combined with gifts from ...

"This incident is a painful reminder of the danger posed by illegal fireworks," Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi told a news conference. "They put lives at risk, they drain our first responders and ...

Honolulu mayor Rick Blangiardi said in a statement that the explosion was "caused by what appears to be illegal fireworks" Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from The ...

Tech. Sgt. Timothy Lopez, whose family is from Oahu, is part of a team keeping military aircraft ready to support firefighting efforts in California. The search for two teens, who were reported ...

HONOLULU — In recent years, occasions large and small — parties, Super Bowls, mixed martial arts fights, even Thanksgiving — have provided a reason for residents across Hawaii to set off ...