On a special edition of Spotlight Now, we sit down with two candidates running to become Hawaii’s next lieutenant governor, Della Au Belatti and Derek Kawakami.

On a special edition of Spotlight Now, we sit down with two candidates running to become Hawaii&rsquo;s next lieutenant governor, Della Au Belatti and Derek Kawakami.

Got questions for everyone from Hawaii’s governor to business leaders to community organizers? Get them answered on HNN’s new weekly interview show, “Spotlight Now,” which includes live engagement with viewers on social media.

The program is hosted by interviewers Yunji de Nies and Ryan Kalei Tsuji, who go in-depth on critical topics impacting the islands. 

Got questions for everyone from Hawaii’s governor to business leaders to community organizers? Get them answered on HNN’s new weekly interview show, “Spotlight Now,” which includes live engagement with viewers on social media.
The program is hosted by interviewers Yunji de Nies and Ryan Kalei Tsuji, who go in-depth on critical topics impacting the islands.

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The podcast home of Hawaii's source for breaking news. Hawaii News Now is the state's leader for breaking news, weather alerts, traffic updates and sports headlines, plus the latest headlines on the issues that impact you and your families the most — including the global coronavirus pandemic.

The podcast home of Hawaii's source for breaking news. Hawaii News Now is the state's leader for breaking news, weather alerts, traffic updates and sports headlines, plus the latest headlines on the issues that impact you and your families the most &mdash; including the global coronavirus pandemic.

The podcast home of Hawaii's source for breaking news.

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Fausto is the first hurricane of the Eastern Pacific Hurricane Season, and it will be weakening as it heads towards the Central Pacific. The remains of a soldier with Hawaii ties who was killed in the war with Iran returned to U.S. soil today. And the Medical Examiner's Office has identified Richard Calistro as the 83-year-old victim of Monday's house fire in Makakilo.

Fausto is the first hurricane of the Eastern Pacific Hurricane Season, and it will be weakening as it heads towards the Central Pacific. The remains of a soldier with Hawaii ties who was killed in the war with Iran returned to U.S. soil today. And the Medical Examiner's Office has identified Richard Calistro as the 83-year-old victim of Monday's house fire in Makakilo.

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From celebrating Hawaiian culture to exploring the future of brain health. Kainoa is live from the final day of the Hawaiian Council Convention, and we’re talking with experts about the latest Alzheimer’s research happening here at home.

From celebrating Hawaiian culture to exploring the future of brain health. Kainoa is live from the final day of the Hawaiian Council Convention, and we&rsquo;re talking with experts about the latest Alzheimer&rsquo;s research happening here at home.

HI Now Daily (July 22, 2026)

A solemn ceremony today at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, where leaders attended the Dignified Transfer for the four U.S. troops killed in the Middle East this week, including 1st Lieutenant Tyler James Feehan who had previously lived in Ewa Beach. Gov. Josh Green says the Hawaii attorney general is about to announce major new developments in the bribery probe at the state capitol. And a pair of Kailua-Kona men have been charged in connection to two stabbings at a graduation party on Hawaii Island. 

A solemn ceremony today at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, where leaders attended the Dignified Transfer for the four U.S. troops killed in the Middle East this week, including 1st Lieutenant Tyler James Feehan who had previously lived in Ewa Beach. Gov. Josh Green says the Hawaii attorney general is about to announce major new developments in the bribery probe at the state capitol. And a pair of Kailua-Kona men have been charged in connection to two stabbings at a graduation party on Hawaii Island.&nbsp;

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