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For second summer, COVID concerns force cancellation of Junior Lifeguards Program For second summer, COVID concerns force cancellation of Junior Lifeguards Program By Jim Mendoza | May 18, 2021 at 4:50 PM HST - Updated May 18 at 4:50 PM HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Oahu’s annual Junior Lifeguard Program attracts a lot of youth to its summer sessions to learn lifeguarding skills. For years, the North Shore Lifeguards Association has been in charge of it. “We serve roughly from 1,500 to close to 2,000 kids a summer for free,” NSLA’s Bryan Phillips said. But for the second str...

Council to discuss proposal that would allow Ocean Safety to stand as its own department Council to discuss proposal that would allow Ocean Safety to stand as its own department By Mark Carpenter | May 18, 2021 at 3:57 PM HST - Updated May 18 at 5:17 PM HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - The City Council will take up a proposal Wednesday aimed at granting more autonomy to Honolulu Ocean Safety, allowing it to operate as its own entity. “I think this is a good way for everybody to have a seat at the table,” especially in terms of budgeting priorities, said council member Heidi T...

Dr. Ronald Milewski was recognized by the Moore County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday for 30 years of dedicated service to the community. The outgoing Moore County EMS medical director

Bryan Phillips has been an important part of the North Shore Lifeguard Association for the past 16 years. He’s saved countless lives as a rescue watercraft operator, and he’s prevented many more tragic accidents through his work with the Junior Lifeguard Program and water safety education efforts with the larger community. “I took this job, because I was a young boy that didn’t do well in school and wanted to be a lifeguard to help out others,” Bryan said during an interview with KHON2 this fall.” Phillips was recently recognized as Honolulu’s 2020 Employee of the Year for his l...

Jet-Ski Mayhem on Super Swell Saturday Ryan Moss and Cam Richards talk about their harrowing PWC incident at Oahu’s outer reefs Framegrab: HighSeas_Plank Link copied to clipboard Of all the action that went down on Super Swell Saturday – and there was a lot of it, see our realtime coverage here – one incident stood out for its sheer shock value. And it wasn’t even anyone surfing. During the XXL session at Oahu’s outer reefs, a group of jet-skis got stuck inside when a bombing set rolled through. What followed was like a scene from the 1995 film  Waterworld. Skis scrambled, some t...