The tile on the homescreen (like many other apps) has a red circle with a number in it showing you your number of notifications. However, UNLIKE most other apps, opening the program to see these notifications immediately shows you a giant ad, followed essentially by “Go fish”! There is no easy way to specifically see these notifications.
Update Aug. 13, 2021: tfyoder1’s review was a year ago, mine slightly newer. However after a year, NOTHING has been done to correct this behavior and bring HawaiiNewsNow inline with most others. Reiterating what I said above, HawaiiNewsNow is quick to throw up a (literal) red flag, then show you nothing but ads. Going to notifications doesn’t help; you still play “Go fish”. I’m lowering my rating and I’m about to delete this “Cry Wolf” app.