A Hawaiian Electric Co. repair crew provided an aerial show for residents of Hala Drive in Kamehameha Heights as they strung lines to a new pole yesterday.
OHA audit indicates problems
A state audit of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs has revealed sweeping examples of financial and organizational mismanagement that led to investment portfolio losses, spending abuses and poor staff morale.
Councilwoman ready to settle case
Honolulu City Councilwoman Rene Mansho will accept a settlement offer by the state Campaign Spending Commission to end the agency's investigation into allegations that she misused campaign money.
Release of Arakawa information probed
Honolulu police are conducting a criminal investigation of an administrator at the state Judiciary Administrative Driver's License Revocation Office for releasing information about former police officer Clyde Arakawa.
Two accident victims remain hospitalized
A 19-year-old woman and 1 1/2-year-old boy who were injured in a car crash that killed three people Sunday night near the airport remained hospitalized last night.
House OKs wholesaler room tax
A bill to impose the hotel-room tax on tour wholesalers and collect an extra $30 million for the state treasury was approved by the House yesterday over the objections of Republicans and two Democrats.
Army invites Makua dialogue
Brig. Gen. Karl Eikenberry detailed the Army's plans to address community concerns about the use of Makua Valley and the resumption of live-fire training at a Wai‘anae Coast Neighborhood Board meeting last night.
Punahou off-ramp closure postponed
Motorists dreading the start of the H-1 Freeway Punahou Street off-ramp widening project this month have received a two-month reprieve. State transportation officials have delayed the project until May.
Driver's exams now in eight languages
The Hawai'i driver's license written exam will be available in Tagalog by the end of the month, in the first of seven translations into languages other than English.
Red Cross to laud 'Everyday Heroes'
The Hawai'i Chapter of the American Red Cross will honor 12 "everyday heroes," at a breakfast from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Coral Ballroom.
Navy opens gate to Iroquois Point buses
Residents of Iroquois Point did not lose their city bus service as expected yesterday after the Navy decided at the eleventh hour to allow bus access to the Navy base through its back gate.
Home height on hold during work
Next week, while lawyers and the court wrestle with a lawsuit seeking to bar plans to raise the height of a house on the eastern slope of Diamond Head to 25 feet, any construction at the site will not affect the building's height.
High-level UH official finalist for Virginia job
A top University of Hawai'i official is one of three finalists for the position of provost and vice president for academic affairs at Virginia Tech University.
O'ahu briefs
Not-guilty plea for Yonamine; Orchid Society to hold show; Body found in home identified; Girl's condition is upgraded; Kaiser schools set workshops; Eight rescued in strong surf; Phoenix campus set for Kane‘ohe; Food donations welcome in Kailua.
Puna man charged in on-road aggression
A Puna man, who police said rammed his four-wheel-drive truck into a police vehicle early Sunday, has been charged with first-degree attempted murder and three other felonies.
Maui investors may prevail in bogus land deal
Two dozen investors in a bogus Maui land deal have new hope for getting their money back following a recent ruling by the Hawai'i Supreme Court.
Neighbor Island briefs
Man found dead in Kalalau Valley; Alcohol crackdown targets adults also.
Bob Krauss
Small class big occasion for refugees
I met the invisible population of Our Honolulu in a back room of the Kahuku United Methodist Church on Monday night. This part of our invisible population lives in the hills back of Kahuku on postage-stamp farms.
Lee Cataluna
Barista dispenses friendliness with latte
When the third person in a month mentioned the mom-and-pop coffee stand, I knew there was something going on at the entrance of Kaiser's Moanalua hospital.
Jan TenBruggencate
Energy alternatives may suit the Islands
When it comes to potential nonfossil fuel energy in Hawai'i, ideas are not in short supply. They include fields of solar panels and ocean thermal energy conversion.
Mike Leidemann
One man finally did right thing
Cmdr. Scott Waddle finally did what all the president's men and the rest of the government machinery couldn't. He got it right with the Japanese.
