Friday 27th January, 2012
Maui Fire Department resumes search for missing kayaker
The Coast Guard said it was not an easy choice to decide to call off the search on Thursday. Rescuers took into consideration the probability of survival, weather, drift and other factors. If new ...
Hannemann raised more than $231,000 in Congressional race
"Our fund-raising reflects a cross-section of support from throughout Hawaii, from small business owners and labor, diverse professions, and grassroots supporters in every county," ...
2 arrested after fight between roommates
Officers arrested the 33-year-old for first-degree terroristic threatening and a firearms violation. The 24-year-old suspect was arrested on charges of hindering prosecution, firearms violation and ...
Utah girl credited with outing school bombing plot
Star AdvertiserIn this police booking photo released by Weber County Sheriff's Dept. showing Dallin Morgan, 18, a high school student who was arrested with another student on Wednesday Jan. 25,2012 on ...
Entering The Lion's Den
Maui NewsFirst Photo: Pomaikai Elementary School Principal Rene Yamafuji is surrounded by lions Thursday afternoon during a Chinese New Year's celebration on the school grounds. Yamafuji fed the lions a ...
Citations for loud mufflers, illegal tinting are issued
Maui NewsWAILUKU - Targeting loud mufflers and other illegal conditions on vehicles, police traffic officers issued 386 citations during four days of increased enforcement ending Tuesday.Nearly all of the ...
Binhi at Ani center lawsuit allowed to proceed barely
Maui NewsWAILUKU - A lawsuit involving members of the Binhi at Ani Maui Filipino Community Center board will move forward, 2nd Circuit Judge Rhonda Loo ruled Thursday morning.Loo denied a motion to dismiss ...
Football fun at Keopuolani Park
Maui NewsFIRST PHOTO: Oakland Raiders center Samson Satele waits for Hana's Azur Hookano, 10, to make his cut before throwing a pass during a drill Thursday afternoon at Keopuolani Park in Kahului. ...
Dorcy case figure ordered to submit to deposition
Maui NewsWAILUKU - A key figure in the dispute over the $80 million estate of Laurence "Baron" Dorcy was ordered Wednesday to submit to a deposition, even though he objected that he risked ...
Coast Guard suspends search for Maui kayaker, 55
Hawai News NowKIHEI, Hawaii (AP) - The Coast Guard has suspended its aerial and water search for a missing Maui kayaker. Fifty-5-year-old Torry Durrell's kayak was found about 200 yards off Kalepolepo Beach ...
Facebook scam results in lawsuit
Hawai News NowSEATTLE (CNN/KIRO) – Facebook is warning users to beware of a new type of spam on their timelines, while the site and the Washington state attorney general are suing a Delaware company saying ...
Pat Sajak admits to hosting Wheel of Fortune drunk
Hawai News NowPat Sajak says he used to host the popular game show drunk. "When I first started and was much younger and could tolerate those things," Sajak tells Dan Le Batard of "Dan Le Batard is ...
Hawaii hotels fill more rooms as rates continue to rise
Pacific Business NewsLinda Chiem PBN Oahu hotels, the majority of which are in Waikiki, seen here, saw average daily room rates rise by 11 percent last week, according to a report by Hospitality Advisors LLC and Smith ...
Average gas price in Hawaii slightly higher this week
Pacific Business NewsGasoline prices in Hawaii rose by 2 cents per gallon over the past week to $4.09 for a gallon of regular unleaded, still the highest in the nation, according ...
Report: Hawaii could get another 1,000 Marines
Pacific Business NewsThe number of Marines in Hawaii could grow by 1,000 as the Pentagon seeks alternatives to moving forces from Okinawa to Guam, even as the Marine Corps plans to cut its force by 20,000. ...
Change orders boost Kiewit's Honolulu rail contract to $502M
Pacific Business Newsawarded in 2009 to Kiewit Infrastructure West Co. for the first segment of Honolulu's rail transit project has increased to $502 million from an original price of $483 million because of change ...
Honolulu dumpling restaurant closes after less than a year
Pacific Business NewsHonolulu Star-Advertiser reports that a sign on the door of the restaurant on the corner of South King and Kaheka streets says the restaurant closed Sunday night after serving dinner. The newspaper ...
UH Hilo College of Pharmacy needs $38M to start construction
Pacific Business NewsFollow this company is asking state lawmakers to appropriate $38 million for the first phase of construction of a $55 million building for the College of Pharmacy. ...
University of Hawaii settles class-action data-breach lawsuit
Pacific Business NewsFollow this company . KITV reports the cost of the credit monitoring and restoration services will cost about $550,000 over the two-year period, according to a university ...
Honolulu Rail Project Legal Bills Top $1.87M
Insurance JournalLegal bills for Honolulu’s rail project have totaled more than $1.87 million with seven law firms hired. The $5.27 billion, 20-mile rail project is facing a federal lawsuit by opponents ...
Main break closes roads in Kailua
Star AdvertiserA water main break has closed lanes on Kainui Drive near the intersection of Maluniu Avenue in Kailua this morning and the road closures are expected to continue into the ...
Paterno's son: 'Dad, you won. You can go home now'
Star AdvertiserMembers of the audience applaud at the conclusion of a video montage featuring moments from former Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno's career during a memorial service in ...
Robert Hegyes, played Epstein on 'Kotter,' dies
Star AdvertiserIn this 1978 file photo, Robert Hegyes portrays Juan Epstein from the comedy series "Welcome Back Kotter." The actor best known for playing the Jewish Puerto Rican student on the 1970s TV ...
Costa offers $14,460 per person for ruined cruise
Star AdvertiserA skimmer vessels to collect solid floating waste sails around the grounded cruise ship Costa Concordia off the Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, ...
25 customers affected by Kailua water main break
Hawai News NowKAILUA (HawaiiNewsNow) - Board of Water Supply crews are working to repair a 12-inch water main in Kailua. The broken main was reported just before 1 a.m. on Kainui Drive near the Maluniu Avenue ...
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