Halawa News

First Dog Bo will not join President Obama and his family on their Hawaici vacation, which begins tomorrow, the state Department of Agriculture confirmed today.

The city Department of the Medical Examiner has identified Jonathan Pons, 23, of Kapolei, as the motorcyclist who died Saturday evening after colliding with a car on Halawa Heights Road at the intersection of Iwaiwa Street.

An accident between a motorcycle and station wagon killed the motorcyclist and injured five children, one critically, officials said.

The Honolulu Medical Examiner's Office on Monday identified the motorcyclist killed over the weekend in Halawa.

For the second time in three days, an Oahu family is mourning the death of a loved one in a motorcycle crash.

An accident between a motorcycle and another vehicle killed the motorcyclist and injured five children, one critically, a spokesman for the city's Emergency Services Department said.

A 71-year-old man's alleged attempt to kill his terminally ill wife could reignite the discussion about physician-assisted suicide in the Islands, some say, while others argue the case points to the need for more family education and counseling about end-of-life issues.

On average, 4,500 visitors per day stream through the crowded USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center to view a 20-minute film about the Japanese attack on the Pacific Fleet and take a shuttle boat to the monument that spans the sunken battleship.

Halawa Heights Road was closed near Aliipoe Drive on Friday morning because of an 8-inch water main break, according to the Board of Water Supply.

KANEOHE The Department of Transportation is advising drivers that the H-3 Freeway will be closed in the Kaneohe-bound direction from the Halawa Interchange to the Halekou Interchange between 7:00 PM Saturday night, November 21, and 7:00 AM, Sunday morning, November 22, for tunnel cleaning and maintenance work.

Hawai'i's Samoan musical community will raise funds to aid tsunami relief efforts in Samoa at a "Rise Up Relief Concert" today from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Honolulu Central Seventh-day Adventist Church, at 2313 Nu'uanu Ave.

The Honolulu Board of Water Supply and the Friends of Halawa Xeriscape Garden will offer a new workshop on the cultural significance, nutritional value and water-saving characteristics of the 'unthirsty' kalamungay tree on Nov.

WHAT: The Board of Water Supply and the Friends of Halawa Xeriscape Garden are once again offering its popular xeriscape wreath-making workshops just in time for the festive Christmas season.

So, a Halawa prison inmate convicted of car theft and serving a short stint for violating parole last month kills a fellow inmate who was serving 100 years for murder.

The Honolulu Board of Water Supply , in partnership with the Friends of Halawa Xeriscape Garden, is excited to offer a NEW workshop: 'The Un-thirsty Miracle Tree: What You Don't Know About Kalamungay.' This new workshop highlights the cultural significance, nutritional value and water-saving characteristics of the Kalamungay tree.

Proposals floating in the Senate would restore public school days lost to teacher furloughs by raiding the $180 million Hurricane Relief Fund or a combination of the disaster fund and federal stimulus dollars.

As Aloha Stadium quietly rots under the hot Halawa sun, there seems to be some movement - finally - to come up with solutions that go beyond throwing more money at the problem.

Patagonia Hawaii is giving $5,000 to three local environmental organizations that have done something extraordinary to help the environment.

Authorities today charged a 22-year-old man with manslaughter in the death of a fellow inmate at Halawa Correctional Facility.

Brotherly love proved stronger than prison walls last week when an inmate came to the rescue of his younger brother, who happens to be a Honolulu Police Department officer.