Halawa News

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.

Forecasters with the National Weather Service issued a flood advisory for Oahu on Friday afternoon.

The growing discontent of parents and the community over the recent decision to furlough teachers on 17 Fridays this school year has caught the attention of state lawmakers.

A miscommunication between two state agencies is tacking an additional $44 million to the estimate of the state's already daunting $1 billion budget shortfall, the Lingle administration said yesterday.

Senator Norman Sakamoto announced today that he will run for Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii in 2010.

Legislative heads of the House and Senate business committees publicly censured Ted Liu, the embattled director of the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, yesterday for his decision to lay off nearly all of the workers in the state's film office and key staff from other economic development engines.

A former state prison inmate has been awarded $932,900 in damages after he was rendered infertile by substandard medical care he received while incarcerated at Halawa High Security Correctional Center.

Volunteers from 'Aiea, Halawa, Leeward O'ahu, and Pearl City Lions Clubs and student-athletes from Pearl City High School and Moanalua Middle School helped stencil 508 storm drains in their area a few weeks ago.

Two top state Senate Democrats yesterday said they have no confidence in the state's chief elections officer after a briefing where he struggled with several questions about his budget and legal challenges to the state Office of Elections.

Critics say the state agency created to develop the Aloha Tower area into a world-class harbor has floundered POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Sep 14, 2009 For nearly 83 years the 185-foot-tall Aloha Tower lighthouse has stood watch over picturesque Honolulu Harbor, a beacon for tourists and cruise ship visitors.