Haleiwa News

There are two basic ways to balance a budget: decrease spending or increase revenue .

At the bare minimum, farmers markets are a place to pick up groceries or a quick meal.

Police are investigating the death of a 63-year-old man whose body was found on Alii Beach in Haleiwa about 10:30 last night.

Buying locally grown can sometimes seem a struggle between listening to your conscience or keeping an eye on your wallet.

A bill signed by Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann makes it easier for churches and other groups that gather for meetings to lease space in light industrial neighborhoods.

My wife and I recently spent time on Oahu, staying in Waikiki, but riding TheBus many times to the beautiful North Shore.

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Paul Yempuku is the president and publisher of Hawaii Hochi, one of three daily Japanese papers printed in the U.S. Yempuku started as an ad man 50 years ago and is planning to celebrate the paper's centennial anniversary in 2012.

Leahi Hospital will honor three centenarians as part of an observance of its own 100-plus years since it was established at 3675 Kilauea Ave.

The number of workers and job candidates testing positive for use of opiates and prescription drugs with opiates fell significantly over the past year, according to the latest data from Diagnostic Laboratory Services Inc., the state's largest locally owned drug testing company.

Dole Food Co. has expanded its effort to sell land it owns in Hawaii, according to a recent securities filing in which the California-based firm said it is planning or contemplating the sale of 11,000 acres on Oahu.

MADD Hawaii will join the Haleiwa community for a sign waving event organized by concerned citizens to remind motorists to drive safe and sober.

The local solar company Sunetric has been using its mobile solar power station, Watt Wheels, to help green up community events such as the All Watercraft Cleanup at Sand Island, the Haleiwa Farmers Market and Nature Play Day at YMCA Camp Erdman.

The Navy identified yesterday a 29-year-old man killed Sunday in a head-on motorcycle collision outside Wahiawa as Petty Officer 3rd Class Nigel C. Kennedy, a hospital corpsman.

A 29-year-old motorcyclist died yesterday in a head-on collision outside Wahiawa.

Scientists at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center believe the last tidal surge generated by this morning's 8.3 magnitude earthquake near American Samoa hit Hawaii at about 1:30 p.m. today.

Sea-level changes are expected for the Hawaiian Islands after an earthquake off Samoa, officials said.

A major earthquake near Samoa this morning did not significantly affect the ocean waters around Hawaii, public safety officials said.

William Lee Freeman Jr. said he had not bargained on murder when he and a friend started robbing Hawaii drug dealers.

UPDATE4: Civil Defense and emergency responders are patrolling the beaches and harbors across Oahu, warning people about a possible tidal change.