Kaaawa News

A long-awaited restoration project is finally finished that officials designed to protect the Kaaawa area from flash flooding.

FLASH >> The Norah Jones concert slated for Friday at Hawaii Convention Center has been canceled.

The driver of a truck that police said hit two bicyclists, killing one of them, has been charged with negligent homicide.

Vi Jones-Medusky has been living with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis since 2004. ALS progressively destroys nerve cells controlling muscles, ultimately paralysing voluntary movement.

President Barack Obama says the U.S. is "fully prepared" should North Korea carry out its threat of launching a missile towards Hawaii next month.

During the annual commencement ceremonies on May 28 in the BYU-Hawaii Cannon Activities Center, 232 Kahuku High and Intermediate School seniors graduated in the Class of 2009.

Safety improvements are welcome at Oahu's Sandy Beach Park, where ocean rescues have doubled since 2004, reaching 472 last year.

The motorcyclist who died in a crash in Kaaawa yesterday was identified as 49-year-old Mark Lamm of Wahiawa, the Honolulu Medical Examiner's office said today.

The medical examiner's office today identified a motorcyclist who was killed yesterday when he collided with a Hawaiian Telcom truck on Kamehameha Highway in Kaaawa as Mark Lamm, 49, of Wahiawa.

Two men died two other people were injured in three separate crashes on Oahu today, officials said.

Ko'olauloa residents, local leaders, and a group of national community planning experts came together last week for a series of evening workshops geared to defining a vision for Laie's future.

Hundreds of Koolauloa residents living from Kaaawa to Kahuku participated in a series of Envision Laie project orientation meetings over the past month, leading up to participatory community workshops on April 26-27 in BYUHawaii's Cannon Activities Center.

By Jerry Burris, Beverly Creamer, Shara Enay, Dennis Hollier and Jason Ubay Illustrations by Andrew Catanzariti The recession has provoked many responses, from the $789 billion stimulus package coming out of Washington to the near-paralysis suffered by many people.

The National Weather Service has issued a flood advisory for Oahu that will remain in effect until 3:30 p.m. today.

Oahu and Kauai are under a flood advisory this afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.