Kapolei News

For the past 36 years, Victor Falle has seen a lot of changes and growth at Zippy's. He remembers when the late Francis Higa first hired him.

A deal signed yesterday to get the city's $5.3 billion rail project rolling means that the general excise tax money raised for the project is off-limits to state legislators trying to plug Hawaii's $1 billion budget gap, according to Mayor Mufi Hannemann.

Mayor Mufi Hannemann's State of the Rail address was a very timely reminder that Oahu's rail transit project is critical to Oahu and the entire state of Hawaii.

As one of the fastest growing regions in the state, West Oahu is at the heart of a number of exciting developments, including the rail transit project, new social services facilities and three new major projects.

Shad Kane is a Kapolei resident and Hawaiian cultural historian. His essays on the ancient history of West O'ahu hope to share a cultural history that is at risk of being lost.

In remembrance of the 68th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor , Kapolei Public Library will host two free events in December 2009.

The state Board of Education last night approved 95 schools' requests to convert teacher training days into instructional days, an action that restores as many as six classroom days that would have been lost because of staff furloughs.

Burgeoning artists, along with their families and supporters, filled Kapolei Hale's courtyard last night as 10 students were presented with 2009 Leeward Young Artist Awards.

The third trial of a man accused of dousing his ex-girlfriend with gasoline and setting her on fire ended in a guilty verdict this morning.

Well the train, as they say, has apparently left the station. Mayor Mufi Hannemann is well aware that a successful launch of his proposed rail transit project is key to his dream of being elected governor.

Part pep rally, part Pastor Wayne Cordeiro. Mayor Mufi Hannemann sure knows how to put on a rousing show.

U.S. Coast Guard crews are responding to a reported fuel spill at the Phoenician Yard in the Campbell Industrial Park.

Asia-Pacific region defense chiefs meet in Hawaii Eds: APNewsNow. KAPOLEI, Hawaii Top defense officials from 24 nations in the Asia-Pacific region discussed how to combat piracy and deliver disaster assistance at a meeting in Hawaii.

The City Council yesterday passed three resolutions the city needs if it's going to begin construction on a planned $5.5 billion rail transit project in December.

Police were looking for a 27-year-old man who allegedly stabbed a man in his 20s yesterday in Mililani.

The city's Emergency Services Department spokesman, Bryan Cheplic, says the injured complained of a number of ailments -- including being exposed to pepper spray.

Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann on Wednesday announced the city has chosen Kiewit Pacific Co.

Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann yesterday awarded the first construction contract for the city's planned $5.5 billion elevated commuter rail line.

More than 20 students were treated at Waianae High School following a brawl on campus.

The Hawaii State Land Use Commission, to its great credit, rejected, at least for now, the request by D. R. Horton to permit the Hoopili development on Oahu's Ewa plain agricultural lands.