Nanakuli News

Isle families on a desperate hunt to find the perfect Christmas tree are finding stocks depleted instead By Susan Essoyan POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Dec 13, 2009 Four-year-old Kaysha Hoopii looked crestfallen as she and her parents walked away from the Habilitat Christmas tree lot at Aloha Tower at 1 p.m. yesterday.

Due to the recession and the state's projected $1 billion budget deficit through June 2011, state House and Senate leaders have canceled plans for the usual pomp on Opening Day in January.

'Aiea at Wai'anae, 6 p.m. Campbell at Mililani, Leilehua at Pearl City, 7:15 p.m. Castle at Kalaheo, Kaimuki at McKinley, Kailua at Nanakuli, 2 p.m. Kahuku at Kalani, Waipahu at Radford, Farrington at Wai'anae, 4 p.m. Moanalua at Kaiser, 7:15 p.m. Farrington at Kaimuki, Nanakuli at McKinley, 4 p.m. Kapolei at 'Aiea, Radford at Kailua, ...

The Army will undertake an unprecedented $2.5 million underwater robotics demonstration project beginning in October designed to remove or destroy up to 1,500 conventional munitions dumped off Pokai Bay.

Bowers + Kubota Consulting was recognized by the U.S. Green Building Council for the design and construction of a warehouse and office building in Waipahu that meets a number of environmental standards.

The Honolulu Board of Water Supply last night continued to work on a broken 24-inch water main under Farrington Highway in Nanakuli and was hoping to complete the repairs in time for this morning's rush-hour commute.

KOA PUNA M/C, a family oriented motorcycle club established on the Big Island in 1979, will mark its 30th anniversary this Saturday at Nanakuli Ranch.

As a senior Native Hawaiian Nanakuli homesteader, army retiree, who trained in Hawaii for duty in Vietnam, I am disappointed with Judge Mollway's ruling against the Army Makua plan .

Moving toward consensus, state House and Senate leaders told Gov. Linda Lingle yesterday that state lawmakers are willing to return in special session and tap the rainy day fund to reduce teacher furloughs.

The Junior League of Honolulu Teams-Up With The Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii to Present Twilight Program on Furlough Friday, November 20, for girls ages 13 - 17.

NANAKULI A child under the age of five is in critical condition after a near-drowning incident at Nanakuli Beach Park.

Three hundred Hawaii churches and parishes are participating in E Pule Kakou, Uniting in Prayer.

Hawaii plans to widen part of Waikiki Beach with sand pumped in from offshore. The sand in the area has been eroding about 1 to 2 feet per year, leading water to rush into seawalls and a hotel restaurant bar at peak high tide.

Three public-sector union leaders yesterday asked the state Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund to cancel open enrollment in health care plans for government workers, claiming potential delays in processing applications could disrupt coverage for workers in January.

Police yesterday were looking for two men in their late teens or early 20s after a 57-year-old man reported his car being taken at gunpoint about 7:30 Sunday night in Waipahu.

The family of a man shot by police in a stolen car in Waikele said he recently left home despite their efforts to keep him out of trouble.

The city is launching a three-phase repair and maintenance project at Ulehawa Beach Park in Nanakuli.

If you are a local or non-local some of the best restaurants might be the little hole in the wall type joints where the cook prides themselves on just cooking good food.

Murder defendant Patrick W. Deguair Jr. testified in his own defense yesterday, turning the tables on a chief witness against him.

Keale dropped his haole name several years ago and, like many Hawaiians prior to the overthrow, uses a single name instead of two.